I wanted to show you progress pictures on Frances today, because I think it’s important that I not refrain from picture taking until the sweater is done and then say, “Here it is!” When I do that, it makes it seem as though I produced the sweater with no effort, when in fact I am [...]
Archives for August 2007
Monday Miscellany: Duty Knitting Edition
Since returning from Vermont, in addition to completing the Nine-to-Five Socks and making the XOXO Baby Socks, I’ve also finished up a couple old projects that have been lying around making me feel guilty. First, I managed to reseam and weave in all the ends on the turtle sweater (explanatory backstory is here and here), [...]
Free Pattern: XOXO Baby Socks
XOXO Baby Socks Pattern: XOXO Baby Socks. My own design. Size: Newborn Yarn: Henry’s Attic Kona Superwash DK (100% superwash merino wool) Yardage: Small amount of leftovers Source: Catnip Yarns Needles: 4 US size 2 double-pointed needles Gauge: About 7 stitches = 1″ in stockinette stitch Notes: Last week, when the Nine-to-Five Socks and I [...]
Finished Object: Nine-to-Five Socks
Pattern: Nine-to-Five Socks by Nicole Hindes of All Buttoned Up Size: One size, about a women’s medium Yarn: Zwergergarn Opal Uni Solid, no. 40 (75% superwash wool, 25% nylon; 465 yds. per 100 g. skein) Yardage: 1 skein Source: Loops & Links (De Pere, WI) Needles: US size 1 (2.25 mm.) double-pointed needles Gauge: 34 [...]
Getting to Know Me
Since I last posted, I’ve been finishing up all sorts of knitting projects, some long-term and some instant gratification, but I haven’t been able to blog about them because my computer died and I’m using my old laptop. Okay, technically, nothing is stopping me from blogging, but everything’s harder on this old computer, and I [...]
Quickie Finished Object: Ribbed Lace Bolero
Pattern: Ribbed Lace Bolero by Kelly Maher of 10 Feet High Size: 21″ wide, 18″ long. Sized (I hope) to fit an eight-year-old girl with a 14″ shoulder-to-shoulder measurement Yarn: Nashua Handknits Cilantro (70% cotton, 30% acrylic; 136 yds. per 50 g. skein) Yardage: 2.75 skeins Source: Monterey Yarn Needles: Denise US11 and US9 circular [...]
Lucky
I’m back from Vermont, where David and I had a smashing time with my family. There was a lot of this kind of thing: The view in Stockbridge, Vermont and of this kind of thing: My brother James and me, climbing a hill somewhere What with all the beautiful scenery, the old homes and churches [...]