Spinning is immeasurably good for me. You may have heard that there are two kinds of knitters: process knitters and product knitters. They are fairly self-explanatory: Process knitters knit primarily for the joy of doing. They choose a project based on how fun it would be to do, they don’t care so much about the … More Plying Days
I like rules. Well, really, I like order, but I’m not very good at making order, so I like rules, because they make me feel like I have order without having to do anything about it. It’s like someone else is doing the work, even if it’s me coming up with the rules. In that … More This Whole Sock Thing
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
Bada bing, bada boom! I have not been idle in my absence. If you’ve been checking back for new posts, you at least saw the Evenstar ticker moving faithfully along – almost halfway done! But that’s not all: I finished Clocking the First on Sunday, less than a week after I’d started it. It’s been … More Poof! a sock.
After a major mishap with the beaded border on Undomiel, my Evenstar Shawl, the piece spent about a week on time-out with no border, no beads, looking pretty dejected. But as it was about the only work-approved project I had going on for a while, it wasn’t long before I pulled it back out. You … More Crochet-hook Beaded Knitting
I was all set to start on my first set of Nancy’s socks, “Stockings with Clocks,” when I arrived at work yesterday. I’d read enough of the pattern to know that the pattern was written for a man, but going down a needle size would make it fit a woman, so okay, that means 0’s. … More You probably don’t care this much, but I’ll give you the details anyway.
After long deliberation, I have chosen for myself a quest. It is a quest of long duration, requiring many stitches and much patience. Meet Nancy Bush. She’s the perfect blend of two studies I love the most – knitting and anthropology. Her pattern books are full of well-written, historically accurate, but still wearable projects. None … More Knitting Nancy’s Nifty Kneesocks
We spent this weekend saying goodbye to Fjord, a cool dude who has become an awesome friend over the past two years. He is going to work at the magical candy mountain, which unfortunately requires him to relocate to exactly the wrong coast. There’s nothing like imminent separation, however, to inspire a group of friends … More Last Stand
I was pretty bored at work today… all of like five customers came through the door while I was there (and they always come at least two at a time… can’t figure that out). So I posted on facebook that I could come up with fifty things you could knit during the summer that would … More Summer Knitting
Saturday was a long drive down to VA beach and back, which meant that after about 6 hours in the car, the recently-recovered alpaca sleeve had a mate. After a careful re-stringing of pieces (all thankfully in the right order), I’m on the yoke: …and am already three-quarters done with it. I thought this sweater … More Perspective
Osborn Fiber Studio 