My two main projects right now are my Melville sweater and some socks for DH. Now that I finished my Astronomy socks, I am back on DH’s black socks. They are coming along pretty well. As usual, I’m not using a pattern, just my 2 at a time, toe up socks. Big news on my… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
My Astronomy socks are done! I did not use a pattern, just my usual two-at-a-time, toe-up method. The star of this project is the yarn, which is a self-striping yarn from Gauge Dye Works. There are 28 strips in these skeins, one for each day of February. The colored strips symbolize astronomical events like the… Continue reading Sock It To Me Monday!
The birds and the squirrels have been pretty constant visitors this winter, and we’ve also seen two deer in our yarn on a somewhat regular basis over the past month or so too. But yesterday we had SEVEN deer in the yard! This explains why I have needed to fill up the feeders every day!… Continue reading Deer Friends!
Still working on those two main projects – Melville and the Astronomy socks. Still working on the yoke of my Melville. Just a few more rows until I can divide! My Astronomy socks are almost done – just one more stripe then the ribbing with some more of the toe/heel yarn. These socks are way… Continue reading Thursday ThWIPs
So I had another go at making pizza – my baking challenge for this year. Last month’s effort was a big fail – the pizzas stuck to the new pans I had bought and the crust did not taste good at all. So this month, I rolled it back a little. I went back to… Continue reading Pizza Success!
In early April I will be participating in the Knit for Food Knit-a-thon! This fundraisers is for knitters to raise money for 4 charities that work to alleviate food insecurity. The funds go to Feeding America, World Central Kitchen, No Kid Hungry, and Meals on Wheels. I will be knitting for 12 hours straight –… Continue reading Knit-a-Thon!
On the right day for once! I’m mostly just working on the same two projects as last week. I have finished a few more knitted jewelry pieces and national park blocks, but will talk about those another day. I feel a little bit like Sam and Frodo climbing Mt. Doom with this initial part of… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
The Art of Landscape Knitting by Anne Le Brocq is an interesting knitting book that gives you knitting block or repeat patterns that represent different types of terrain or things you would see in nature. Le Brocq is a geographer as well as a knitter, so she has a unique insight into different types of… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: The Art of Landscape Knitting
For whatever reason, I just was not able to get my act together earlier this week. However, I do have some progress on my WIPS! It doesn’t really look like it, but Melville is moving along! Only about 10 more rows and I can divide off the sleeves. That will be nice, because this is… Continue reading Sadly No Alliteration WIPs
Quite A Yarn 