Ta da! Here is my very first pair of knitted socks! I was happy to have finished the 1st one but a complete pair is much more exciting. I wore them for a few minutes last night but then put them away because they’re a Christmas present. I will miss them but (hopefully) they will [...]
I finally finished my gyrid top! Here it is! I didn;t mean to not show my face in the pictures but I was using the self-timer and that one happened to be the best picture of the shirt but I didn’t have it lined up right to get my face. The finishing was the hardest [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Halloween, Holidays, pets on Nov 1st, 2005
Socktoberfest is officially over and I have 1 sock to show for it! Being my very first sock ever (a knitting milestone!) I am pretty happy. I actually didn’t finish sewing the toe until today but that’s close enough for me. Here is sock #1. It’s a little loose around my …
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 30th, 2005
I’ve got three things to share with you this morning: Daylight savings sucks for me this year. I went to the store this morning to get some breakfast on my way to work (yes, I have to work on Sundays) and was surprised that the store was closed even though the signs said it should [...]
Posted in pets on Oct 23rd, 2005
Check it out- 2 posts in the same day! Meet Phoebe! She’s my hybrid German Angora bunny. Isn’t she beautiful? I have tons of her fur saved and really want to learn how to spin it. Nevermind that everyone says angora is hard to spin. I have dreams of mittens with …
I discovered socktoberfest over at Lolly’s blog. Click on the button below to check it out. Since I am a socktoberfest member, I thought I’d better start knitting my socks. So, 3 attempts later, here it is- My first inch of a beautiful sock! I started with a different pattern and then changed my …
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 17th, 2005
I went shopping yesterday! My desire to knit my 1st pair of socks and my desire to knit Christmas presents led to a great idea. I will knit socks for my mother in law! This seems so simple that I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before. I’ve been thinking a lot about [...]
Posted in Autumn, Celebrate, Seasons, sweaters on Oct 9th, 2005
I am beginning to think that I have knitting ADD. I am knitting the flame sweater and the gyrid top, as you know, but I can’t stop thinking of other things to knit. I really want to knit socks because I haven’t done it before and I can’t stop thinking about soft, warm socks made [...]
After lots of attempts, I finally took some okay pictures of my Gyrid tank top. It’s from Elsebeth Lavold’s book The Viking Knits Collection. I’m knitting it with her Silky Wool yarn in a mossy green color and I really like it. I originally bought it for another project but I decided it wasn’t really [...]
I had a lot of plans for my days off (Fri & Sat) but then things got in the way. I really wanted to go hiking and finish painting my bedroom since right now only half of a wall is painted and that’s not exactly the look I was going for. Then I woke up [...]
