mitts are a true addiction. i knitted many of them as gifts for friends and family last year... some of which i forgot to take a picture of. but these puppies, i made for the wife and me! i was knitting this particular pair because it was unnaturally cold in these parts last fall. LOVE. they are so warm.


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the last 2 days have been unusually cold.

which means there been a first ever taste of real hot chocolate (milk + milk chocolate callebaut). there was a bit of dancing after every sip.


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there hasn't been a whole lot of knitting progress of late.

in fact, there's been more frogging than knitting. mainly because i haven't been happy with what i've been doing. and that's okay.

but this little manly vest my baby boy is modelling, i'm pretty smitten with. i bought the yarn last year without really knowing what i was going to do with ( Read more... )

in the midst of the chaos of everyday living with a toddler, working full-time, being a mom, being a wife... knitting is the one thing i turn to each day, every moment i can - often before all the cleaning happens. i knit garments and accessories for people i love but the knitting, i do for me ( Read more... )

i mentioned in a recent post that there was a lot of knitting going on. and so there was and continues to be ( Read more... )

i am not a hat person. not really. i'd really love to be a hat person because i like hats.

i just don't think that hats like me.

but i've got this kid now... and he looks great in hats.

check him out in his cowboy hat...


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for some reason i haven't been feeling knitty lately. perhaps it's the weather. or the lack of opportunity to be still and remember the counting. yes, i'm far too impatient and easily distracted for all the counting and the math. and so, this is the last knitting project i've completed - note i haven't even trimmed and weaved the loose ends. which ( Read more... )

it's been a hard week. the wife's been sick. she's been sick for 3 weeks. and yesterday was a pretty bad day because i was tending to both my wife and son and feeling like i'm meeting neither of their needs.

but the knitting has been pretty productive this week. every spare moment, a stitch here, a row there...


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all that's left to be done is for me to sew the buttons and try it on a little man i know.


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i finally finished the fingerless gloves! and check out the pom pom i finally added to the chariot hat!


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