I’ve started knitting the Drops 88-13 pullover I’ve been wanting to make. I decided to use Douceur et Soie instead of the Vivaldi specified in the pattern. It’s a much lighter yarn (about half the weight), but I think it will be okay. At Tuesday’s SnB, Eileen said that it looked like a cloud. It’s […]

It’s done! I finished the vest requested by DH, and he’s very pleased. This was the first time he’d ever asked me to knit anything for him. He even helped design it - he was very specific about wanting a very heavy wool vest, and choose garter stitch as the pattern (so it would be […]

Yes, it’s true, I finally lost my virginity! It was a bit painful, but worth it.
I’m pleased to introduce “Mocha Parfait”, my first-ever socks. I used one skein of Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock yarn, in color #305 (Safari). Because I only had one skein of yarn, and wasn’t sure how far that would go, I […]

Last night I was working on the vest for my husband, and finished the main part. He was very excited about it. I had to look up how to graft the shoulder seams since I was knitting in garter stitch. I found instructions on how to Kitchener garter stitch, and grafted away. It looked messy […]

Sorry, this post has nothing to do with knitting today. A few days ago, I read Margene’s blog entry about how she’d read on Deb’s blog that “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” is a complete sentence. I had to tell my husband (who’s a technical writer) about it, and who then had […]

No, I’m not trying to teach my cat to fetch. That would be like, well, like herding cats. This is another of my convalescence projects. I decided to make the “Fetching” fingerless gloves by Cheryl Niamath, from the pattern on Knitty. I was a bit concerned that I’d run out of yarn, because I’m a […]

By the way, have you seen the movie Rubin & Ed? Crispin Glover never fails to crack me up. Especially when he’s marching around his apartment with a squeaky-mouse, wearing those wild striped pants and platform shoes. But I digress.
I really have been doing a bit of knitting - this is a vest that […]

Brrr… Winter has reared its ugly head here in Salt Lake City and given us a sneak peek of things to come, and it’s not a pretty sight. Last night I brought in my lemon and orange trees for the winter. Walking past them this morning, I noticed a new visitor in the house - […]

I’m back from my trip to Georgia. Nice trip, but I’m glad to be home! (Well, except for the fact that our air conditioner compresser died and won’t be replaced until Wednesday.) I was able to pretty much finish my Rib and Cable top on the trip. I just had the neckband and finishing to […]