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Friday 06 Feb 2009
IK Preview is Up
It’s official! (Bonus photos are here)
So now I can reveal the secret lace project(s).
Details to follow.
Monday 01 Sep 2008
Changes
Well, the oldest child is now safely ensconced in the non-ivy-covered halls of his Southern Californian country club college.
Damn it’s clean quiet around here.
I’m currently using his temporarily unoccupied bedroom as a staging area for a little stash reorganization. Plus, I found a kick ass bookcase thing at IKEA this weekend. It’s bigger than the photo would indicate. That top, center cubby is holding an Indigo Moon batt, and three Grafton batts, and a batt from Miss Babs.
And here’s another change . . . I have photos of three FOs!
A basic felted bag that patiently waited nearly two months for its turn in the washing machine (more info on Ravelry here):
A basic pair of gloves that practically knit themselves (more info on Ravelry here):
And my latest, soon-to-be-available pattern, Heat Wave, which I knit with just one skein of Brooks Farm Primero (more info on Ravelry here):
I just need to take better photos and make the last minute edits to the pattern. I loved this design worked up the the Wooly Wonka silk yarn (only available with the kit) but I love this version just as much. The Brooks Farm yarn has been burning a hole in my stash for nearly two years and this was the perfect project. The skein has only 500 yards of yarn but this finished stole is really good sized — almost 70 inches long and 21 inches wide. And it’s unbelievably warm. I’m really pleased with how it turned out.
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Monday 23 Jun 2008
Killing Time
What did I do during my unexpected vacation? The first day or two, I watched a lot of TV. Really. Probably more TV than I usually watch in a year. The next few I still couldn’t drive but I felt well enough to move around a bit without throwing up. So, . . . . .
I crocheted (!) a string bag:
I finished knitting a shawl that I recently designed (pattern soon):
I swatched for another new shawl design:
I knit a felted bag, which still needs straps:
I started a sweater:
I started another sweater:
I read a book:
I read another book:
When I felt considerably better, I spun some amazing silk that Laurie sent me:
Oh, and Paula, I watched my tomatoes, get bigger:
After that, I was exhausted so I marked all my Bloglines feeds as “read.”
Ahhh, so many feeds . . . so little time.
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