Just in time for the end of Socktoberfest, I have a completed pair of socks! Perhaps what I have lacked this month in numbers is made up a bit by length and festiveness?
Samhain Stockings!
I knit these most of the way to and from Virginia (hooray for car-knitting time!), and so have completed them in [...]
When I got home (late) yesterday, there was a happy surprise waiting for me!
A bundle of fibre from Katie!!
2oz. Stick & Stone natural soysilk roving; 2oz Chasing Rainbows Dyeworks’ Dyeworks “Hallie’s Berries” merino/tencel roving.
A while back she had posted a contest to guess where she would be taking her honeymoon, and I guessed correctly (Niagara [...]
I’m really bummed out right now. Have you ever seen The Princess Shawl over at Heirloom Knitting? It’s amazing. It’s complex, and beautiful, and challenging. And it (the pattern, I should clarify) is also only available once every five years.
I have been eyeing this pattern for about three years now, before [...]
I’m back from vacation, safe and sound. There was a lot of car time, so I knit socks:
STR “Autumn” and Lorna’s Laces “Chocolate”. One knee-high sock done, the other is at about this state now.
Sadly, I bought no yarn, nor fibre. I did, however, see some sheep in Colonial Williamsburg:
Leicester Longwools from [...]
What’s this, Max?
No, kitty, that’s not for you!
That’s some merino/tencel roving, a skein of Colinette Jitterbug sock yarn in “Velvet Plum”, and some cute “EMILY” stitch markers — it must be an October surprise package from my Secret Pal! Thanks Secret Pal!
Ok, so I’ve had time to blog this before we need to head [...]
Things I should be doing right now:
- finishing the ironing
- Packing for my trip
- laying out work clothes
- Relaxing with tea
- Going to bed at reasonable time
Things I should not be doing right now:
- worrying about not having knitting for the trip
- spending 1/2 hour looking a knitting patterns
- contemplating winding up skeins of sock [...]
Anyone know some fun fiber destinations in Virginia? I’ll be travelling down there later this week for a cousin’s wedding, and plan to take a bit of time wending our way back home by way of lovely historical towns and autumn-bright hills.
I’ll just be missing the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival, but perhaps [...]
I should feel happy: I’m at home for the evening, little responsibility and lots of time to knit. I need some withdraw time, some space to pull back away from the work-stress and back into myself. I’ve got yarn in the stash (as my last post can attest! and that’s only a part [...]
For the most recent SP11 contest in my group, we are too show photographic evidence of our yarn acquisitions.
Some of you out there have your stash in lovely, neat containers, or filed away in some organized system. I, however, am more of the Yarn Harlot camp, in which stash gets crammed just [...]
You asked for it! Here’s my pattern for the Tea Cozy I made for my K1T2Swap pal.
Autumn Tea Cozy
This is just the right thing to keep your tea nice and hot while you curl up with a cuppa and a good book after a stroll through the autumn leaves.
Materials
~ 1 skein Noro Kureyon (or [...]
