The Middlebury cardigan is done but for the buttons. It’s a great relief to have it totally off the needles, as it seems like I’ve been knitting it for a long time (though it’s apparently only been since September). I’m immensely pleased with how it turned out. I’ll do a full finished object rundown with [...]
Archives for Self-Discipline
Becalmed
Thank you for your many compliments on the Florence progress pictures! I ought to have finished it by now, but instead I started something altogether different. For lack of a better name, I’m calling it my “wine-dark sea” pullover. Because of the dark blue and the wine-y brown. And because of the nautical stripes. Please [...]
Turtle Rescue Mission
Once upon a time, I knit a sweater with a turtle on it for little baby Gwendolyn. I used Mission Falls 1824 Cotton, and I made up the intarsia pattern myself. When I finished it, I was a little concerned that the head opening was too small, but given that Gwen wasn’t exactly born yet, [...]
Sickbed and Recovery
Lately, I haven’t had much to say about my knitting. I’ve been doing a lot of what I think of as Duty Knitting — working on things I have to finish so I can move on to other things. I got myself into this mess by knitting one sock for my mother that doesn’t fit [...]
Knitting as Performance Art
Since my last post, I cast on and knit four inches of an Endpaper Mitt in brown and green, decided it was too muddy looking (as well as too small), and frogged it. I then cast on and knit four inches of a Monkey sock in some lovely Interlacements Tiny Toes, decided it was too [...]
Easily Distracted by Shiny Objects
I’ve been working on a secret project this past week — well, not that secret, just a secret from the person I’m going to give it to, who may or may not check this blog, so I can’t post about it until I’ve given it away. Which could be weeks from now. Rest assured that [...]