Not a lot to report on the knitting front. The socks are progressing, but not in any really dramatic way quite yet. The brioche scarf is progressing pretty well also. I’m about 2.5 pattern repeats along out of 7. It is very cushy and I think will be nice to wear. Also, I’m getting good… Continue reading Brioche Progress
Nifty new teas have been showing up at our house, and having had a chance to try them thought I’d share them with you! First up are four teas from Harney & Sons. The two caffeine teas I got are Soho and The Earl of Harlem. Both are delicious, but they are very different. Soho… Continue reading Tuesday = Tea Day
Here is the progress so far on my SIL’s socks This is another pair of the Soft Pretzel socks of earlier post fame. They are definitely moving along pretty quickly. My SIL has basically the same foot measurements as me, so all the math is done from the last time. Only a few more inches… Continue reading Sock It To Me Monday
This weekend my knitting time was focused on the Flying Leaves brioche scarf. This is the project I ordered yarn for, as I had nothing suitable in house for it. So the yarn I ordered turned out to be problematic. I utterly failed to be enchanted by this yarn combo. The yarn is fine. The… Continue reading Flying Brioche
For a change of pace this evening, Mom and I went to a ceramics studio and painted Day of the Dead skull mugs! When I was a kid, my Mom was big into ceramics. I often went with her and made various things, but she was really very skilled at it. She went to classes… Continue reading Be True to Your Skull
Since yesterday’s post was about how my stash is out of control, today’s post is naturally about how somehow or another, I still don’t have quite all the yarn I could possibly need. This month’s Boost Your Knitting project is Flying Leaves, a brioche scarf designed to teach increases and decrease. I have done straight… Continue reading When the Stash Dive Turns Up Empty
So my previous plan to put all my yarn away in organized bins seems to be giving way to a plan to just pile it all into precarious stacks. May need to spend some precious crafting time getting re (re, re, re) organized. Do you have any methods for keeping things tidied away? Or do… Continue reading Evolving Plan
Well, Dolores’s Bleatnik outfit is done, and she’s taking a moment to share her poetic thoughts with her pal Harry! I cast on to start my SIL’s socks, a repeat of the Soft Pretzel socks I made for myself. Not quite in time to make Sock It To Me Monday, but hopefully will have some… Continue reading Dolores – A Real Gone Chick
Dolores’s new outfit is close to done. I’m halfway there with the beret, and the dress is blocking. It just needs to be sewn together and the neckline done. Dolores, meanwhile, is working on a creation of her own. Bleat* by Dolores van Hoofen I saw the best sheep of my generation destroyed by madness… Continue reading Various Dubious Creations
Quite A Yarn 