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Arrggggg
Ok, so I sat down in front of a movie the other night to work on my sweater. My row guage is a bit off from the pattern, so I had decided to take it back a couple of rounds so it would not be too large. And that is a very good [...]...
Time to divide
and maybe even to conquer! It’s time to set aside stitches for the sleeves of my pinwheel sweater. I’m excited and a little intimidated. I cannot make my mind see the way she explains the provisional cast on, and there are no Orlando v...
Letting it all out
Several months ago, in a fit of trying to be orgnaized and efficient, I packed all my craft stuff up so it would be contained and not in everyone’s way. Not coincidentally, I realized that’s about the time I quit making stuff. Funny how...
A little light knitting
So, Sunday I took a mental health day. I did only that which was necessary and spent some time doing the things I love: writing, reading, chatting with a friend, knitting. Since I had ZERO desire to finish anything I am currently working on, I sta...
I lied. Again.
I maybe need to get some Blue Advantage insurance for my truth teller. It seems to be suffering for some aberrant behavior, such as when I promise a completed BSJ for the weekend, and then don’t even pick it up all week long. In truth, I hav...
Fooled me
So, yesterday, I watched three movies. Now you would think that I would have had ample time to finish up those BSJ cuffs, right? That would be no. I cleaned and worked on computer stuff during those movies. (As an aside, if you ever need to just c...
Time for cuffs
I finished the BSJ last night, and picked up for sleeve cuffs this morning. I plan to put buttonholes and buttons on them, so the recipient can roll them up or leave them down as they wish. Well, I guess that would be the recipient’s mother, ...
Uhoh Woohoo
Uhoh, I didn’t get the BSJ finished for the baby shower at church. Which is ok, I suppose as the thing is in fall colors, and I can just give it after the baby comes. And I went to a family baby shower that day anyway. And I ate and ate and ...
Screeching to the finish line
Or maybe just screeching to a halt! I am at the end of the yarn I have for that BSJ, and I was planning to get some coordinating stuff from my mom to finish it, and although she is sure she has it, we can’t find. Let me tell you, not much hol...
Not washing it yet
The BSJ, I mean. I stayed busy all weekend long, though I didn’t get much crafting done. I realized I was working long hours at my main job this week, so I did some yard work and my odd jobs over the weekend. That left very little time for s...
Date
I am officially making one. With my crafty stuff. For this weekend. I’m off Sunday and Monday, and by golly, I am going to have something to show for it. Like a finished BSJ, a finished Carrick, and possibly a good start on a puzzle. And I...
Knitting to a deadline. Again.
So, I haven’t done that in a long time, ykwim? But yes, I am once again knitting to a deadline. This week at church, invitations were handed out to a baby shower, and so the BSJ must be finished by June 7th. And by finished, I mean knitted, ...
Ready to stitch
Well, I spent the weekend working and reading and going to church and a nature hike and reading. And I finally finished that book I was past due on. Even after falliung asleep with it on Saturday. And by with it, I mean reading. I just blinked, I...
Back to Normal?
Or whatever that means in this house. I wrote lesson plans today, so tomorrow, we go back to school. With any grace, I’ll be cleaning, reading and knitting again. It’s just so easy to fall into bad habits, again, isn’t it? I was...
Yesterday’s pictures
Woohoo! I found my camera! My desk was so seriously covered under it was not even funny. Here is the puzzle: Here is the sweater. Nope, I haven’t been using weight loss products beyond the stress of life. The sweater just fits me now, and...
If I were….
not sitting here at this computer, I would be doing crafty type stuff. I might be working on that 1/3 complete puzzle, or I might be weaving in the ends on Sonnet Redux. I finished the knitting last night, and boys and girls, I think it is hot. Li...
Online Craft Club #53 and Progresso Soup Basket Winners
I have finished nothing, but I do have several irons in the fire. I’ve extended the button band on Sonnet by an inch, and it no longer gaps, except over the first two buttons, which I can just leave undone, I guess. I’m picking up stitc...
A Crafty Kind of Christmas
Someone certainly knows how to make my eyes light up, huh? Mama bought these things for me, and Daddy got me clothes and shoes. I was thrilled with all of it! Happier than commercial collection agencies after the stock bailout. More excited than ...
Sonnet needs some help
So, I wore Sonnet. You’ve seen me in it before, here. This time, I wanted to wear it buttoned, but it gapped a little, and so I wore it the way you see it pictured. And it would not stay up on my shoulders. As my friend said, “it̵...
Cass Knits The Carrick Pullover
Back when I reviewed Tweed, I mentioned a few sweaters I would like to knit, and believe or don’t, the Carrick Pullover wasn’t among them. I’m not sure why, except that it is a fairly plain sweater, with no intricate shaping or des...
Wilderness Barbie takes a hike
That would be me. I know some of you are holding your guffawing sides, reckoning that I would never be more than 23 feet from electircal lighting, kitchen faucets and central heating and air, but you are wrong. I did actually take my plump little sel...
Knitty stuff
I’m actually kinda stuck here! I don’t know what to knit! I have finished bother the sweaters I showed you in the last Craft Club post, hocks isn’t really a project I plan to “finish” so much as it is one that will jus...
More movies, more knitting
Image via Wikipedia My isolation continues. Well, if one can consider only using the internet away from home and relying on text messages to communicate with her bff isolation, I suppose. I find myself watching more tv now that I have 4,976 fewe...
A little hiatus project
When I had my meetup this past weekend, TripletMom showed me her stitch markers. have you ever just looked at something and said, “oh, duh!”? I know you have, and that is exactly what I did. Because, folks, it never occurred to me to ma...
Hocks to the Rescue! and an official breakup
What do you do when no project in your basket is suitable for this moment? What’s your back-up project? I happen to be at this point just now, with the wallaby needing the sleeves begun and the socks needing the second one cast on. This morni...
Squeeeeeeeee! Knitting meet-up!
so, yeah, we did. Tripletmom and I met at the local library! We yapped for a couple of hours, and then we pulled out projects and actually talked about knitting for a while. It was glorious fun, right up until the moment the young guy working the ...
Online Craft Club #44
Well, I finally have a finished something to show you that isn’t jewelry. Isn’t it exciting? A real and true knitted FO! I also have a beaded thing, but that will wait until next Wednesday, right? Right! Here is the finished Baby Sur...
Warning! and The Prayer Shawl Companion by Janet Bristow & Victoria A. Cole-Galo
There may be actual knitting content coming up here pretty quick. I thought it only fair to tell you in advance, so yu can prepare yourself for the shock of it all. Today while Batman was doing his handwriting I finally seamed the BSJ that’s ...
Online Craft Club #43
As you know (I hope) I was n Florida last Friday and I missed OCC. But I did do some knitting. In fact, I have a sock almost finished. Ordinarily, that would be cause for jumping up and down. Except for one problem. A small problem, as it were. ...
Travel Knitting
It’s time to decide what to take on my trip. I am thinking socks and I think I will use the “parrot” in my knitting basket. Surely I can get a pair of footies knit in two flights and two days of conferencing, right? That leaves me...
