Heather jumped on the interview bandwagon, and I asked her to interview me. So here are her questions and my answers:
1) Who taught you to knit? How old were you? (Stole this from Mim interviewing Jacquie)My mother, who used to knit a lot of our clothes. I think […]

I finished the back of the Dollar and a Half Cardigan. Or at least I think. I’m going to block it and see if I think the fit will be right before I start on the front pieces.
That leaves me free to work on Icarus tonight. Yippee!

I will not be defeated. Not by some stupid tasteless strawberries.
Arming myself with the Internet and one of my favorite websites, I searched for strawberry recipes and came up with this one for Strawberry Bread. It sounded pretty good, and I actually had the ingredients on hand (very important - I had no plans to […]

Don’t be fooled by those beautiful, big, red strawberries at Costco. These must be ones that have been genetically modified to be red long before they’re ripe. I guess I’ll be making something out of them that has a lot of sugar in it.

Yipee!! I’m finally into the lacy bits of Icarus. OK, so I’m only one row into Chart 2, but at least I’m finally there. Now I’m energized! Too bad I won’t be able to work on it tonight. Maybe if I skip SnB tonight. (Nah, what am I saying?) Besides, I have Dollar and a […]

I’m making good progress on the Dollar and a Half Cardigan. I decided to go with US-7 needles, and I’m just going to hope it works out okay. So far it seems like it will. It’s knitting up quickly, so I’m hoping I’ll be wearing it for Easter.
I was planning to work on Icarus last […]

The “Margene Sock Kit” is now available at Gardiner Yarn Works. But hurry, there’s only a few left.

Have you been over to Mim’s to congratulate her on having Icarus selected for the cover photo of The Best of Interweave Knits? A well-deserved recognition - her designs are awesome. We’ll have to have a little celebratory toast (with our latte’s) at SnB next week. That’s one talented grrrl.
So now, I think I really […]

I decided to go ahead and try another swatch for the Dollar and a Half Cardigan with larger needles (US6). This one actually came out pretty close - the lace gauge was larger, but the stockinette didn’t really change as much as I expected. It was close enough that I started working […]

I swatched for the Dollar and a Half Cardigan, but I’m afraid I’ve come up a bit short.
The instructions only give the gauge for the lace pattern, not for the reverse stockinette. But certainly the two should be about the same width, and the photos look like the lace and stockinette sections are about the […]