Just got finished with another one of my Christmas knitting books – Yarn Substitutions Made Easy by Carol Sulcoski. This book pretty much tells you exactly what it’s going to do right there in the title. The author starts off with yarn fundamentals, and goes over all the different factors that make yarns unique. She… Continue reading Knitter's Bookshelf: Yarn Substitution Made Easy
Surprise random project finish! Today I finished my desk project that I keep at work for lunch breaks and other opportunities to sneak a quick bit of knitting. The pattern is Rock Climbing in Vegas, and I got it free with the yarn purchase from Sin City Yarn Shop. It is a very easy pattern… Continue reading Rock Climbing in Vegas
The Wonder Woman socks are progressing along pretty well. The feet are done, and I’m at the heel turning. I am doing a gusset and heel flap with them this time. I tried them on, and so far they are fitting great! I am going to work each heel individually, because I don’t want to… Continue reading Sock It To Me Monday
Well, today was my birthday, and it was a pretty good weekend 🙂 DH and I went out to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants today and had a lovely time there. He got me a knitting book I have been looking at for a while now – The Vintage Shetland Project by Susan… Continue reading Birthday Weekend
We have had a good solid week of below 0 (F) temperatures here, sometimes significantly below 0. Anchorage isn’t as cold as the interior, so we aren’t getting -50 like Fairbanks is, but we have been hovering between -5 and -20. Which is pretty cold. When it gets cold like this, any moisture in the… Continue reading A Little Nippy Out
Fair warning: I got a few knitting books for Christmas, and I’m just now finishing reading through them. So there are a few more book reviews coming over the next couple weeks! The first one I finished was Typographic Knitting: From Pixel to Pattern by Rudinger Schlomer. The interesting thing about this book is that… Continue reading Knitter's Bookshelf: Typographic Knitting
Well, our temperatures are in the negatives, and that means its time to hit the hot beverages hard. Toward that end, I got some new teas from Harney and Sons recently to give them a try. A new seasonal tea they recently put out is their 2020 Lunar New Year tea. It is a black… Continue reading Tea for Two: Random Tea for the New Year
