Knitting on Susan Pandorf’s LotR pattern series
Today I have for you a fix and a ramble. Clue #2 of my In Dreams Mystery Shawl is almost done. This is an amazingly bead-heavy clue – I think Jonica (she is working on two of the things! Holy crap) worked out that there are 912 beads on just this clue. These are worked … More Hunched
I might be just a little obsessed. “Fixated” would also be an appropriate word. You know it’s bad when you’re telling random friends, who you know very well don’t knit, about your project… and it takes you fifteen minutes into your description to figure out they don’t really care… I had two parties to go … More I Really Do Have a Life.
Your local fiber obsessor is a glutton for punishment. Option #1 in my “In Dreams” yarn dilemma started out looking like this: 3000+ yards of beautiful silver silk/nylon cobweb. So fine, in fact, that if I were to knit a shawl out of it, it’d come out about half-sized. I wanted to use it, and … More There Must Be a More Difficult Way
So much going on! We’re halfway through the second week of the semester, mum just visited for another business meeting, I have skeins of yarn to package and mail, Lenten KAL sign-ups are well underway, ravelry ads just went up, and i just made a ravelry group for the KAL …. But none of these … More Yummy Waffles
I finally got my entries back from the State Fair – I moved before the fair ended, so I didn’t get my stuff back until this week. Now that it’s all in one place, I think I can say I did, um, hm, pretty well! It’s a little weird coming right out there and tooting … More The Haul
During the last stages of finishing my Evenstar shawl, I’ve found myself having to answer this question: How do you finish knitting something for someone who has died? When I signed up for the Evenstar Knitalong by Sunflower Designs, I gave the project very little forethought. Lord of the Rings? Lace? Circular shawl? I’m in. … More Over
Yesterday afternoon I reached the halfway point in Undómiel’s beaded edging. That, I must say, is a wonderful feeling. A feeling worth two pictures: I decided to celebrate by “cutting the cord” so to speak, or rather the little belly-button of fake I-cord that was used to start this project back in… March? Oh dear; … More Cutting the I-cord
Almost a week ago, Evenstar was picked back up for the final clue. Jonica and I went in together on a bead purchase, and I was thrilled with the color when she brought them on Tuesday. I had the provisional cast-on for the edging all ready to go, and I had the first repeat done … More OOPS
I was not terribly planning to blog yesterday, but if I had been, I would have had a really good excuse not to blog. Here is a bad picture of it: Do you see, on that big tree in the middle of the photo, that toward the top of the photo the tree has a … More A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Dear Evenstar: We’ve been having such a lovely time together that I really feel obligated to offer you an explanation for my complete abandonment over the past few days. You’d think, after being so exclusively devoted to you, that I could wait a few measly days in between finishing your fifth clue and waiting for … More Sordid Confessions
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