The NeverEnding Stash


02.Sep.08 ~ 8:09 am

(No updates yet for my dad and cousin. Thanks everyone!!)

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Ravelympics 2008: Days 1-7


15.Aug.08 ~ 7:45 am

(Many thanks for everyone’s kind comments about the bunny pullover. I’ve been so focused on my Olympic knitting that email, blog-reading, and the like have fallen by the wayside, sorry!)

The Ravelry is doing a fun knit/crochet/spin/dye/whatever-along during the 2008 Olympics, with over 5500 members participating. I signed up with two projects and two teams: The Loon for Team Editors and Anise Socks for Team Stashdown. Continue reading »

Nobody named Ryan here


16.May.08 ~ 8:35 am

(Note 1: Sorry about the spot of technical difficulties; after I first published this post, it unpublished itself somehow, and when I went back to reset the status, half the information was gone, so I had to reconstruct it. Note 2: What the heck? It happened AGAIN! I’m not gonna re-reconstruct this silly (and quite possibly cursed) post. Enjoy the pictures!)

Thanks all for your nice comments about my new sock pattern! : )

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Show & Tell


09.Aug.06 ~ 5:36 pm

Other than the Color Blox socks I posted about last weekend, I haven’t been able to share my recent FOs.

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Fickle


03.Jul.06 ~ 5:16 am

Now that my deadline knitting has completed, I should’ve returned to my other WIPs, like the Color Blox Sox, Rock and Weave socks, or the Cropped Cardi. But I didn’t.

Faced with a sort-of deadline for August, I dug out the Lion Brand Wool I bought earlier this year and started a stranded two-color swatch. I’ve done Intarsia before, but not Stranded or Fair-Isle, because I hadn’t been very interested in most of the projects I’ve seen. Saturday night, I went at it to see how I would do. Here’s my first swatch:

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