Category: Misc

Sorry about the radio silence. It’s been quite the… well, let’s just say it’s been a surprising week. Knitting has happened, of course. Spurred on by Sil’s fab Tangled Yoke, I finished the main part of the body. It’s been pretty sloggy so far, but this feels like a big…

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Well, let’s be fair. The Tangled Yoke Cardigan is very, very unlikely to be disastrous. It is kind of dull, though, at least for the moment. I’m finally (finally!) done with the garter rib on the body, but those rows are still damn long. And my monkeys are done, and…

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(You did know it was Talk Like A Pirate Day, right?) Pattern: Monkey Yarn: Koigu! Lovely KPPPM, in color 814, very nearly all of 2 hanks Time Elapsed: Oh, I don’t know. Somewhere around a week? They’re a quick sock. Modifications/Notes: I was very worried about running out of yarn,…

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This weekend, Neil kindly wore the cable yoke sweater in rather warm San Jose weather so that I could snap a few shots. Pattern: Cable Yoke Sweater from Debbie Bliss’ “Wish You Were Here” collection Yarn: RYC Cotton Jeans, color “shingle”, 20 balls for the 38″ size (chest measurement 42″)…

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We have had our little iMac since early 2002. Almost 6 years is a lot to ask of any computer, and it served us very well. It’s been flaky a lot lately, but we assumed it would just keep plugging until we were ready to give it up. Not so…

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Planes, if nothing else, are good for knitting. (That is, assuming one is not traveling with a toddler. I’d almost forgotten what it was like!) The trip went well, the new tenants are pretty funny and seem like good folks, I got a ton and a half of knitting done,…

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I’m beating it back to Boston again tonight, this time to spend one and a half crazy days changing our condo over from one tenant to another. You know what that means: More plane knitting time! The Cable Yoke sweater is coming along well, although working with such heavy cotton…

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I had big photoshoot plans for these socks, but I just couldn’t get good pictures of them and my local beach together. So, boring back porch photo shoot it is! Pattern: The amazing Nona’s Sidewinders Yarn:Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock, lightweight, Pebble Beach colorway Time Elapsed: About a…

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This week has been a doozy, what with the yarn urchin turning two and all, but I did manage to block the shawl and take some pictures. Pattern: A curved shawl with diamond edging, from Victorian Lace Today Yarn: Lacey Lamb, in Blueblood Red, under 1 ball Time Elapsed: Around…

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Well, I can say one good thing about spending so much time on my tush in tin cans this weekend. It helps me bypass second sock/sleeve syndrome pretty easily. (Two sleeves for my friend Neil’s birthday sweater, one completed Sidewinder, one in-progress. Boo yah.) The Sidewinder pattern didn’t exactly make…

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