Posts under ‘YarnLove’

There’s something really satisfying about reaching into a pretty box full of WIP hats (this happens when you attempt to do ~80 hats assembly line style) without look and just grabbing a handful of hat bodies to knit earflaps on to.
Earflaps are quick to knit so easy to feel sense of accomplishment that I’m [...]

Was so enamoured of yesterday’s cast on, the Multi-Directional Scarf, that I picked it up and worked it for the first hour or so and got through the first repeat of the short row section and the first fast inch of the next.
Then I made myself put it down and work on Blankie #4 [...]

The pluses of the day:
It rained! Thundered even!
Got out of the house. Bought a cute bed for Mina for cheap.
But everything else was bad. Felt crappy cause I feel  well again except for heavy congestion so the constant feeling of “holding my breath” or trying not to be a loud breather just got to me.
Was [...]

Found a place selling several patterns I’d been coveting, plus photo update on Clapotis

I don’t blog about my knitting and crocheting nearly as much as I’d like to which means I don’t really have a clear journal of my progress or way to later gauge how much time was spent on things etc.
Keep feeling like I have to blog about it all.
So tonight, will just talk about what [...]

It’s been hard but there’s a good reason for the dry spell in finished objects lately. I’ve been plugging along on my Evangeline Tunic by Joan MM. I’d casted on in early August but only did 11 rows before setting it aside.
Doing the Ravelympics left me with the desire to finish up some of the [...]

Been meaning to do this for a while now.
Tonight I finally put together a website for selling the Jayne hats myself so that my knitting efforts go to support my favorite dog rescue.
Typically all sales of Jayne Hats wherever you might find them to buy go to a charity of some kind. The 60 hats [...]

Bad emotional roller coaster of a mood I’ve had this morning.
How to get back on an even keel?
#1 Read about a very touching love story.
#2 Get and pass on a “chain letter” about women friends and appreciation of them. And end up chatting a little with three of them!
#3 Get an IM at work about [...]

On Ravelry, one of my favorite groups is the Fingerless Gloves Fanatics (aka FGF)  which is a good bunch of people. There’s a bunch of designers and budding designers who put out calls for pattern testing and Ibby put out one for a crochet one.
Crocheting is less popular so I was able to get in [...]

Earlier this summer, DBNY had a sale on lace yarns and among them was Possum Lace. Yarn that was made with 30% possum fur.
I didn’t think anything of it and got a skein of “Old Roses” colorway which was so pretty that I figured it’d be a pretty way to try my hand at lace [...]