Sports Illustrated Just Called
Or they would if they had any guts at all 🙂
Cover-up
The pieces for Dolores‘ beach cover-up are done and blocking! Hopefully I will be able to get them sewn together tomorrow and done. It should go together pretty easily – there is a back, two fronts, and a hood, and it looks like pretty straightforward seaming. Well, we shall see. This is a very blingy… Continue reading Cover-up
Ill-Fated Dessert
For those of you who are not up on their condiment-based holidays, this past Saturday was National Mustard Day. In honor of that day, French’s Mustard decided to do something a little wacky. Specifically, they teamed up with Coolhaus ice cream to make a mustard flavored ice cream. Yes, really. I was immediately intrigued. You… Continue reading Ill-Fated Dessert
Dolores – Beach Ready!
I got started on one of Dolores’ new outfits yesterday. Since we still have a little summer left to go, it had to be swimwear! As you can see, her bikini is done and ready for the beach. What you can’t see, because I didn’t take this picture until it was getting dark out, is… Continue reading Dolores – Beach Ready!
Heart of Sharkness – Done!
I finished my Heart of Sharkness socks today! The pattern is from AC Knitwear‘s Boost Your Knitting pattern/technique club. As I mentioned earlier, the pattern is called Heartgyle Socks, and is a cute takeoff on argyle patterning. But for some reason I decided my heart should have sharks on it, and instead of crossed lines,… Continue reading Heart of Sharkness – Done!
The Tangled Skein
Nope, not a yarn-based tragedy, but rather a yarn shop near Anchorage! In spite of this shop being in the next town over (Eagle River, for those familiar with Anchorage and its environs), I have never been to this shop until today. We have some perfectly good yarn shops in Anchorage, so it hasn’t been… Continue reading The Tangled Skein
Knitter’s Bookshelf: Traditional Danish Sweaters
A year or so ago, Vogue Knitting magazine ran an article about a new book by Danish knitting expert Vivian Hoxbro, Traditional Danish Sweaters. As the name implies, the book was about traditional Danish knitted garments, somewhat misleadingly named “night sweaters”. (The name is somewhat misleading because – spoiler alert! – although they were worn… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Traditional Danish Sweaters
Shark Sock News
In my last post, I complained a little bit that it didn’t look like there were going to be any Shark Week sock kits coming out of Jimmy Beans this year. Well, right after I published it, I decided to Google around a bit and see if anyone else was doing a shark week sock… Continue reading Shark Sock News
Heart of Sharkness
I got some real progress in on my intarsia-in-the-round socks this past weekend, and actually finished the intarsia part of one sock. I also got to have some charting fun! The sock pattern is from AC Knitwear’s Boost Your Knitting, and is called “Heartgyle Socks”. Knitted as given, it results in socks that look like… Continue reading Heart of Sharkness
Quite A Yarn 