Last weekend I had

• the house to myself
• several white T-shirts (I don't like wearing white T-shirts; I don't like how they look on me)
• two tie-dye kits that had been sitting around the house for years
• an issue of Craft Magazine with an article on tie-dye
• a laundry tub newly installed in the garage

So I embarked on a tie-dye project ( Read more... )

I made a toy for my nephew's 3d birthday. Despite his getting a mountain of other gifts, including a doll house and an OLPC computer, he actually played with the puppet a few times without being prompted, which made me happy ( Read more... )

Baby Alpaca Mittens
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/firecat/basic-mitten-pattern-2

Basic Mitten Pattern by Ann Budd, Knitters Handy Book of PatternsMade for mom ( Read more... )

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/firecat/silly-hat
Made for Naomi

Needles
US 6 / 4.0 mm (top)
US 4 / 3.5 mm (ribbing)

Yarn
Plymouth Dreambaby DK Solid, 0.75 ball
Baruffa Fur, 1 ball

Adapted from the top down hat pattern in Barbara Walker's Knitting from the Top. ( Read more... )

Tidal Wave Socks by Deby Lake
Free pattern from South West Trading Company
www.soysilk.com/

Knit from Ellens 1/2 Pint Farm hand-dyed wool/tencel fingering, "Evening Shadows" colorway ( Read more... )

11/01/07 733 out of 50,000 11/02/07 912 out of 50,000 11/03/07 2103 out of 50,000

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As worn by a pretty contented firecat
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This info is written up more tidily on http://www.ravelry.com/projects/firecat/heartbeat-sweater

Pattern: Heartbeat Sweater by Jill VosburgCraft: Knitting ( Read more... )

My third pair of socks, first pair of worsted-weight socks, first pair that didn't follow a specific pattern. I'm getting better, but I still haven't figured out how to get rid of the holes at the edges of the heels where I turn the short rows. Next time I'll try the flap-and-gusset heel ( Read more... )

Over at poets_challenge the challenge was to write a Rhyme Royal. I tried.
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