I’m so close to done with the 2nd tuck stitch cowl! I think one more round each of the black and purple, then binding off. Of the two current projects on the needles, this one is more of a time push – it is a Christmas present for someone in Japan, so it needs to… Continue reading Tuckered Out
In addition to yarn ( or fabric, for quilters and other sewers), crafters need tools. Lots of tools. For knitters and crocheters, needles and hooks are the obvious ones. Your crafter may well have some needles and hooks, but I bet they don’t have “enough”. There are all kinds of fancy needles and hooks –… Continue reading Christmas for Crafters 2: Tool Time
I’m really wresting with whether or not to knit gifts for some of my coworkers. It goes without saying that my knitworthy friend Nora is getting something or the other. Maybe a cowl, maybe a phone cozy – I don’t really know yet. But something. It’s late November, so I have to decide quick.There are… Continue reading Merry Stitchmas
I got a fair amount done today – chores, laundry, a little exercise, some good progress on both Ixchel and tuck stitch cowl #2. But I think the biggest accomplishment today was re-re-re-re organizing my knitting supplies. All the re’s are there because I have a habit of tidying up and then letting everything descend back… Continue reading Getting Organized – Again
I didn’t have a whole lot of time to knit tonight, but I did get a little bit done on sleeve #2. Two more rows in the allover pattern, and then I start to do the sleeve decrease and just the arrow and moon pattern down the center of the sleeve. Starting to see a… Continue reading Ixchel – Sleeve #2
I finally got a chance to make a little progress on my second tuck stitch cowl! The yarns are kind of close in value on this end of the gradient (the pinky purple yarn), but hopefully it’s enough contrast that it will turn out OK. I’m a little afraid to check it out in the… Continue reading Tuck Stitch Cowl 2 Progress
It’s Thursday again – time to count my blessings! And I promise – back to the knitting tomorrow. Twinkle/Christmas/Holiday lights. Whatever you want to call them, around this time of year they start going up all over Anchorage, and I love them! It’s not about Christmas, per se. It’s more that it’s dark more than… Continue reading Thankful Thursday 3
That’s as close as I’ve gotten to working on the 2nd tuck stitch cowl since Sunday afternoon. Every day I have brought it to work, hoping to get a few rows in at lunch or on a break. Every day something comes up. Today it was a good thing – DH was able to meet… Continue reading Thwarted
Got done with sleeve #1 this evening which watching the finale of the most recent season of the Great British Bake-Off! I really just had the ribbing and bind-off to go, so it didn’t take too long. I did try it on, and it fits really nicely, and the sleeve is just long enough, but… Continue reading Halfway Off Sleeve Island
Quite A Yarn 