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*tap tap* ... is this thing on?
I seem to be one of those knitters who would rather knit than write about knitting. It's been over a year since I updated this thing; plenty of knitting happened in the interval, but haven't felt compelled to blog about it.
But here's a project which I'm both relieved to have finished and pleased enough to share: the Yggdrasil Afghan, by Lisa ( Read more... ) -
Yarn spending, 2008
As part of a year-long effort to keep better track of my spending in general, and to avoid building up my stash, I've been keeping track of what I spent on yarn in 2008 in a locked post. The year is over, the destashing went well (thanks in part to a couple of friends on whom I was able to offload some random novelty yarns and odds and ends of sock ( Read more... ) -
A little gift for the knitters
Allow me to recommend Techknitting, possibly the most useful knitting blog out there. It's all about tips, tricks and techniques to move your knitting from - as the blogger puts it - "home made to HAND made ( Read more... ) -
Probably too late for giftmas ...
Today's e-mail brings word of a new book from Interweave Press and Cheryl Oberle, who's also responsible for IP's Folk Shawls and Folk Vests, two of my early favorite themed pattern books:
Knitted Jackets
From the looks of the preview, the patterns share a certain aesthetic sensibility with those from Knit Kimono - no surprise, both are IP titles ( Read more... ) -
Big sleeves: Frog or keep?
I'm on the brink of being done with the Reeds & Grasses kimono jacket. Maybe. There's this little question of the sleeves. Or not-so-little - and that's the problem.
Backstory: The pattern, from Vicki Squares' Knit Kimono collection, calls for bamboo yarn. I made a conscious decision to substitute Blue Moon Fiber Arts' Luscious Single Silk, a ( Read more... ) -
Ho-ho-hooooooly yarn crack!
Pity the poor UPS guy who delivered the box my sisters sent me this past week.
( Yarn pr0n under the cut )
