A Christmas Stocking
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting
During Grandma’s recent visit, I showed her a couple of books filled with Christmas Stocking designs. I told her to pick a couple that she liked, and that I would make her one for the coming holiday.
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Tags: acrylic, christmas, gift, grandma, green, holiday, stocking, vanna's choice
I wanted to name this post “Steeking is Fun”
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting
(Edited to Add: Grandma wants to say Hello to her neighbor Dorothy!) But I thought that might scare away some people!
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Tags: baby, blue-green, colorwork, dale-of-norway, dog, falk, grandma, green, polarbears, pullover, steek, stranded, test-knit
The story of a little skein
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, shawls or stoles
(Quick note: My dad’s health has declined since his long illness a couple years ago. This past summer, he was accepted as a candidate for a heart transplant, and last week, he was admitted to the hospital and is now waiting for a new heart. My cousin up north is also in the hospital with [...]
Tags: blue, colinette, dad, forest canopy, gift, grandma, green, health, jitterbug, lace, purple, shawl, susan lawrence
Veni, vidi, vici
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, socks
Remember these terrible, horrible, no good, very bad socks? I was tired of them hanging around, unfinished and making this knitter all kinds of unhappy.
No more!
Tags: challenge, crystal-palace, footies, gift, grandma, hidden in my shoe, mile, orange, panda-wool, sheron, six-sox-kal, sock-yarn, socks, stashdown
A Cardi for Grandma
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, sweaters
Quick BookMate update: I was contacted again by the person who sells the BookMates. They are still available for purchase at this new website, and I think a few of the BookMate I cover designs are new. (No affiliation, just an interested reader.)
A year later than intended, I presented Grandma with the Cropped Cardigan [...]
Tags: bongo, cropped-cardigan, gift, grandma, lace, sweaters, white
It’s cold!
Posted by limedragon | Filed under general, personal
Thanks again to everyone who left comments about my Dad. I’m glad to report he’s well on the way to recovery, and was able to spend Thanksgiving at home.
It’s been busy, busy. We’ve been shopping, working, solving jigsaw puzzles, baking and cooking, eating, and knitting. (Okay, that last one was just me!) Here’s a picture [...]
Tags: cats, chocolate, cooking, dad, grandma, munchkin, pumpkin
Update
Posted by limedragon | Filed under general, personal
Thank you again to everyone who left comments about my Dad in my last post. We really appreciated it. He did leave the hospital last Monday. But by Friday, he had a high fever and signs of Pneumonia, and Mom took him back to the hospital yesterday morning. He has had oxygen and also new [...]
Madder Ribbed Socks
Posted by limedragon | Filed under kid stuff, knitting, socks, sweaters
Ta da, here are a couple pictures of my most recently completed pair. These will be a gift later this year. So I first tried them on for an “action” shot before washing.
Tags: bongo, child, cousin, cropped-cardigan, eurostep, four-seasons, gift, grandma, kid, knitting vintage socks, madder, nancy-bush, opal, orange, prisma, rib, shoes, socks, white
Not the Usual Suspects
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitalongs, knitting, socks
Another pair finished! I’ll update my sidebar after this.
I used a lone Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock skein in the Bucks Bar colorway. You can see in the below picture how subtle the colors blend and stripe.
Tags: gift, grandma, green, lornas-laces, project-spectrum, rib, shepherd sock, sockettes, socks, toe-up
Unexpected Delay
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, socks
I finished the sockettes on Saturday night, but even though I bound off loosely, they wouldn’t fit over my heel. Which means they wouldn’t fit Grandma. So…. I undid the bind-off and tried a loose crochet bind-off. Didn’t work. Undid that, and tried a very loose sewn bind-off. It helped, but not very much. Clearly, I needed [...]
Tags: gift, grandma, kablooey, lornas-laces, shepherd sock, sockettes, socks
