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Olympic Progress and February Socks
I’m up to the neck in the D. Weasley sweater. No, really. I’m up to where I put the bottom of the neck stitches on a holder and work up to the shoulders along the side of the neck. Then it’s sleeves, neck trim and some stitching together. Do you think I’ll make it? p=.…
Valentine Secret Pal 7 – Thanks!
Pardon me for not posting this sooner, but ‘Thanks Secret Pal!’ Here is the BEAUTIFUL package that came last week: p=. !http://static.flickr.com/27/98037742_87a5b0bcda_m.jpg(SP7 Valentines Package)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/98037742/ And here are the WONDERFUL contents: p=. !http://static.flickr.com/28/98037743_a665e7ba24_m.jpg(SP7 Valentines Package Contents)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/98037743/ * YUMMY See’s candies – I know “SEE’s”:http://www.sees.com/ being a California native! * Way cute heart shaped tape measure (how…
Knitting Olympics 2006 has gone wild!
“This article”:http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/living/1139367355265090.xml?oregonian?lvls&coll=7 is another piece of proof that this thing has gone wild! At last count over 3600 entrants in the “2006 Knitting Olympics!!”:http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/olympics2006.html Wow! “Mom,”:http://livinglakeside.com “Kim”:http://dkunruh.com/peanuts and I have plans to get together tomorrow night in front of the opening ceremonies and cast-on together. Unfortunately there is a snow storm headed this way –…
Knitting, babies and work
Well, in reverse order, work has really picked up lately. It’s feast to famine so often when you are self-employed. I have finished a “couple”:http://leads4wah.com of “projects”:http://co-opleads.com and am finishing “another one”:http://liveharmonic.com up today. Then there is the really fun one – my “favorite LYS.”:http://www.FourLadiesNeedleArt.net I met with Pam yesterday and we are moving along…
Koigu Socks Finished
Well, in the nick of time, and I mean NICK of time – just before midnight, Pacific time, I was weaving in the ends of my koigu socks! Then I took a nap right there in the chair, following my day of marathon knitting. Over a week ago, I had finished this pair of baby…
Wee mittens to go with the wee hat
p=. !http://static.flickr.com/30/91493219_07df4ba6a5_m.jpg(wee mittens and hat for kamryn)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/91493219/ I had extra Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino left over and I couldn’t resist! I still have some – I wonder if I could get socks/booties out of the leftovers…..hmmmm….. And a bit of progress on the koigu socks: p=. !http://static.flickr.com/14/91493220_bb608dcc81_m.jpg(koigu socks progress)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/91493220/ I had better get on it…
SP7 Questionnaire
How embarrassing! I typed this up a couple of weeks ago and never took it out of draft status into Live- Sorry SP! *1. Are you a yarn snob (do you prefer higher quality and/or natural fibers)? Do you avoid Red Heart and Lion Brand?* I prefer natural fibers, but I knit a bit of…
Finished Hat and Good Baby News
Last night I finished the “Seed Stitch and Cables”:http://purlywhites.typepad.com/purly_whites/2005/09/free_pattern.html in a modified closer-to-preemie size, minus the little stem on top: p=. !http://static.flickr.com/42/91131016_41afffddfd_m.jpg(baby kamryn hat)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/91131016/ p{font-size:small}. (p.s. there is my SP7′s card on the side in the photo- thanks “G”!) And the good news is that her mommy (Jill) was finally able to hold her today!!!!…
Secrets, secrets
I’m good at figuring out secrets – have I said that here before? Well, I am. Everyone has a hard time surprising me – I usually figure things out. I just don’t like not knowing things, if that makes sense, it really bugs me! I realized today, that I had forgotten to mention that I…