Did y’all get the September Knitpicks catalog in the mail yet? I got mine yesterday. The cover is so pretty - I especially like the looks of the pink yarn. Anyway, the reason I mention that catalog is that I want to warn you about something. When you get your catalog, [...]
Yesterday was our annual blueberry picking adventure at Mercer Slough. Besides lots of tasty berries (over 7 pounds worth!), we also saw some very pensive frogs.
The best bit was when I stood up from my squatting picture taking position, and all the frogs simultaneously jumped away in different directions.
And today on my deck, I [...]
Voila! Here is the pink and orange hat that I started at the Mariners Stitch n’ Pitch, finally finished. Oh yeah, it’s too big for me. Which is quite big, since my head is 23 inches around. That is only 2 inches smaller than the football player who was on The [...]
Here’s a quick break from… well…. not posting…. to share some of the most horrific woolcrimes I’ve ever seen. They are scary, furry, chafing, sparkly, and downright dirty. I don’t speak German, so I have no idea what this website is all about. Are they selling these items? Is it a [...]
The flower basket shawl is complete! I don’t think I’ll ever wear it!
Anyway, here it is, pre-blocking:
And being blocked:
The pattern does flatten out pleasingly, and it’s a cute little lace shawl. And we know how much I dig the orange. As I put in on for the first time, the person I [...]
I’ve been behind on my posting, but the knitting is coming along! I’m only about ten rows from finishing my Flower Basket Shawl. For anyone who is thinking of trying this pattern, I would recommend first doing a similar pattern with a smaller number of repeats, like the Branching Out scarf from Knitty. [...]
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