Christmas gift number one is done! Pattern: Pulsations SocksYarn: Spunky Electic Supernova yarn in the Happy Ending colorwaySize 3 needles This is a great, easy pattern that I was able to fly through. I’d definitely consider making it again, but perhaps with a slightly less busy colorway. The yarn’s great, and I’d also definitely buy […]
I’ve been a little light on the posting this week, but I suppose that’s what happens when you’re reading a moderately weighty book, and working on two projects that aren’t done yet. Project number one is the Pulsation Socks for my mother. The above is sock number one, but I’m actually past the heel on
I’d originally had this book as a selection for the YA Reading Challenge, but it’s definitely a younger book than that, so I’ll read something else to finish out that challenge. Clockwork is a quick macabre fairy tale set in a stereotypical German town, on the eve of the day the newest clockmaker apprentice will
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The yard work gods have smiled upon me! Fourteen bags into my raking funfest, I ran out. Fortunately, I remembered some slightly smaller bags I had upstairs. There were four of those left, which turned out to be the exact number I needed to get everything bagged up and in the garage, pending pick up
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Nine bags later, the backyard looks pretty good, doesn’t it? That’s until you see what’s hidden beside the garage. Thankfully, there’s no way that’s nine more bags worth of leaves…
Pattern: Coronet Hat from Knitty, smallest sizeYarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in the Blueberry colorwayNeedles: size 8s – circs and DPNs Coronet hat is done. This is a great, fast hat. The cable band came together quite quickly, and would make a great introduction to cabling. My kitchenering on the band wasn’t the
This would be my backyard on Monday. I actually managed to get a fair amount of this pushed toward the back fence before I made the mistake of manually cleaning off the kidlet’s playscape, and the resulting wet state of my gloves gave me a charming blister on my thumb. So I’ve given that a
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Above are the Pulsations socks for my Mom, started last night. I really like how this yarn looks in the ball, and it was actually a lot of fun to wind, just to see how the colors were fitting together. The pattern is pretty simple so far. I’m fairly well screaming along on the Coronet
So here’s what I’ve settled on so far for holiday knitting: For my sister: A lives in California, and already has two pair of socks from me. Since she doesn’t actually need wool that often, I figured it would be a good idea to branch out and make her something a little different. I’m going
So I did say that I wanted to concentrate on knitted gifts this week while I’m on vacation, but I’ve had the Coronet hat in my queue since last year (I think it’s the most consistent thing in my queue), and with cooler weather coming, I did want to get it made this fall. I