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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 [...]

Years ago I bought an amount of mohair on eBay. It was an excellent deal. I’ve made a few sweaters from it, a few shawls, some scarves, lots of cat toys, used it as mermaid hair, and knit basket liners (for Easter eggs) with it. The kids have used it for potholders, mitten decorations, and [...]

This is the garter stitch rectangle I had knit up in the prior post. The felt is formed. And it’s very pink. And extremely soft. Now I suppose because I really liked that yarn and I have to spin more. I know what’s it is destined to be; Lexi said as soon as she saw [...]

Last winter I checked Spinning for Softness and Speed by Paula Simmons out from the Salem Library. (One thing I do have to say for our area, the libraries are knitter and spinner friendly places.) The yarn pictured was the result of reading said book and trying the techniques therein, I wasn’t really fond of [...]

Had to knit a little. Yeah, just a little teeny bit. I’ll just cast on a few stitches. See how it knits up– then I’ll frog it and wind it back up. That’s the ticket. Pictured are size 11 knitting needles and my swatch. The fabric has a very cool squish and bounce to it.

That’s the name of the yarn. Incredible. It’s quite pretty, not that soft (although who knows what this will do when washed, my experience with Lion Brand yarns has been tainted with unexpected laundering results.) I think it’s pretty incredible that the first time I buy yarn this year it’s LB from the dollar store [...]