Damson is finished. This was such a fun project. The yarn is alpaca, hand dyed by a friend. She’s taking her hand-spun and dyed yarn to Taos next month for the Wool Festival. The yarn is so lovely, light yet wonderfully warm. I used some variegated for the loopy edging.
I’m not quite done with [...]
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Such Potential
Posted in Knitting, Projects, Red Scarf Project 09, Yarn Stash, tagged Damson, Knitting, Red Scarf Project, warshcloth on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Immersion Knitting
Posted in Knitting, Socks, Yarn Stash, tagged sock yarn on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I taught composition, all instructors were required to have one-on-one conferences with each student at least once a semester. We dreaded conferences because the process took so much time. One semester I had 90 students. At 15 minutes with each one, it took 22.5 hours to see them all.
The other problem was that conversations [...]
2 + 2 = 4
Posted in Knitting, Socks, Yarn Stash, tagged Knitting, Socks on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An old friend of mine used to say that whenever she bought a new album (and yes, this is before CDs), it made her entire music collection sound a bit different. I feel that way about knitting books. When I get a new knitting book, the yarn in my stash looks a bit different.
I don’t [...]
The Week in Review
Posted in Knitting, Knitting Books, Sweaters, Yarn Stash, tagged Books, Knitting, Knitting Books on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You didn’t ask, but it makes me just a bit melancholy to think about all those brokers that are broke. Can’t happen to a nicer bunch of folks in my humble opinion.
To take my mind off the financial news, I’ve had a busy week knitting. First I finished Mr Greenjeans. It’s blocked and buttoned and [...]
Color Theory
Posted in Hats, Knitting, Projects, Socks, Yarn Stash, tagged Afghans for Afghans, Red Scarf Project on August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Who remembers having their colors “done”? Are you an autumn or winter? Favor blue-reds over orange-reds? Or did you choose the same path as I did, and just wear black?
My favorite color is red, but I don’t wear that color very often. I have a lovely red shawl, and a great pair of red shoes, [...]
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