I've been quietly participating in National Knitting Month (NaKnitMo). Instead of pledging a wordcount like NaNoWriMo, you pledge a stitch count. The "standard" pledge (according to the Ravelry group) was 30K. Sounded like kind of a lot, but I figured there was nothing to lose. It came at a good time - I was knitting gifts for twin girls born in ( Read more... )

Danica has waaaaay too many ends to weave in. Waaaaaaay. Very very bored of this. We hates weaving in ends. We should have People for this.

I finally finally finally finished Radha. wooo! Timely, too, given the weather. not a bad night to have a giant sweatery thing on. that was a lot of ends to weave in...

and i guess i'm resurrecting the cul-de-sac vest next. the chapeau marnier i'm working on right now is just waiting for some ribbon, so that's as done as it can be before i go to ( Read more... )

i have finally finished the Isis Wrap. I started it over a year ago, and discovered that my brain couldn't comprehend lace and law school at the same time. Restarted it a couple times, most recently in August on our trip. I finished it last night, with some 11th hour (23rd hour, if we're on military time) help from caitrin. Kitchener for ribbing, why do ( Read more... )

I started a ginormous sweater-wrap-shrug thing (Berroco's Radha) this week while I was sick. Let's start with 146 stitches per row, for the first piece (the back). Oy. Them's long rows.

But I was OK until I read through the pattern and thought about the repeats that were listed. Wait, does that say 36 rows, plus a whole bunch (ahem, like 32) short ( Read more... )

no, not really. but i finally got an invite to Ravelry.com yesterday, and omg is it the fabulousest! i'm never losing a knitting project again! all those things i've started and forgotten about, all alone in their little tote bags... they're all there. And the Scarecrow and, and, you too, Tin Man! *swoon ( Read more... )

have proceeded from a2 to sf. all i've currently got to say about that is ... guh. and now we know why the hotel was so unbelievably affordable. um, yeah. oh well. lesson learned ( Read more... )

i was just knitting in my office (yay, lunch break), when a coworker came in to ask a question. and she said "ohhh! you're knitting! when i think knitting, I always think it's for babies!" qw21? first of all, don't even joke. second? it's a sock. i've got about 7 inches of leg done, and i'm about to start the heel flap ( Read more... )