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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 [...]

…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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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.

I meant to blog this as I worked on it. Honest. The yarn is my handspun merino-bamboo blend “Fire Opal” hand-painted by the talented Moonlightbaker. The blogging plan went awry though. I couldn’t sleep, my brains felt like they were going to explode and there’s nothing more soothing to painful brains than a knitting project [...]

It just takes me a little longer to figure out what every other knitter knows already: Knitpicks is da’ shizzle when it comes to needles. Once I decide on a tried and true thing it’s very hard for me to change brands, or even styles within a brand. I debated for days, then weeks, and [...]

Still, not sleeping gives me a chance to catch up on some of those yarn eating projects that I’d otherwise miss out on doing. Like making a pair of undies for Lexi’s baby in a gender neutral acrylic yarn. No embiggening needed for this picture, I think this is about all the hideousness of acrylic, [...]

Well, almost. My friend Opal sent me some delicious handpainted fiber in a care package which enabled my latest knitting project. Can you tell what it is? It’s a spiralling scarf. Constructed like a flat doily, the only difference is that I didn’t stop making sections when it reached a circle, I just kept knitting [...]

Not much to say about these socks, other than I could have used a better yarn, in a better colorway, and planned my knitting a little better. Oh, and the heels are very very pointy. I still have no clue as to why I bought that yarn in the first place. None. At least they [...]