Posted in knitting on June 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I get Rowan back today and I’m going to meet her by shoving this in her face:
She turned out pretty good considering that I made her up as I went along and my calculations proved to be a bit wonky. Everything I knit ends up wonky these days. If it weren’t for the extra character [...]
Posted in knitting, knitting patterns, tagged knitting on June 20, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I made this shawl for my best friend, April. She just lost her grandmother, and they were pretty tight, so she’s not been doing so well. I wanted it to look like one of those things that little old ladies have on the back of their couches (You might say, “Yeah, it’s called an afghan.” [...]
Posted in knitting on June 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So my washer has a soak cycle. I figure, I’ll put all this recycled yarn in the washer, it will fill up with water, soak for 20 minutes, then the water will slowly drain out. Right?
No.
No, no, no. ::clawing out eyes::
I went to check on it after a few minutes and the goddamn [...]
Posted in knitting on June 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve spent the last two nights unraveling a store bought sweater. It was a Land’s End “Drifter” sweater, 100% cotton, that gave me armpit webbing. Here’s a shot of my progress as of a few hours ago.
I used part of an old folding tv tray that had been disassembled for the hank winder. I just [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged knitting patterns on June 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I thought I’d post some highlights from my Flickr page. I’ve self-published a couple of patterns to Livejournal and such, but I was hoping they would find a less chaotic home here.
My sneaky Furryness! monster. Pattern can be found here, for the time being. (Let me know if the link stops working. We haven’t paid [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I wanted to put some of my original knitting patterns somewhere a bit more organized than my LiveJournal. So I’m starting a craft blog. Before long, I’ll have a few patterns listed for your knitting pleasure.
I’m a stay-at-home mom for the time being, and I go a little stir-crazy. Being domestic does not come easy [...]
Baby Boy frets, I strum.
You can hear my songwriting on my MySpace Music page!
