Even though it’s Tuesday

I’m going to give you a WIP Wednesday-type post. Because who knows what kind of time I’ll have tomorrow. Currently, I have two pairs of socks on the needles. Okay, not really. I have one pair of socks and one single sock on the needles. The pair of socks: is the greeny Koigu KPPPM purchased [...]

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Dear Size Zero Needles

I hate you and love you at the same time. I love the pretty fabric you make… but I hate the way a simple k2tog is made difficult by the miniscule gauge which you create! I admire your tininess and the way you distract from my need for a manicure… but I hate that you [...]

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I told you there would be another sock

Even though it is now November (hello, November!) I want to make it clear that I accomplished my SocktoberFest goal of finishing the Decidedly Fall socks … and starting a new pair. Well, okay, the cuff of one sock. But still. The pattern is Synesthesia Socks from Bella Knitting. The yarn is Cherry Tree Hill [...]

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A Real Knitter

First of all, THANK YOU a thousand times to you lovely people who said nice things about my blanket! Oh my gosh, I was totally overwhelmed — I thought the blanket was charming, but I didn’t expect so many of you to find it charming too. Thank you. The word “verklempt” is coming to mind [...]

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Where’d my autumn go?

Because the weather has been acting more like summer and less like fall … Honestly, what does a girl have to do to get a little autumn around here? … I’m reviving the Decidedly Fall socks … I took them to the theater to watch my sister’s play’s final dress rehearsal. The socks are much [...]

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Shelved

I’ve been in kind of a knitting funk the past few weeks. Although really, it’s more like an overall funk with many things conspiring to bring me down a bit. But the knitting funk makes things especially sucky, because for me (as it is with many of you, I suspect) knitting is a way out [...]

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O Frabjous Day!

I’m knitting again! The chiropractic problem with my wrists/shoulders has been solved, and I’m knitting! This is one side of the to-be-felted-tote. It is garter stitch and a little boring, but I love it! Because I can knit! This is the side of the bag with the pocket sitting on top. I think the log [...]

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Officially a Sock Knitter

I have completed my Koigu Sherbet-Berry-Sunset socks. I couldn’t be prouder. Or more addicted. Pattern: None, just Wendy’s Generic Toe-Up sock pattern over 60 stitches. Short-row toe, short-row heel. I added a 2×2 rib for a change (and also because I seem to be held in the thrall of 2×2 rib) at the leg.Yarn: 2 [...]

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What A Heel

You know those secret socks I’ve not been telling you about, and which are nowhere to be found in the “current projects” part of the sidebar? I’m still working on them. First pair of socks worked together, first toe-up socks, first provisional cast-on, first short-row heel (short-rows made much easier with Wendy’s new Very Detailed [...]

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