I couldn’t resist posting a few more of my favorite shots from the wedding. I love this one of the “maids”: The father daughter dance: The cake and incredible flowers: And of course, a little knitting. The wedding gift: The pattern: Wool Leaves by Jared Flood The Yarn: Cascade Eco Wool, Lake Chelan Heather colorway [...]
Torreyana Pines
A few months ago, someone I consider a dear friend (but have only met on the internet) purchased a yarn store. She was so excited to have a yarny business of her own! I volunteered to knit a sample for her shop as an opening gift. Fast forward a few months and I’ve finally finished [...]
Thirty-five years.
Today my parents celebrate 35 years of marriage. I want to tell them so many things, but above all I hope they enjoy their time together for many, many more years. I love you both! I wanted to do something really special for them this year, so I chose to make them an afghan. I [...]
For the love of Bob.
It seems like I have been knitting forever on a couple of projects that just have no end in sight. But I did manage to finish up a pair of socks this weekend thanks to lots of car time heading to the in-laws’ family reunion. The Yarn: Twisted Fiber Arts in the Ravelry colorway The [...]
Connections
I was recently reminded of those old games we used to play in the car as kids. You know what I mean – the ones where you had to find all the states on license plates? Or count the number of VW bug cars? Or find all the letters of the alphabet in signs (damn [...]
Spring Fling!
This year I was lucky enough to get into The Loopy Ewe‘s Spring Fling! The Loopy Ewe is a great online yarn store that is housed in St. Louis. Once a year it hosts “Spring Fling” which is a knitting event for 125 knitters featuring classes taught by knitting authors and designers and yarn dyers. [...]
How ’bout those melons?
Just when I thought I wasn’t a sock knitter, I find something that sucks me in. I knit these socks in record time so that I could wear them to Spring Fling! The Pattern: My own vanilla sock! The Needles: US 1′s The Yarn: Dale Ull in Black, Vesper self-striping in Watermelon Tourmaline The Verdict: [...]
Pooling Rivulets
Recently, a friend on Ravelry asked if anyone would be interested in taking some yarn she had and turning it into a pooling stole for her. I volunteered, and started knitting! The Pattern: Pooling Rivulets by Gladys We The Yarn: Wollmeise, Raupe Nimmersatt The Needles: US 7′s The Verdict: This was a fun one to [...]
Hello Spring.
The weather has been a little confused here of late. We’ve enjoyed some wonderful 70 degree days, and yet last Saturday we got a foot of snow. I’ve been eager to welcome Spring and anticipate Summer by knitting some cute summer tops and lacy shawls, but part of me is still lingering finishing winter projects. [...]
March is for WIPS
For the past month and a little more I have been wandering around muttering this mantra. WIPS stands for Works in Progress. For the most part, when I start a knitting project, I finish it. In recent years I have become a little less monogamous in my projects; I used to knit only one at [...]
