Not all of us can be Sooki
Sooki is the main character in The Saggy Baggy Elephant, he’s happy with himself and life in general until a parrot starts making fun of him. Parrots can be such dicks. Sooki then tries ways to make his skin fit better, mostly by asking predators for advice and putting himself in harms way. Each time [...]
Yarn Bombing
Today was a great day. We gathered at Come Yarn Over for our first annual yarn bombing event where we defaced re-faced the spaces with wonderful yarn subversion. I was doing a tree cozy, but as there were no trees available I made do with a stop sign. Happy Birthday Deb!
My kung fu is strong
Extra geek points all around for anyone that knows what movie I’m referencing in the title. A perfect geek score of 10 will get you the love and admiration of my imaginary friends. (Those of you that know that 10 in binary equals the number two now have a perfect geek score. The adoring crowds are now [...]
Getting some spin on
My dear friend Lisa Castano hand-dyed some gorgeous merino roving for me last year, I got this lovely single from it. Lisa is in Gresham Oregon and she does a fantastic job of handpainting rovings in small batches as well as handblending different mixes of fibery goodness. Eager to get some knittable goodness and to [...]
Snow, lots of snow
There is so much snow. Oodles and gobbles of snow. Snow everywhere. On everything. Cold cold snow. Lots of it. It’s a knitters freakin’ paradise, or it would be if I could find a proper LYS out here. I’m pretty much stuck to Micheal’s in Klamath Falls for yarnage. Let’s just take a moment to [...]
Still on socks
I had another birthday a few days ago. It was thoroughly okay. And more socks. They look more or less like the other socks that I’ve already finished. I did the longer cuffed socks first, now I’m just trying to squeeze out a few pairs of the shorties out of the skein ends. There is [...]
Lots of socks
…and more to come. I think. I haven’t exactly been very definite lately. I seem to work best in bursts. After a stint of yarnlessness (it was really not pretty) I went through a bit of a knitting related dry spell. Actually, if I hadn’t been for the knitting this week I would have probably [...]
Felted tea cozy
The final cozy felted a bit more than the gauge swatch, leaving the bottom of my tea pot exposed, but not by much. I think if I were to reknit this I’d add at least 3 more inches in length. Maybe just a squidge more. The finishing was super easy, I snipped a small hole [...]
Tea cozy, again
Second attempt, same yarn. Cast on 80 stitches over size 8 (US) circular needles and knit 3, p1 until it measured 9 inches tall. Then I slipped k3tog, p 1 on the last round, threaded the tail through the live loops twice, pulled tight and threw that sucker in the wash. Where it is now. [...]
Cotton yarn was probably not the best choice
At least not the best choice for a massive knitting project. I’ve finished one light blue Garden plot square and started on the second one. The squares are coming out nicely, but I have to work considerably less on them because the cotton has no give and makes my wrists ache.