Here is the fabulous Dolores van Hoofen! I do need to spiff her up a bit. I need to redo her eyes, and also she needs a bit more wool on top. I used up the yarn I have, but did do a gauge swatch, so I can unravel that and use it to fluff… Continue reading Dolores is Done (at least for now)
This year I turned the age that rhymes with nifty-fun. The DH is a couple of years older, specifically nifty-whee. So naturally, we are starting to think about retiring. I actually think about retiring every morning when the alarm goes off, but it isn’t going to happen for another 15 years or so. (I know… Continue reading Saving for Retirement
Coming along nicely and already making me smile 🙂 Tonight I will work on her legs? Arms and legs? Technically they are all legs, but since she is always upright, I’m going with arms and legs. Then she gets hair and a face embroidered on. Then outfits! Because of course, clothes make the lady 😉… Continue reading Dolores Progresses
Finally, it is done! Completely finished and done! I was hoping for a scenic photoshoot this weekend, but that didn’t quite happen. It’s hot and raining and we had a kind of a busy one. Maybe at some point when it is cooler I will be someplace scenic with it on and get a nice… Continue reading Glenesk is done!
Dolores is started! After a typically (for her) contentious beginning, the Dolores kits have begun to make their way around the globe, and the fun has begun! I’m only just started making the doll, but so far it’s going pretty well. The KAL has also been going along pretty well, and so far everyone is… Continue reading The Fabulous Ms. D!
Around the beginning of this year, having learned my lesson somewhat from last year, I set myself a series of challenges as my knitting goals for 2018. Now that we are a month past the halfway mark, how am I doing? Goal 1 – Do at least one of my big colorwork kits. Done, except… Continue reading 2018 Knitting Goals – Progress Report
After the concentrated push to get finished with Glenesk, I took yesterday and today to just noodle around with a couple of projects. I got back into the swing of my Call of the Siren, and made some halfway decent progress. I have a little more of this texture section to go, then another double… Continue reading Doodly Doo
The knitting part is done! Whew! It is in for a soak right now so I can start blocking. Then there’s just weaving in ends, doing the buttons, and a little bit more finishing. So you’ll probably hear about it again when all that is done and I have a chance to do a nice… Continue reading The 2nd Last Time You Will Hear About Glenesk – I Promise!
My entrelac kerchief, knit from my niece Katy’s lovely spinning, is done! Though I would normally never take something I care this much about with me on a trip, I was able to get it into my purse, so I was relatively certain that nothing bad would happen to it. That gave me two medium… Continue reading Entrelac Kerchief Done!
Quite A Yarn 