I have received reports that lambs are being born these days, jumping around and growing lovely, soft wool. Meanwhile I’m still working on how to make my darning egg hatch out little chocolate eggs.
Happy Easter!
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Darn good eggs
Posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now also Ripped Off Yarn
Posted in Uncategorized on February 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m not talking about ripping yarn of the needles this time (which I do quite often. I have a low threshold for ripping out something if I don’t like the knitted fabric. Gives more value for my yarn money too!). Also not the about the very few times I have felt ripped off in a [...]
Waves
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged shawl on February 14, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Pattern: Reversible Cabled-Rib Shawl by Lily Chin, Vogue Knitting Winter 99/00
Yarn: Evilla 6/1, colour A-10, 230 g, wound together with about 50 g of some really, really fine embroidery silk
Needles: Addi turbo lace, 3.5 mm for edging, 4 mm for main
I’ve had this yarn in my stash for a while, not knowing what to do [...]
Exit 2008
Posted in Uncategorized on January 1, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Holidays were good, relaxing, lots of food, family and good times. I taught a cousin to knit cables and picked up some yarn from my mom’s stash. I also scored a new ballwinder when I mentioned that the old one that was already old when I got it, was broken. She happened to have another [...]
Buttonfly
Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I wanted to photograph an FO I’ve actually been wearing for a few weeks now. Instead I stepped on it and broke one of the buttons.
Yes mom, I should stop throwing my clothes around like that. I’m all grown up now.
Can the holidays begin soon? Please?
Temptations united
Posted in Uncategorized on December 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I never say to myself that I should stop buying yarn. Having grown up with a mother who owned a yarn shop (though I didn’t appreciate it as much as I should have at the time) I’ve never seen the problem with too much yarn. Yarn doesn’t go bad. Even though I wish funfur did, [...]
Darkness Falls
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Pattern: Toe-up Jaywalkers
Yarn: A Piece of Vermont Merino/Bamboo/Nylon sock yarn, colours grey “Darkness Falls” and green “Mermaid”.
Needles: 2 mm bamboo dpns
Modifications: Adjusted sizing down one step.
After finishing the Ironwork socks I had 40 grams left of the yarn, and I put it away on my sock yarn shelf. And took it out. And put it [...]
Whole lotta love
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged socks on November 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I’m home with a cold. I have warm coffee and radio and outside the winter has covered the remnants of what is now over in snow. The ocean lies calm and the sky is light and the sun would have shown herself for the last time this year if the hazy clouds would have [...]
Hello darkness my old friend
Posted in Uncategorized on November 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Much time has passed since I left a life sign in this part of the cyberspace. Not so much have happened around here though, and I can only think of two things worth mentioning.
We have snow. Not anymore. It would have been a good thing cause the days are really short now and weekends are my [...]
Oh Baby, look at that body!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baby on September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Pattern: Fuglemammas omslagsbody (wrap body) from the book Myk Start (errata here!)
Materials: Bånsull 2-ply merino, about 60 g and seven 11mm push-buttons
Needles: 2.5 for edge, 3 mm for the rest
This is one of very few times where I followed the directions exactly. Except, I had trouble understanding them.
You start at the bottom of the back, [...]
