Hungry Knitter

I haven’t been feeling the blogginess lately. I don’t know what it is. I’m not interested in writing, not in reading, etc. It could be any number of things. Busy end of the quarter, followed by fiance having surgery (he’s fine now!), panicking about caring for the fiance after surgery and spending every waking moment […]

I am making a concerted effort this year to buy less yarn, use what I have, and finish things. So far I’m doing well! This is my first finished object of 2008 and I have yet to buy any yarn. Of course, we’re only 22 days into the year, but I need to constantly congratulate […]

Perhaps this is why everything I knit has dog hair wound around every single stitch:

This is what happens when knitting is left unattended on the couch. It becomes a dogpillow. Incidentally, I’ve never known a dog that insists on having a pillow before. Very strange.
Here’s what’s currently on my knitting docket:

finish that pink thing (almost […]

Pattern: Jaywalkers, from MagKnits, by Grumperina

Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Sock Candy (cotton & elite in some proportion I forget), lemongrass colorway, about 1 1/4 skeins, purchased on DeStash

Mods: I knit them toe-up, roughly following this handy guide that I found via Grumperina’s Jaywalker page. I used a short-row toe and heel, and followed this […]

WARNING: PHOTO-HEAVY POST!

This is a confession. I’m much better than I used to be about starting things and not finishing them. But I’ve been letting things pile up lately, and I’ve started to feel really guilty about it because, well, there are BABIES coming, people!!! Three of my friends are having babies in the pretty-near […]