...we had blocking in the sun.


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I just realized that it's only about two and a half weeks until Stitches. If I want my Aidez to be finished by then, I need to get a move on! Right now I have two sleeves knit and about 5" of body (knitting the back and both fronts as one piece).


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I finished two quick project this week. First, a hat for a dear friend's mother who has had to have brain surgery. I hope the cotton is soft enough but also warm enough for her head.


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Happy New Year, everyone! A new year means that it's time for me to look back and count my projects and yarn used. Yes, I'm weird, but that is what it means to me. Here's this year's mosaic of finished object photos.


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Now that everything has been given away I can show you the rest of what I made!

My mom requested fingerless mitts after seeing mine on Thanksgiving. So she got a pair.


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I still can't show you all the Christmas stuff I made, some because I haven't given it out yet and some because I don't have a good picture. I made my boys PJ pants (we traditionally give them PJs on Christmas eve) and they are wearing them to bed but I didn't get a good shot before they went. I'll try in the morning ( Read more... )

Cookie, Teenuh, Mairead, Juls and I visited A Verb for Keeping Warm today. The shop is gorgeous but, sadly, most filled with wool. Gorgeous natural dyed wool...


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Yesterday I went to see Coraline, the musical at the SF Playhouse


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The cold I have been trying to fend off caught up with me today so I spent most of the day on the couch knitting (and watching Netflix when Erik took the kids to the park). The good news is that I have made good progress on the yoke of my niece's sweater. Also, I am feeling a bit better. An early bedtime tonight and I will be ready to face the week ( Read more... )

I don't have much to show for today. I took the vacuum to be repaired, bought toilet paper and garbage bags, worked on my homework for my two classes and made Star Wars pancakes for dinner. I could have taken a photo of those pancakes, I suppose, but it didn't occur to me ( Read more... )