A daily mini-series in which I give an updated review of some sock yarns I have used, having given the socks some wear. For first post and longer explanation, click here. Pattern link below is to my original review of the yarn when the socks were completed; yarn link goes to Ravelry. Socks: “New England” from Knitting … More Sock Yarn Longevity: Random Kraemer Base
Over the last several years, I’ve knit a lot of socks. Like, a lot of socks. Over 30 pairs since June 2010, and more before that. As I knit them, I blogged about them, and gave some opinions on the yarns I was using. (You can see most of these posts and socks if you look … More Sock Yarn Longevity: A Few Reviews – Socks that Rock
Happy Epiphany! Epiphany always feels to me as if it’s the actual last day of Christmas, since after all, it’s the day Jesus got his gifts. So I thought I’d share one more thing today. I already showed you the girls’ big Christmas present, when I finished the Phoebe dolls way back in October. N caught … More We Two Mice of Nunavut Are
The Twelfth Day of Christmas Knitting concludes this season with my first and favorite gift that I made this year. What with the new idea I had this year of applying actual forethought to my Christmas knitting, I had some strategic conversations in early October. One was with my mother, who had a suggestion for a … More And a Pair of Mittens for my Grammy
This, the penultimate, the Eleventh Day of Christmas Knitting, brings us down to the number two. Two is the number of feet most humans are born with, and also the number of children I have, and ergo squares to the total number of socks my mother knit my children for Christmas. Mum has began an … More Two Pairs of Kid Socks
It’s the Tenth Day of Christmas Knitting, and oh dear, this sweet season is almost over. My waistline will thank me, but my spirit does not. The seasons have their purposes in coming and goings, but I do look forward to when every day is celebration and rest. Day Ten brings us to the number Three, … More Three Shades of Wool-Silk
Happy New Year! It’s the Eighth Day, or Octave, of Christmas, better known as New Year’s Day. That brings us to the number five in this Twelve Days of Christmas Knitting coundown, and today brings another scarf. Jared’s siblings do a sibling gift exchange every year, so that between all of them and their spouses, … More Five Feet of Green Scarf
This calm Saturday brings us past the halfway point on these Twelve Days of Christmas Knitting. Day seven, and number six. Today I will describe the “hat” I knit for Jared this year. By “hat” I mean “knitted thing he wants.” We knit each other something every Christmas, and for the first few years it … More Six Feet of Blue Scarf
It’s the sixth day of Christmas, which brings us, palindrome-like, to the number seven. (Not doing backwards like this again; too confusing.) Seven is the number of balls of Knitpicks “Dishie” that arrived in the post in October. I like to make a little something, see, for all the lovely women in my life. And … More Seven Pairs of Dishcloths
It started innocently enough, with a facebook message to my sister-in-law and a modest order to Knitpicks: four skeins of “Wool of the Andes Bulky.” A trip to the winder in mid-October, and they sat by the couch, needles at the ready. Then, they started appearing. And multiplying. Are they mittens or tribbles? I had … More Eight Monogrammed Mitts
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