Blocking as I Blog

Finished photos later on, but here are the ‘in progress’ photos of the two projects that Angel and I have made for the baby shower today. Mine – “Pure and Simple Easy Baby Cardigan”:http://www.knittingpureandsimple.com/babycardi.html p=. Angel’s – “Kerry’s Place Newborn Tiger Hat”:http://www.kerriesplace.co.uk/newbornhats.html p=.

Books, Books, Books

New books I recently acquired: “Knitting Rules”:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580178340/sr=8-1/qid=1154182464/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-9740623-1680754?ie=UTF8 by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee “One Skein”:http://www.crafterschoice.com/doc/browse/detail/product_detail.jhtml;jsessionid=ZVQ5MNZB4BD52CTI4ENCF3Q?repositoryId=988878B107&null&_requestid=130617 by Leigh Radford (Reviews later in the day) New books I have on order: “200 Quilt Blocks to Mix and Match”:https://secure.www.crafterschoice.com/doc/browse/detail/product_detail.jhtml?repositoryId=671465B107 “Handknit Holidays”:https://secure.www.crafterschoice.com/doc/browse/detail/product_detail.jhtml?repositoryId=162683B107 “Simply Baby”:https://secure.www.crafterschoice.com/doc/browse/detail/product_detail.jhtml?repositoryId=385795B107 by Debbie Bliss “Inspired Cable Knits”:https://secure.www.crafterschoice.com/doc/browse/detail/product_detail.jhtml?repositoryId=188720B107 “Mason-Dixon Knitting”:https://secure.www.crafterschoice.com/doc/browse/detail/product_detail.jhtml?repositoryId=589385B107 Recently acquired/read any good books lately? Tell me about them,…

Finally, a Baby Shower!

I have so many baby things I’d like to knit and I’m kind of bummed that there aren’t any local babies in my life. Well, I finally got an invitation to a baby shower! We have this little boy that we’ve sort of adopted into our family for the past several years (in fact, he’s…

Quick WIP Updates on a HOT day

It’s again the hottest day so far this year (hotter than yesterday) – yes, summer is here in the armpit of America. So, some quick updates before I go run some farm errands and MAYBE, just MAYBE get to go knitting tonight. First, the Yukon Leaves socks – where I am about to start turning…

Princess Kamryn in her Bolero

p=. All together now – _awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!_ As you can see, Jill had to roll her sleeves, just once, so she has room to grow, but I was actually worried about it being too small – no worries! I agree with “Chris,”:http://chrisknitz.blogspot.com the sleeves on this pattern are disproportionately long in relation to the body of…

One Skein July 2006

h5=. Thank You again One Skein Secret Pal!!! p=. This is a lovely skein of “Noro Silk Garden Lite in color 2014.”:http://www.fuzzymabel.com/yarn/noro/noro_silkgardenlite.shtml Last month she sent something soft, this month she sent something in jewel tones – what more could this girl want!! Maybe some nice Udder cream? And a pretty card. Oh, and this…

Have I been RAK’ed?

I received a skein of lace yarn in the mail – from a Christine, in California, that I’m not sure if I know or not (how embarrassing). There was not a note or card of explanation. Just some wonderful lace yarn, wrapped in tissue paper, in a box, addressed from her to me. Is this…

Day 6 Tour de Fleece Update

2.5 oz. tan romney – navajo 3-plied (first time) p=. 1.3 oz. green/white wool/silk p=. 1.4 oz. finn p=. 0.3 oz. finn on drop spindle My total spun, so far, is 5 1/2 oz. To be on schedule, I really should be closer to 8 1/2 oz. but what with the big holiday weekend and…

Tour de Fleece 2006

As knitter’s we had the “Knitting Olympics,”:http://www.starzabove.com/smilies/JUMP.gif and now for spinners we have the “Tour de Fleece, 2006.”:http://wabisabi.typepad.com/le_tour_de_fleece/ Corresponding with the beginning and ending of the “Tour de France”:http://www.letour.fr/ we will be setting our spinning goals to start on July 1st, as the race begins, and hopefully meeting our goals by the time the race…