Knitting! Plus some gardening, cocktails, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
I have blocked my Guernsey Wrap, which was to come out at 17 x 74 inches. I got 17 x 73.5. Blocking wires are a wonderful thing. I also blocked my Celtic Cable Neckwarmer, which has an “error” in the middle repeat (repeated some rows), …
I’ve had my Notre Dame de Grace pullover done for months. It was a great sweater to take to the Midwest over the holidays; I could wear it without a jacket when driving between north-east Wisconsin and southern Illinois. However, I never seemed to get …
I don’t exactly remember when I finished these socks which I call Corn on the Cob. I think it was around Thanksgiving time, but I love how they turned out. Yarn: Handmaiden Casbah (80% merino/10% cashmere/10% nylon) in dandelion Pattern: Pablo Deep by Knitting Pixie–it’s …
As usual, M and I spent two weeks over the holidays in the Midwest visiting family. It was fun but exhausting. I have to show you my parents’ Christmas tree. I took this photo with the camera on the floor looking up. The tree was …
Our Christmas tree, 2011 M and I leave this Monday morning for the Midwest to celebrate Christmas with our families. The airport shuttle picks us up at 4:30 in the morning. If the coffee places are not open at the airport by 5 o’clock, I …
Notre Dame de Grace in Cascade Ecological wool is in the final finishing stretch: seaming. That’s the completed collar and the first sleeve “pinned” to the body. Usually I finish one garment before starting another, but I had the desire to knit and not seam …
I have not been able to do much sock knitting since I slept on my elbow wrong in late June. Using barbecue tongs and knitting tightly on sock needles makes it ache. It’s odd but slowly mending. But doing just a few rounds at a …
While we were in Wisconsin, Labor Day happened. Mom decided on bratwurst and sweet corn for dinner. So after a trip to a local vendor for picked-that-morning sweet corn, she left it for Dad to shuck. He told me I’d want to watch, as Katrina, …
You may remember that in July I wrote about the death of my paternal grandmother, Grandma Adeline. You may also remember that in January I posted about my maternal grandmother, Grandma Frances, turning 100 years old on 1/11/11. Well, on August 30th I got a …
It’s almost September! How did that happen? I may need a sweater in a couple of months. Good thing I have one on in progress! This is the body and partially-unattached collar to Notre Dame de Grace by Veronik Avery from the Summer 2007 Interweave …