Karen at Nothing But Knit has come up with another great quiz, this one about color! My answers to her questions are below, feel free to answer in the comments below or on your own blog. What is your favorite color? How is this color reflected in your crafting?In years past I would have said… Continue reading Colorful Quiz
Making some progress on DH’s Black Hole socks, but not a lot since last week. I got no knitting done this evening, and it’s not looking great for tomorrow either. This afternoon I got an idea about how to move around some furniture (and get rid of some of a couple pieces) to solve some… Continue reading Sock It To Me Monday
Last month I said no more VK Lives for a couple of months. Well, I lied. But there was a really good reason – a class I have been looking at for a while that has consistently sold out finally had a few slots left. So I had to jump on it! The class was… Continue reading There Was a Really Good Reason
I have absolutely got to get myself organized. Will I? Who can say?
It is coming along! Because it’s mostly straight knitting with a seed stitch border, it knits up pretty quickly. This skirt has a little shaping built into it, in the form of gusset at the front and back of each hip, and some shaping in the back as well. I just finished the first hip… Continue reading Wrap Skirt Progress
Shortly after I started knitting my Buttoned Wrap Skirt this past weekend, I psyched myself into a random yarn panic. I tend to do this to myself sometimes, especially when the yarn I’m using is no longer obtainable. I like to buy remaindered yarn from the closeout section at Webs, so this does happen to… Continue reading Crazy Coincidence
Well, our temperatures are cooling down, the days are getting shorter, and our outdoor flower season is coming to an end. The planters and hanging baskets are gamely hanging in there, though not much is still growing. What is there is pretty cheerful, though! The marigolds and forget-me-nots by the walkway are still going strong,… Continue reading Flower Update – End of Summer
Nothing that dramatic is happening with the DH’s socks. I turned the heels (YAY!) and am proceeding up the legs, so that’s good. However, exciting and dramatic things are being observed in real actual black holes out in space! You can read about it here (on Nature.com) or here (on the Weather Channel). I’d say… Continue reading Sock It To Me Monday: Black Holes Colliding
Today was mostly about chores, but I did get a little bit of a start on the new project. But tomorrow will be all about knitting 🙂 Hoping for much more progress on this and DH’s socks tomorrow!
Quite A Yarn 