Nerd Knitting September 21, 2010

What’s nerdier than a knitted Cthulu dice bag? A knitted Star Trek dice bag! The floats were a lot longer so I had to line it. Some of my best, most even knitting is on the inside of thisbag.  It’s a shame really. I knit these for my former DM and a fellow player.  My [...]

Impossible to Capture September 13, 2010

I finished my mom’s scarf last night.  I used the Loopy and Luscious pattern from Knitty.  It doesn’t take long to knit one at 2.5 rows an inch. Try as might, even in noon sun, I can’t capture how this looks lit up.  The gold shimmers in the sun and the purples and burgundies play [...]

Digging Myself Out Of My Rut September 13, 2010

Just posting about my new yarn was all I needed to actually wind it up and get knitting. Brainless knitting, perfect for during the school semester.  It’s all in the yarn.

New Yarn! August 30, 2010

When I was in Connecticut I had the pleasure of going to Mystic River Yarns.  What a cute shop!  I bought a few mugs, one for myself an some for friends.  I also bought some Jojoland and Regia.  But the real find was Ellyn Cooper’s Yarn Sonnets.  It’s a local yarn to CT. This is [...]

Rut? August 17, 2010

I seem to have hit a knitting rut, if that’s the right word for it. I haven’t knit a stitch in over 5 weeks (and I left that on a plane) and I’m not particularly bothered by it. I don’t know if knitting was more therapeutic than I thought and I don’t need it right [...]

Seed Stitch Scarf? January 28, 2010

My books finally came!  One of my two favorite designers, Ysolda Teague, has two pattern books available (Jared Flood is my other favorite, if you care), they are Whimsical Little Knits 1 & 2.  I have been lusting after them for some time, but was contenting myself with various digital downloads.  Well, when she pledged [...]

Belated Christmas Post January 26, 2010

All of my gifts fit!  What a relief.  I forgot my camera, so I had to wait for my mom to e-mail me her pictures before I could post these. What a happy family!  We didn’t group together very well, but I still like this picture of all of us. My nephews enjoyed their stockings.  [...]

Stockings December 13, 2009

I am so proud of these stockings I could cry.  They blocked out so nicely and they’re a great size.  They’re filled with toys now, which makes them all lumpy and misshapen.  Also, you may have noticed that there aren’t any names on them.  I’m going to try to embroider them with my mother’s help [...]

Huzzah! December 7, 2009

It is finished!  I am relieved, I had to force myself to hunker down and just knit the crap out of it.  Those pockets are really a knitting time suck.  I love i now that it’s done and wish somebody would knit one for me.  It’s the perfect length for sticking your hands in when [...]

Christmas Knitting November 27, 2009

This slipper marks one gift from the end of my Christmas knitting.  It’s the toe from the French Press Slipper and I love them.  They knit up in a couple of hours and that was the largest.  I made this pair for my sister-in-law and will felt them on Christmas so I can make sure [...]