“WHEN,” demanded my brother-in-law in his usual blunt fashion, “are you going to knit me a pair of socks.” It wasn’t a question, but a statement - in his mind, I owed him socks and I had not yet produced them. Fortunately I had just taken a sip of gin and tonic, or I might [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2008 by Pirate
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My internet connection went out yesterday evening just as I was getting ready to sit down at the computer. I reset the cable modem, but that didn’t help. So instead of spending the last hour before bed on the internet, I spent it in bed with the Garter Rib Sock. (Exciting life I lead, isn’t [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by Pirate
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Pirate-Husband’s motorcycle, the namesake for the Highwayman Armwarmers, is no more. Here’s a pic of Pirate-Husband getting my dad set up for a ride last May.
For anyone who doesn’t remember, Pirate-Husband crashed back in late October, breaking two ribs and quite a bit of motorcycle. He was three hours from home at the time. [...]
Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by Pirate
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I got to my parents’ house at about 3:00 on Saturday and knit a few rows while talking to Grandma out on the screen porch. Then I did an ssk where I meant to put a k2tog, but while I was backing up to fix it Dad needed my help, and then our guests were [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Pirate
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A short entry today, since I’m at my parents’ house for Passover -
Pirate-Husband says I should buy the drum carder. I think I just might do it.
Posted on April 20th, 2008 by Pirate
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I considered what I might want to buy at the upcoming Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. I must not let myself be lured in by stripy or variegated sock yarns, no! Solids and semi-solids, if I buy any yarn at all. What I’d really like to buy is fiber. I have the wheel, I have [...]
Posted on April 19th, 2008 by Pirate
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Cailleach asked, Have you considered NOT doing heel stitch as ‘written’? I knit continental, and knitting is faster for me than purling.
I also knit continental, but I haven’t noticed a real difference in speed between knitting and purling. Then again, I have never seen anyone knit continental the way I do (though I’m sure [...]
Posted on April 18th, 2008 by Pirate
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It’s not that I don’t like knitting heel flaps, exactly. It’s that I like knitting the rest of the sock so much better. I did get eight rows into it last night (of thirty-six) and I even remembered to bring it with me to work today (though I may have made plans to go out [...]
Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Pirate
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Janis wrote,
I think self-striping sock yarns are a good standby for when you need a mindless knitting project. That way they look fantastic in just a plain stockinette. *enables*
Janis, I love you, but have you seen my stash lately? I so don’t need any more self-striping sock yarn! I do love the plain stockinette sock, [...]
Posted on April 16th, 2008 by Pirate
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…I cannot stop wanting to buy more sock yarn. Not only that, but the sock yarn that most appeals to me to buy is not the sock yarn that most appeals to me to knit. I found myself eyeing the KnitPicks Felici. What awesome colors! What great stripes! What a fantastic price!
Then I remember, I [...]
Posted on April 15th, 2008 by Pirate
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