I was lucky last week to have my parents visiting me from Colorado, during their spring break. We had a great time, even though I was only able to take one day off (gotta conserve my vacation time for going to Jeremy’s graduation!): We drove to the coast last Sunday for a visit to Florence… Continue reading Catching Up
Bet you’ll never guess what I did this weekend! Well, actually, on Saturday I got all sorts of stuff done: house-cleaning, volunteering at the Marion County Historical Society (I should probably write up a separate post about that), and a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day concert of Celtic harp guitar music with photos and stories of… Continue reading Guess…
Lots of knitting done over the weekend, and I have a few pics to prove it. First off, I finished my parents’ socks, and they were mailed off today, snug in cute little sock sleeves (idea courtesy of Carolyn via Grumperina). Hope they fit well, Mom and Dad! Let me know when they arrive… Next,… Continue reading Sock Updates (and a Bonus!)
I haven’t posted much this month, so I thought I would wrap up February with an overview of the sock knitting marathon, and a mini-tirade about yarn availability and service. Sock Update First up is a portrait of Jeremy’s finished Trekking socks. These are currently wending their way across the country in the good company… Continue reading The Spring of Socks Continues…
Not sure how it happened, but this is turning out to be the spring of socks. Case in point: The three images above were my projects over the Christmas break. My mom and I picked out the yarn over Thanksgiving, and with it I made a capelet and scarf for my mom (sorry for the… Continue reading The Spring of Socks
Now that Jeremy has posted a few more photos from the Halloween party, I should write a little more about our costumes, just to finish the subject for once and all. Mr. Arnolfini Jeremy’s houppelande was constructed from plum satin lined with black cotton cloth and trimmed with a nice low-pile brown faux-fur that we… Continue reading Arnolfini Style
I’ve had a request to post images of some of my older sweaters, since I didn’t get much knitting done over the summer (I knit about half a Broadripple Sock in sage green, and spent the rest of the time hanging out with Jeremy). So last night I took a few pics; bear in mind… Continue reading Sweater Pics
I have been reluctant to post pictures recently because there were some photos of Loki still on our digital camera that I couldn’t bear to look at yet. This weekend I finally got it over with, and took some photos of a few current and finished knitting projects. You Guessed It… …more sock news. I… Continue reading Knittin’ and Readin’
At last I’ve taken a few pictures of recently finished projects and yarn acquisitions. First up is the pair of picot socks improvised from the seamless toe-up short-row technique I am playing with. I’m sure it has been done before somewhere, but I don’t really know the name of the technique. At any rate, the… Continue reading Bamboo Yarn and Shrinking Violets
Not sure when I will post my next blog entry*, so I’ll just give you a brief update for the time being. * Jeremy comes home for spring break late tomorrow night, and my parents will be visiting over their spring break the following week. Yay for company! Knitting Progress I’m very pleased to say… Continue reading A Short Update