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
This past weekend was extremely productive, in the sense that I got both my ongoing projects done, and got a start on two more! First, the finishes… This is the mystery shawl I started in the beginning of June. The pattern is designed by Kirsten Kapur of Through The Loops. If you have reasonable lace skills,… Continue reading Weekend of Getting Things Done
If you are a knitter, you probably have some pretty strong opinions about your needles. Most of us do. I myself love metal needles for their speed and durability, and dislike wood and bamboo because they are kind of fragile, and are ssssooooooo ssssllllllooooooowwwww. You may feel differently. Feel free to share your needle preference… Continue reading Getting Bent – Neko Knitting Needles
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
An exciting new yarn shop just opened up in Anchorage – Wooly Mammoth! For anybody familiar with the downtown Anchorage shops, Wooly Mammoth is an offshoot of Quilted Raven, which is right across the street. For anybody not familiar with Anchorage downtown shops, Quilted Raven is an awesome Alaska theme quilt/sewing/fabric shop, well worth… Continue reading Wooly Mammoth – new shop!
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
Quite A Yarn 