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A Gift FO

January 7, 2008 by Amy

It feels a little anti-climactic, but here are the details on the HoJo Pullover I knit for Jessica. Pattern: HoJo Pullover by Fiona Ellis, from the fall 2002 issue of Interweave Knits. Yarn: Berroco Pure Merino, 12 balls of blue, 1 each of cream, lime, rust. Time Elapsed: Definitely under…

Resolution

January 4, 2008 by Amy

(Of the hand-knitted gifts kind. No New Year’s resolutions for me, this time around. I’m just happy 2007 is over.) It was a fantastic trip, there was much knitting, and now I’m crashing back to reality here in CA. It is my sincere hope not to spend too many more…

Ho ho ho.

December 16, 2007 by Amy

Knitting time has been pretty damn scarce these past two weeks. At least that’s my excuse for taking that long to knit a pair of bulky-weight slipper socks. As I was knitting them, I started to worry that there wouldn’t be enough shrinkage room for some slight fulling (I’m planning…

‘Tis the season

December 6, 2007 by Amy

To, uh, bake and knit, apparently. (Clockwise from bottom: Finished lace hat and wine and roses mitts, finished HoJo, Almond-apricot cookie sandwiches, chocolate checkerboard cookies, mint brownies, ginger cookies, chocolate rugelach. We’ve had a busy day.) The log cabin socks are started, but there’s very little chance I’ll finish them…

Inching along

November 30, 2007 by Amy

It’s so interesting to read what everyone else has to say about their stash! I admire people who are happy without a stash at all. I know it’s never going to be me–I’m not a collector by nature, but I do like to have some amount of inspiration around the…

Hooray!

November 27, 2007 by Amy

Whew! I expect I’ll only have a few yards left over of the blue yarn after I’m done with the collar, but all main pieces of the HoJo are blocking away. Thank goodness! Also, hubby’s side of the family decided to do a secret santa-type thing this year, so I’ve…

This is not the holiday you were looking for.

November 23, 2007 by Amy

Thanksgiving is over, thank goodness. This year, I’m just thankful I made it through. In other news, I’m beginning to feel the first faint stirrings of worry about yarn quantity for the HoJo sweater. So I borrowed a page from Marlena’s book: I almost got through the branching rib chart…

Shameless Commerce Division

November 20, 2007 by Amy

This seems like a pretty strange thing to do, to me. So please forgive me if it’s tacky or otherwise inappropriate. But it occurs to me that there might be folks in Boston who read this, and could make a connection. So! Until we move back to the area, we…

A proper FO

November 19, 2007 by Amy

The single sock liberation movement has lost another soldier from its army. Pattern: Victorian Lace Socks from the Six Sox Knitalong, by Lorri Ann Romesberg Yarn: Spirit Trail Fiberworks superwash merino Time elapsed: Around a week for a single sock Modifications/Notes: The incredibly talented Stacey chose the pattern, yarn, and…

My Hero, the Postman

November 14, 2007 by Amy

He brought me two especially nice things today. Did you know Kim Hargreaves just came out with a book?! That jumped into my shopping cart before I even had time to take a breath. And I got the yarn book on the lovely Claudia’s recommendation. Kim’s patterns are gorgeous, as…

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