Christmas knitting has begun! This is my gift for my niece – it’s the Wee Ambrosia cardigan by Gudrun Johnston. I’m using Knitpicks Wool of the Andes superwash in the Columbine colorway. (The yarn is not quite as pink as the picture.) So far, so good. I’m in the easy part of the body. I’m […]
Read for the RIP IX Reading Challenge. I really hadn’t meant to have a historical mystery theme to my RIP reading this year, but that does seem to be what I have in my TBR pile lately. This is book five of the Brother Cadfael books. Brother’s Cadfael’s abbey is in a bit of an
The Leper of Saint Giles – Ellis Peters Read More »
Read for the RIP IX Reading Challenge. In the 12th century, the Royal Forests were hunting lands reserved for the king, where even gathering firewood was forbidden to anyone else. Actually poaching in these lands could lead to a death sentence. This story is set in Devon, in the area around Exeter and Dartmoor, where
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So here are the socks to go with the Swirl hat: Noodles socks by Joely Carparco. I’m making the 1-3 size, and should be able to use up a good amount of yarn, before moving on to Hexipuffs.
Pattern: Swirl hat by Mandie HarringtonYarn: Knitpicks Stroll Tweed in the Down Heather colorwayNeedles: Size 4 DPNs and Circs Since I bought four skeins of yarn for my knee highs, and only used just shy of three, that means I’ve now shifted into heavy use up that yarn! mode. I was a looking for a
Pattern: Purl Soho’s Little Cable Knee HighsYarn: Knitpicks Stroll Tweed in the Down Heather ColorwayNeedles: Size 2.5 DPNs My knee socks are done! They fit perfectly, and they’re just in time for boot weather! They are also damned hard to take pictures of, which is why my one sock pictures are staying up on Ravelry.
And this was last week. The yellow cherry is still happily blooming away. That one has taken a marked blightly turn this week (the red’s been blighty for a while), but we’re not seeing any frosts in the forecast, so no reason to think they won’t keep producing merrily away. It’s just wrong, I tell
It Really is October, I swear… Read More »
Yesterday was the kind of crazy beautiful Fall day that makes this my favorite season. It was really warm (record breaking in Portland, in fact), which was a slightly strange juxtaposition with the leaves that have started to turn. Still, I’ll take it when I can get it.
Fort McClary – Kittery, ME Read More »
I went as far as I could with the tee shirt muslin. It was mostly a success. I’ve verified that the pattern fit, and I identified a few things I could do at set up to make it easier to put together going forward. I do have to revisit hemming. There
