This weekend is the beginning of vacation! Pirate-Husband and I are going to an annual medieval-style camping event. We’re going up to the site this weekend just to get our land and tent set up, and then coming back, working for a few more days, and going back to site Wednesday of next week. We […]
Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Pirate
Filed under: Baby M Blanket, babyclothes, bloo socks, fiber, sock, spinning, swiffer cover | 2 Comments »
No kidding, there I was, picking out another two balls of Sugar and Cream in Michael’s with Pirate-Husband so that I can make a Swiffer cover for an online friend who commissioned one in yellow and blue. Those selected, I commented that I still didn’t know what to knit for my friend Asa, who […]
Posted on July 20th, 2008 by Pirate
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My new Addi turbo lace needles arrived yesterday, before I even got the tracking number for the package. Turbo shipping for turbo needles, I guess! …okay, that was a bad joke. Anyway, I had time to do a couple of rows on the Ostrich Plumes scarf, and already I’m in love with these needles. When […]
Posted on July 18th, 2008 by Pirate
Filed under: brown regia sock, lace, ostrich plumes, sock, swiffer cover | 1 Comment »
Even though I’m not a big fan of knitting with cotton, for a project that took less than six hours total I think I can handle it. Especially when that project is so awesome. I made a cotton pad for my Swiffer WetJet, using the Ballband Dishcloth Reusable Swiffer Cover pattern from Noelle at Strange […]
Posted on July 12th, 2008 by Pirate
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I know I said I was on a yarn diet, but sometimes exceptions have to be made. In this case, two balls of Lily Sugar and Cream for my swiffer cover. My theory is that if I don’t buy the yarn, I can’t make the cover - and if I don’t have the cover, I […]
Posted on July 11th, 2008 by Pirate
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The heel on Pirate-Husband’s second sock was completed last night. Since it wasn’t my turn to drive to work (hooray for carpooling!) I got several rounds into the gusset. I expect to do more on the way home this afternoon.
I spent quite some time yesterday searching for the perfect sock pattern for the next […]
Posted on July 8th, 2008 by Pirate
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While Pirate-Husband worked on rebuilding the fish pond yesterday (with help from a friend), I sat on the deck, switched CDs as necessary, made sure they were drinking enough water, and knit on his sock. I am in the middle of the gusset decreases now, and the pond is being filled.
There was a semi-local SnB […]
Posted on June 1st, 2008 by Pirate
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Staycation, n. - A vacation that is spent at one’s home enjoying all that home and one’s home environs have to offer.
Knitting was put on hold for a week while out-of-town friends came to visit. We spent two days visiting local wineries and three working on the rebuilding of our koi pond. It’s going to […]
Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Pirate
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You wanted a picture, you get a picture! Here is the Shapeless Amoeba Baby Surprise Jacket just after the buttonhole row. I have five more rows to knit. The color is about right, I think, but the dark pink may be showing up a little more vibrant than it is in real life. I may […]
Posted on April 11th, 2008 by Pirate
Filed under: BSJ1, babyclothes, gifts, house, yarn | 1 Comment »
Friday evening after work, I decided it was time to get started on a Baby Surprise Jacket. I’m using merino worsted from 100purewool in Trieste, a dark green with blips of light and dark pink. First, of course, I had to wind up the yarn. But where was my swift and ball-winder? Certain that it […]
Posted on March 10th, 2008 by Pirate
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