I recently hit a jackpot of older used knitting books, and am having great fun reading through them. A few of them I’m not sure I’m going to talk about here because they are pretty scarce and also pretty old. So I’m not sure you’ll be reading about the entire haul. But in any case,… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Used Book Trifecta
I cast this gansey on January 3 and finished knitting it July 2, so roughly 6 months on this one sweater – but I feel like it was worthwhile. The pattern is Susan’s Eriskay gansey by Beth Brown-Reinsel (ravelry link). I made this as part of a gansey-related KAL with Alissa of Snakes & Cranes,… Continue reading FO Friday – Gansey is Done!
Finally some decent progress to report! My gansey is really coming along. I’m on the second sleeve. I’d kind of like to finish it by the end of the month, though I don’t know if that’s possible. I’m focusing on it this weekend, so we shall see. My Shark Tooth Tee (Ravelry link) is also… Continue reading Friday FWIPs
The ant invasion of earlier post fame continues, though somewhat slowed down. I am using a combination of methods, including sugar+borax, vinegar, and STEM spray. The exterminator agreed that if it continues to the end of the week they will come back out and do the upstairs. They claim the stuff they used takes a… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
Wow – where did this week go? I think it just disappeared into a cloud of general business. However, I do have some crafting progress to report! On my gansey, I’m halfway done with the patterned part of the first sleeve. That’s a lot of qualifiers, but it’s slow going with a lot of patterning… Continue reading Friday FWIPs
A long weekend here in the US meant extra time for knitting for me, so pretty decent progress to report this week! My Homage to the Granny Square is coming along pretty well! Making good progress on the 2nd square type. Lots more to do, but it’s coming along 🙂 I’m now a little over… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
Despite being a busy week, I did manage to make some progress on my active WIPs. My KDD Summer of Mystery Mystery KAL shawl is coming along! I’m almost halfway through the 1st clue. I like the way the colors are coming together so far, though looking at some of the other projects is giving… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
I did a little bit of work on several projects this week – everything is moving along, even if a little bit slowly! About 40 rows from done on the back of my gansey! I do still have the sleeves to do then, but at least the main part will be done. I’m looking forward… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
Last week I talked about my two WIPs, and a friend corrected me. She reminded me of a 3rd WIP, Powdermill. She is correct, but it is worse than that. We had both forgotten about my 4th WIP – the Airplane scarf! In fairness, the last two are kind of on the back burner, but… Continue reading Thursday ThWIPs
Quite A Yarn 