I have not had much success with my knitting recently. I finally got my act together to finish Liesl.


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Did you ever start a top-down sweater and get about 7 inches into the knitting of it before you bothered to check if a normal human neck would fit into the neckhole and then discover the answer is a big fat no and have to rip it all back?

Me either...


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I took Niels to see Megamind today. The review in the paper was not good. (Yes, I still get the paper, shush.) I decided that just in case I was miserable, I should take some knitting with me so the time shouldn't be a total loss. I took my niece's sweater with me since that's just flat stockinette with a seed stitch border ( Read more... )

I wasn't sure what size needles I used to cast on for the wedge sock, but they "seemed" right ( Read more... )

This post is mostly for Kristi, since she was the one who knit half of the item in question. It's the Lady Eleanor stole which I started for my mother in July 2005. Kristi pointed out that I don't need to knit my mother a sweater for Christmas if I just finish this. Genius! I'm posting this friends only because my mom does read my blog now and the ( Read more... )