“Knitting is a competitive sport. Don’t let anyone tell you different.” Franklin Habit I had my first experience with actual competitive knitting earlier this year during the Iknitarod. This is a knitting event organized through a group on Ravelry to coincide with the Iditarod sled dog race held here in Alaska. To participate, you sign… Continue reading Challenge Knitting
Today, Mr. QuiteAYarn and my Mom and I went to the 1st annual Mat-Su Fiber Festival, and we’re glad we did! For those of you not familiar with Alaska geography, Mat-Su refers to the Matanuska-Susitna valley, which is a little bit north of Anchorage and contains the towns of Wasilla and Palmer. The event was held… Continue reading Fiber Fest!
After the blazing triumph of completion that was the weekend before this one just past, this weekend was a little bit of a letdown. Darn life got a little in the way of my knitting again. On the plus side, I did get to enjoy some of the beautiful weather Anchorage got over the weekend!… Continue reading Followed by a Weekend of Not Quite Getting Things Done
Did you ever get so backed up with the projects you want to do that you just become completely frozen in indecision? So not sure what to do next that you just sort of wander around looking at all your possibilities and have no capacity whatsoever to make decisions? No? Me neither. Definitely. Just kidding! That’s… Continue reading Projects. Projects Queued Up as Far as the Eye Can See
I’ve been meaning to write about Sanquhar knitting gloves for a while now, but as it turns out, researching a thing and then thinking of a thing to say about it is a little bit harder of posting current work in progress pics and attempting an amusing remark about them. Who knew! Anyway, to start,… Continue reading At long last, Sanquhar
Well, this was a week where a lot of things I planned didn’t happen. I was on a work trip to Portland OR this week, so I searched online for yarn shops ahead of time and planned to visit them all. What actually wound up happening was on the partial day I had to roam… Continue reading Socks and Violence #2
With only a bare minimum of effort and angst, I am back to where I was when I had to rip out my work. Observe! What I did this time around was heed excellent advice from the Sanquhar Knitting Group forum on Ravelry, and also did a little recalculating. Specifically, the advice was to purl… Continue reading Here We Go Round Again
OMG, I hate ripping back. Haaaaaaate it! And yet… I’m a product knitter, big time. Even when I’m process knitting, like with these gloves, I’m product knitting. For anyone not familiar with the terms – allow me to explain. Product knitters are all about the finished result. The goal is the sweater or the socks,… Continue reading And Now I’m Back Where I Started
The projects on my needles right now are a study in contrasts. Allow me to demonstrate… The much larger item at the top is a shrug I started about 15 minutes ago. It is a lacy sleeve accessory, made out of bulky yarn on size 10 1/2 US needles. It is purely a product knit,… Continue reading A Tale of Two Knitties
Quite A Yarn 