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 »
My parents came to visit this past Sunday, and my mom brought with her the bare beginnings of a swatch for a stole she’d like to make from KnitPicks’ Alpaca Cloud in Smoke Heather, a lovely light silver-gray. When she saw my Ostrich Plumes scarf she decided that she wanted to make the same pattern, […]
Posted on July 15th, 2008 by Pirate
Filed under: lace, ostrich plumes | 1 Comment »
This is the beginning of Pirate-Husband’s Plain Sock. It’s made with Regia 4-ply in colorway 1039, a manly brown-brown-black. I did 20 rows of ribbing (an inch and a half) and now it’s a long stockinette journey to the heel.
I shouldn’t be working on these at home; they should be my traveling sock. […]
Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Pirate
Filed under: brown regia sock, garter rib, ostrich plumes, pomatomus, sock | No Comments »
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
Filed under: books, garter rib, lace, meta-knitting, ostrich plumes, sock | 1 Comment »
Cici commented, “I liked seeing your ostrich plumes.. I just got the pattern and am ready to cast on.. I was dissapointed that there wasn’t a chart. Did you make a chart for yours? Is it easily read without it? I think charts are lifesavers.”
The Ostrich Plumes pattern is so simple that I didn’t bother […]
Posted on December 27th, 2007 by Pirate
Filed under: gifts, lace, ostrich plumes, pomatomus, sock, trekking90 sock | 1 Comment »
The new local yarn store is quite nice. It’s a small store in Fairfax, near a good pho place. They have a bunch of yarns I’d never seen before, but unfortunately not the stuff I was looking for (and no sock yarn that really called out to me, either). But! the people there were incredibly […]
Posted on December 8th, 2007 by Pirate
Filed under: LYS, lace, ostrich plumes, yarn | 3 Comments »
Last night I finally sat down with the Ostrich Plumes Scarf and put five or six rows on it. It’s over 12″ long now when it’s stretched out, though I think serious blocking would have it at more than that. I’m not finding it to be very relaxing knitting at all. The yarn is slippery, […]
Posted on December 7th, 2007 by Pirate
Filed under: LYS, lace, ostrich plumes | 2 Comments »
It’s here, it’s here! The last piece of my WEBS order is here! There’s only one thing that disappoints me - they charged me full price for this one ball of yarn, even though I ordered them all together and should have gotten the 20% discount. I guess that only applies to yarn that […]
Posted on December 4th, 2007 by Pirate
Filed under: SnB, lace, ostrich plumes, sock, trekking90 sock | 1 Comment »
This is just a few ounces of the eight *pounds* of fleece currently awaiting rotation through the freezer. I am thrilled to have it; I just need to decide what to make! Alpaca mittens would be nice, or maybe those fingerless gloves I keep thinking of - or maybe convertible fingerless glove mittens! Yeah!
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Posted on August 25th, 2007 by Pirate
Filed under: fiber, jaywalker, lace, ostrich plumes, scarf, sock, spinning, stripey striped scarf | 3 Comments »
There are two occasions when it is necessary for me to work on a traveling sock at home - turning the heel and grafting the toe. Now that the heel is turned on this one, it’s gone back in the bag to await the next bit of travel - which is Thursday, so it won’t […]
Posted on July 2nd, 2007 by Pirate
Filed under: jaywalker, lace, ostrich plumes, sock | 2 Comments »
