When I am trying to avoid something, there are virtually no limits to what I will do to avoid said thing. Specifically, my first Year of Colorwork project is killing me. Just absolutely killing me. It’s not that it’s hard. Dear God, if only it was hard. No, what it is is tedious. It’s just… Continue reading The Lengths That I Will Go To
Since I last posted, I actually finished something! It was my Maderia tank top, which turned out pretty well. Here it is… As you can see from the picture, I modified it a bit to add some short sleeves. As written, the arm holes went down kind of far, and there was quite a bit of… Continue reading One Down!
More Anchorage yarn-bombing news! The second installation, which was put up in the exact same place as the previously vandalized installation, was vandalized. This time the vandals actually cut up the knitted fabric itself, as opposed to just cutting it down but leaving it mostly intact. I haven’t heard about any plans to try it… Continue reading Even Newer in the News
I know I said the next post would be about keeping up with the Geek A Long, but I lied. Soon, though! In the past week I finished my Iknitarod* project, the 11 Angry Sunrises scarf of earlier post fame. This is a project using the shadow knitting technique, also known as illusion knitting. For anyone not familiar… Continue reading The Shadow Knows!
https://www.adn.com/visual/video/2017/02/07/yarn-bombing-with-the-anchorage-guerrilla-knitters/ A bit of backstory before I get into today’s rant. There is a group in Anchorage called the Anchorage Guerrilla Knitters, who – as you might expect – do yarn bombing here in Anchorage. They have done tree sweater installations and so on by the library and a couple of other places in town.… Continue reading Knitting Controversy!
First up, a progress report. I’m actually making some progress on the Princess Line sweater, and it’s going pretty well. However, you really do need to pay attention to the pattern while you’re working on it. Which is fine, but the practical reality of it made me kind of rethink my action plan. In the… Continue reading Recalculating…recalculating
Well, I’m away from home for work for the week, and guys, my head is just not in the game today. I’m all ready for work – no problems there. However, I forgot my knitting. Let me repeat that. I FORGOT MY KNITTING!! Or, as I put it when I realized that I had forgot… Continue reading Up a Creek Without a Needle
This Yarnlove thing is interesting, because you kind of have to think about it a little. Sometimes it’s easy to pick out what you want to post a picture of, other times not so much. Community is an interesting one for me. I started out by thinking that I don’t really have a knitting community.… Continue reading Yarnlove – Community
Today’s Yarnlove topic – Speed. I thought a lot about what to post for this one. Some kind of picture of continental knitting? A picture of a dishcloth made out of superbulky? Then I thought of my Signatures. I have 2 pairs of Signatures. As you know if you’ve priced them, they are not inexpensive… Continue reading Speed
Quite A Yarn 