My God, What Have I Done?
Taking a fearless moral inventory of my yarn. I may have a problem…
Author: quiteayarnblog
Lifelong yarnaholic and craft junkie. I'm on a quest to learn all I can about knitting, and I plan to take you with me!
Aaauuugggghhh!!!
This week, I finally finished my Provence shawl, of many previous posts fame. So I finished knitting, and wove in all my ends, and gave it a good soak, and squeezed out the excess water – like you do. And then when I was stretching it out to dry, I saw it. I screwed up… Continue reading Aaauuugggghhh!!!
The Neverending Shawl
So I have been knitting on this shawl, which if you have read any previous posts you have probably already seen, for what seems like forever. But is really since mid-April, which is long enough. True, I have also been working on another shawl and a series of afghan blocks at the same time, but… Continue reading The Neverending Shawl
Weekend WIP
Not much exciting or new right now in my world of knitting. I decided to focus on one of my two inordinately-long-running projects so I can get them done and move on with my life. So I held off on last week’s Geek Along project, but will catch up with them shortly. I worked all… Continue reading Weekend WIP
PDK (Public Displays of Knitting)
Knitting (or really any kind of crafting) in public seems, for some reason, to be somewhat problematic. In spite of being a relatively harmless activity, crafting in public seems to bother people. Not everyone, obviously, but enough so that there are whole conversation threads on Ravelry about issues people have had knitting in public. I’m… Continue reading PDK (Public Displays of Knitting)
WIP Wednesday!
*WIP = Works In Progress As I keep complaining, I have a few projects going on right now. For those of you following along from home, here’s how they’re going… Geek Along afghan squares Coming along pretty nicely! These blocks represent, in the upper row, Saturn Girl and Guardian, (I know – I’ve never heard… Continue reading WIP Wednesday!
A Guide to AK Yarn Shops for Visitors
Tourist season is upon us here in Alaska! This is the season when cruise ships begin appearing in our ports, and visitors come and go via plane, train and automobile. Although winter is pretty too, summer is pretty darn glorious here in the last frontier. So what better time to come and see all there… Continue reading A Guide to AK Yarn Shops for Visitors
A Flyin’ Skein in Seward, AK
This past week I went to Seward, AK for work, and managed to squeeze in a visit to one of my favorite yarn shops in AK – A Flyin’ Skein! This is a pretty good yarn shop – certainly pretty amazing for being in a small town – with great stock and a friendly proprietress.… Continue reading A Flyin’ Skein in Seward, AK
44th Annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival – Guest Post!
Today’s post (text and photos) is from guest blogger Katy! She is known as @kpknitty on Instagram. She is a brilliant knitter and all-around great person 🙂 As a knitter of 10 years and new hand spinner, I decided it was the perfect time to pay my first visit to the annual Maryland Sheep and… Continue reading 44th Annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival – Guest Post!
