Amy Herzog Designs

I wasn’t quite sure when I’d write this post. The miscarriage I had in October has made me jumpy, more secretive, more nervous that maybe this time when I go to the doctor, something will be wrong. But, my friends, the time has come to fess up. Because I got…

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I wouldn’t have thought there was any such thing. But as it turns out, there is. I present to you the sum total of my knitting in the last 11 days. Oh, yeah. That hurts. Especially since almost all of the progress you see was from this weekend, when I…

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Faced with two larger projects that seem to be dragging on forever, I decided I needed something simple. Conwy sock, in Sundara sock yarn, color “bronzed sienna”. My second project on the needles right now with the Seasons Club yarn, and boy is it ever luxurious. The pattern is simple…

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Of course I ripped it out. I just wouldn’t be me, if I hadn’t. I would have finished the sweater, and hated it every time Jacob wore it. And that’s no way to feel about a hand-knit. So all’s well that ends well, I’m happy with my decision, etc. I’m…

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I feel like the biggest dork in the world. So this is the back of Torgeir, from Elsbeth Lavold’s Viking Knits 1. Cute sweater, and I’m knitting it in the 2 year old size. At least, I will be when I can stop swearing at myself long enough to rip…

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Because I need these corny little games and the little timelines they give, I’m declaring this year a Year. Of. SOCKS! And here’s January’s installment. The Pomatomus, they are finished. Pattern: Cookie A.’s Pomatomus, from the Winter 2005 Knitty Yarn: Madelinetosh sock yarn, color vermillion Time Elapsed: I dragged my…

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Run, don’t walk, to your local grocery store and purchase the ingredients for this. Even without the glaze, it is the most moist, scrumptious, spiced, wonderful thing I have eaten in months. Plus, I got to use my weirdo Yankee apple contraption–and how cool is that, really? (Jacob thought it…

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…you all have such fantastic ideas! I ripped out the sock (and two baby sweaters and a baby hat), stuffed the yarn in the closet, and took a total knitting break for a couple of days. Read a few books I’d been meaning to get to, cleaned the house, and…

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Not from my current projects, anyway. There’s Pomatomus. The first sock is done, and I fear I’m going to be joining the movement at just the wrong time. It’s not that I don’t like the sock, even though it looks pretty crappy off a foot. On the foot it is…

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For a project that only took me around 4 days to knit, this one sure hung around awhile. Pattern: Baby Alligator Scarf, from Morehouse Merino Yarn: Kit yarn–merino 3 ply, maybe? Time Elapsed:This took 4 days to knit, but it took me almost two months to make those 4 days…

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