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Archives for June, 2007

Finished Lady Eleanor

Lady Eleanor, started January 28th, 2007, finished June 27th, 2007
Pattern: Lady Eleanor from Scarf Style
Yarn: Noro Silk Garden Colorway 82
Needles: Kp Options Size 7’s
Dimensions: 19″ x 71″ excluding Fringe
Pattern Notes: Super easy Pattern. I did change the fringe because I thought the other would get ratty looking and my cats might kill it. It was [...]

Swatching and sweaters and of course socks.

So there I was happily knitting away on the Charade socks, when Sarkasmo tells me hers are coming out too wide. I don’t think much of it at the time because well of course *my* socks were going to be perfect I have the all the vigor of pent up sock knitting to carry me [...]

A Knitting Heretic Part 1: In a subculture that has spats over the one true way to knit socks is it even possible for there to be knitting heresy?

First I just want to state that this is my opinion only, if you chose to take it personally that I don’t like XYZ and I am clearly OPRESSING your creativity then that is so not my problem.
A while ago I was reading about knitting heresies on LJ and knitters review, some of them were [...]

It's Done! And of course Socks

Well its finished. I still have some minor finishing to do so no FO post till later in the week. However I did start the Charade socks in Dream In Colors old sock yarn Gaia. I think the colorway is in vino veritas or it could be a very dark wisterious. I think its lovely [...]

Just the usual daily ramble.

So yesterday sucked on the knitting front but overall was quite fun. Got my STR shipment for the month. Chatted with all three of the family members I talk to a lot. Justin only had to work half a day. These are all very good things. He’s off carrying heavy things and playing army. Best [...]

The best laid plans…often end up getting screwed up.

So I had all these grand knitting plans for the day. I really really did. Now granted I got sucked into chatting online for probably a bit too much of the day.  Anyway after I posted and did the crap I always have to do. I sat down and was blissfully listening to Amelia solve [...]

The black hole is shrinking!

So ten days ago I had 18″ to go or so I thought. I have been knitting. Now I have not been doing nothing else but knitting. Hell even on my Olympic knitting days I didn’t quite manage that feat. So last week I thought I was going to have a sort of mini vacation [...]

Crackpot theories are the most fun.

So yet again I woke up at the ass crack of early. The domestic stuff with which my life is mostly concerned is rather boring to blog hence the shortage of posts. However I am quite sure I mentioned that I post much more frequently to my knit blog. Hell I don’t even have [...]

18 inches to go

So in my calculations I neglected to think about my darling, my angelcakes, my gamerboy husband. Friday he comes walking in at noon and announces he’s done for the day. I was like uhhh whaaaa? He also informs me that he will be away Monday-Thursday. So I spend a little time hanging out with him [...]

The black hole of entrelac

So I haven’t blogged much about it but I’ve been working on Lady E for quite some time. It’s been that red-headed stepchild of a wip I consider working on and then go nahhhh… I think I’ll start a new pair of socks. At first you know I was oh so excited by the project [...]