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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 [...]

At least pictures going back to mid-2007 thus far. I have much more to do. And some pictures that appear to have not made the transfer, but most (at least until Jan 2006) seem to be alive and well. And I’ve been knitting! Possibly the ugliest socks I’ve made to date. The yarn is Lion [...]

The knitted doily mandala. I think it’s pretty but the sun ray effect disturbs me just a little, the offset of the rays seems like they should be more a little more pronounced. I do like the overall look of it though. Grafting the join doesn’t leave it completely seamless (I expected that) but it’s [...]

I’m still working on the mohair shawl after rethreading the needles through all those open stitches. I am just trying to use up the last of that yarn. It’s not the last though, there’s more somewhere. It lurks, waiting in the dark recesses of the closet, silently mocking me. The shawl is just miles and [...]

Law of mohair #142: Intentional ripping of mohair from knitted article in progress will be prevented by the innate ability of mohair to suck and tangle into itself. Law of mohair #143 All mohair articles larger than 2 cubic inches knitted on metal circular needles will reject said needles when the article is in a [...]

Look at the contentment of a knitter. Here’s Josey waiting for his sister’s birthday party to get underway. In a house full of gameboys, comics, books, and movies that my child chooses knitting. Sweet. And speaking of games. Darling husband decided that I should have a Nintendo DS lite, and Pokémon Pearl to go along [...]