They’re done! And such perfectly appropriate socks to wear on May Eve.
Another pair of socks completed (mostly during lunchtimes!). Again, I worked these socks on a single circular needle (Magic Loop method), having divided the skein into two roughly equal balls, and casting on both socks at once. (See my previous post [...]
Here’s a conversation I think Dru must be getting sick of hearing:
Me: “Hey Dru…”
Him: “Yes Em?”
Me: “There’s a SPINNING WHEEL in our livingroom!”
That’s right, folks, a spinning wheel in my very own living room! I barely can believe it, for all that I’ve had this lovely Ashford Elizabeth wheel since Saturday night.
I don’t [...]
Here’s a quaint little Knitting as Recreation article from McCall’s Magazine, June 1905. Turns out people have known that knitting is good for recovery and relaxation for a long time :)
I also just really like that the entire issue of the magazine is online; that’s just nifty. Does anyone else know of [...]
Amelia (another sharerer of the Inescapable Name), aka The Bellwether, recently had a nifty meme up on her blog. I took the bait, and so here are my answers to the five questions she asked me:
1) Why do you like (or, dislike, should that be the case) chocolate?
First off, I do, very [...]
For St. Jodi and International Pixel-Stained TechoPeasant Day, it it time to share art.
Before I was a “knitter” I was considered somewhat musical, and a “bard” within the SCA. The Bardic community at large has always been so open and inviting, so full of knowledge and always ready with words of encouragement, they seem [...]
First posted by the lovely Kelly, aka She Who Measures (among other things):
Post your Art on the net: April 23
Give something away. Draw a picture, write a poem, post a pattern, write a song.
This started as a protest among writers thanks to some… provoking comments from Howard V. Hendrix (outgoing vice pres. of the Science [...]
“Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!”
~ The Great Gatsby, F.Scott Fitzgerald
Gatsby Girl , for me, was certainly an excercise in repeating the past: multiple cast-ons for front, back, and sleeve-edges, and three sleeves knit in total! Regardless, I think that these acts of repetition redeemed themselves in the [...]
I was in Lettuce Knit at lunchtime today, picking up goodies for my Knitters Treat Exchange package, when I discoverd that they are now carrying Socks That Rock! Curses upon the budget that constrains me!! Damnable self control: I left with not a thing for myself at all.
At least I still have my [...]
…even for a catchy blog title, I can’t bring myself to misspell it “nite”…
Today my first letter from the Knitterly Letter Swap arrived! Check out the creativity of my letter pal:
Not just a letter on pretty note cards, but a bloggy-business card*, polaroids of pets and snippets of yarn and fabric! I was [...]
Peeve the First
I’ve noticed that there are a lot of people, whith more experience with a drop-spindle than I have by far, who identify themselves as “spindlers”. I infer that this is to provide a separate designation for those who handspin on an drop-spindle from those who spin their yarn on a spinning wheel. [...]
