Pensive Frog

So the Broadripple sock is moving along… and the ball of Cascade Fixation grows ever smaller. Supposedly 1 ball = 1 sock, but I may end up with toeless socks. I guess that’s the benefit of the toe-up sock designs, you can make the cuff slightly shorter than intended, and no one will [...]

I decided to try my hand at sock knitting. I’m using the Broadripple pattern from Knitty, and it’s going pretty well. The Casdade Fixation yarn is a bit thick, compared to what I’d imagine sock yarn should be like. Sometimes I get sore feet from socks that are a bit too rough [...]

I finished the Airy Scarf from Last Minute Knitted Gifts in a flash, and I couldn’t resist starting in on a variation. I threaded the Douceur et Soie mohair through some sparkly sequins, and made a simple garter stitch sequin scarf. I randomly inserted one sequin every other row as I went along. [...]

When I’m almost (read: more than half-way) done with a project, I get myself into these marathon knitting sessions, where I camp out in front of the TV, watch terrible, terrible TiVo’d things, and finish the darn thing. The other day I watched The River Wild with Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon. Wow. [...]

Well, I just got the latest issue of Sunset in the mail, and they published an erratum in their cocoa recipe. Just as I thought, their recipe called for too much salt! Instead of 1/2 teaspoon of salt, the original recipe called for 1 tablespoon of salt. I am so glad I [...]

So someone I know commissioned another iPod cozy this week. The last one I made had a porthole for the headphone cord, but nothing for the recharger plug at the bottom. So, on the #6 dpns went the Tahki Cotton Classic for a second time. The end result was quite dashing, I [...]

Well, Seattle finally got its snow. Up here on the Snohomish county line, we got at least three inches. All I can say is I’m glad the snow held off until today, because yesterday morning I got up early to stand in line for the massive sale at So Much Yarn in Belltown. [...]

Okay. The Clapotis was a good idea. In concept. But a knitter has a right to change her mind, right? So I’ve decided to turn that Lara yarn into a project I’ve had my eye on for quite a while, Variation on a Frill. Plus, this pattern has a beaded [...]