I finished my backyard leaves scarf and I love it so much! Pattern: Backyard leaves scarf from Scarf Style Yarn: 3 balls Cascade Yarns “Cloud 9″ 50% angora, 50% merino 50g/109 yards Needles: size 7 Finished size: 72″ long- 6″ shorter than the pattern states, but plenty long for me-it almost reaches my knees when [...]
Well, for a little while at least. My mom’s socks were finished, mailed and received so that was a success. They turned out really well and they are SO soft! I used Knitpicks sock garden and I recommend it. After finding a pattern that didn’t result in horrible color pooling, I really enjoyed knitting it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2006
Hi mom, welcome to my blog! I’ve been working on your gift for awhile now but I couldn’t quite finish in time for you to get it on your Big Day so a preview is in order.I thought you might like some pretty, handknit socks to put a little spring in your step. …
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 20th, 2006
Blogger was being stupid yesterday and it wouldn’t let me post this. Stupid blogger. So here is my posting that should have been here last night. I went out to dinner tonight for my birthday and the restaurant printed special menus for us that looked like this:It was so cool to open it up and [...]
I finished my 1st sock for my mom’s birthday! I started it no less than 4 times so finishing it is a big deal. You may remember that I started it as a cable and rib sock (well, yes, a jaywalker sock 1st but that hardly counts). That was all going well until I realized [...]
Posted in Create, knitting, Knitting Patterns, Patterns & Tutorials, scarves on Jan 12th, 2006
Wavy Razor Shell Scarf I used 2 balls of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino: 55% Merino Wool, 33% Microfibre, 12% Cashmere, Approx. 137 yds/50g Size 5 (or 6) needles- I don’t remenber. Gauge isn’t really important but my completed scarf was about 6″ wide and 4.5 ft long. CO 42 stitches Row 1 (ws): purl across [...]
I have pictures of what I’ve been up to since my last post. Knitting, knitting and more knitting. I knitted some bath puffs out of cotton chenille for my girlfriends and was in such a hurry to send them off that I forgot to take a picture. They turned out really cute and just when [...]
I am on a roll. Christmas is almost here and my presents are almost all done! Well, except for the scarf I haven’t started yet because the yarn is taking forever to get here. My most recent finished project is a scarf for Margitha, my stepmom. This is the scarf that started out as gloves [...]
We got our Christmas tree on Monday! It was muddy and cold but I loved getting the tree. This is our first Christmas in our own home and that is really exciting. We have big windows in the front of our house and the tree is going in front of them so …
Posted in Create, knitting, Uncategorized on Nov 30th, 2005
I hope you all had a happy turkey day! My mom and her friend Allison came up from California and we had such a nice time. It was really fun to have our first holiday dinner in our new house. Despite my absence from my blog, I did do some knitting. I was just too [...]
