So I *finally* finished the sock I was working on. Only took me two months. :p I was good and started the second one right away. I didn't have to re-do the beginning three times either, got it right right away. I'm hoping now that I know the pattern n such, it'll go much faster.

need to take pictures.

Haven't been to ravelry in ages.

So. Made my mom a lovely shawl/wrap thingie for Mother's Day ( Read more... )

I ordered yarn from www.knittingwarehouse.com on monday. It arrived today. I was very impressed with the decent prices, low shipping rate and fast delivery ( Read more... )

Single Sock Syndrome. Also sometimes known as Single Sleeve Syndrome. You get one of a pair done, and then somehow just can't bring yourself to finish or sometimes to even start the second one ( Read more... )

Ok, so the sweater is done. Mostly. I finished all of it, wove in the ends, had Dennis try it on. The bottom trim tended to flare out a bit, so I ran a strand of yarn along the bottom and cinched it a bit. Looks pretty good actually. Need to take pictures. The reason I say that it is only mostly done is that I *still* haven't blocked it. My ( Read more... )

Well, turns out we're not going to DC after all. The whole point really was to go see my grandmother. But she goes to bed ridiculously early these days. She'd probably be asleep by the time we got there. And her flight out of DC leaves rather early on Sunday morning. It's just not going to be worth the 12 hours in a car ( Read more... )

Ok. It is done. Well, mostly. Today, I finished the collar trim on the sweater. The trim was worked around, and I still need to join all four pieces of trim to itself, but that will be a cakewalk. Now I just need to determine if I work on mom's Mother's Day gift, or work on socks. I should probably get the gift out of the way first, even ( Read more... )

Ok, so I *STILL* haven't finished Dennis' sweater. The trim is taking me way, way, WAY longer than I expected it to. I am nearly finished with the trim around the hem of the sweater. I then need to add trim around the collar, and the thing will be done. I'm really getting quite sick and tired of this project. I can see why some people work on ( Read more... )

I finished the first sleeve of Dennis' sweater on Wednesday night. Last night, I had to go out and buy more yarn because I realized I wouldn't have enough to finish. Miracle of all miracles, despite going to a different Joann's, I managed to find yarn from the same dyelot ( Read more... )

Oh yes. When I was at the LYS, the lady who helped me recognized me from my Ravelry avatar. It's the same one I tend to use as my default LJ icon. She is also a big sock knitter, and was quite thrilled that I was foraying into socks and that I would be using the magic loop method, as opposed to using DPNs ( Read more... )