I have, in a fit of insanity, decided to knit the appropriate house scarf for each of my friends who are Harry Potter fans and a couple others. My friends’ birthdays are a bit bunched up. So while that gives me time for most of them, I had 3 to do in about a month. I only got one of them done. I’m hoping the other two will go quicker and I’ll have ( Read more... )

I knew it would be way easier to ask you all than searching google for the writer, but I got the general idea of the pattern, which its a cute mock cable, but it doesn't say how many to cast on.. it just says multiples of 10.. so I can only assume that means cast on 10,20,30, etc.. to my desire?  I tried to be smart about this and added the number ( Read more... )

I don’t think I’ve actually ever posted before, merely left comments. Hello! *waves*

Because I find it a pain the behind, I'm not going to post pics of my current things on needles.  Instead, I am going to provide you with a lovely link to my flickr photostream. That way you can browse at your own leisure.

Works In Progress

Descriptions of things:
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Gah.

I'm freaking out, would appreciate some insight. Suddenly plagued with self-doubt over a pattern I have put a lot of love into:

I have a great-aunt who lives in Brighton, England. She is dying of cancer. I can't visit, so I decided to knit her something; I know she is lonely and thought she would appreciate the gesture. So I got some ( Read more... )

I just finished knitting a fabulous Danica scarf for my boyfriend the same day he dumped me (& he did it online... ewwwww).
( good thing it's going to a better place now )

So a week before her birthday, I decided the perfect gift for my cousin would be the Touch of Whimsy scarf. I nearly finished it in time - and would have, had I not been packing our house. Instead, I showed it to her and left her rub the super soft yarn - Rowan Kid Classic - on her body. I meant to go out and get one of those sewing/cloth board ( Read more... )