…and a lot of other stuff, too!
This is Cindy and Steve. And Me. Steve is my best friend from college, and Cindy is his big sister. We attended the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival together on May 6, 2006, and had a blast! Steve and I attended last year and had so much fun, that we invited his sister, a relatively…
Ok, here it is. The beginnings of my four-year-old son Steven’s scarf. It’s blue. And red. For his favorite Island of Sodor friends, Thomas and James. I started it with brioche stitch early in the week, and was cooking along fine, until one day when we were waiting for a speech therapy appointment for Steven,…
Finally, the long-suffering Fancy Cabled Braided Scarf is done!! It only took, what, 2 1/2 months? Ugh. I’ve said it before that I’m a painfully slow knitter. After all that I decided to give it to my stepmother Kathy, as she has admired my cable patterns before and I thought she could use a “hug”…
Yesterday I received my very own Knitter’s Satchel by Jordana Paige. One look at the color should make it obvious why I fell in love immediately; it’s a near-perfect match for the purple bomber jacket I wear for all but the very coldest days. It must have been fate that this dusky grape color would…
Ok, so I’ve been working on the same old, same old project for nearly two months. But I think I’m almost done and ready to go onto the next thing. I’ve enjoyed working on the project… it was my first design! Click here to see the pattern. But there comes a time when one wishes…
Well, I’ve been knitting away at this thing all week, and it’s at least a couple inches longer to show for it. It’s almost long enough to be wearable, but I really hope that I can stretch the skein out enough to wrap it around my neck completely at least once. We’ll see! This skein…