Yarn crawl with Rosemary

by | May 20, 2006 | Knitting

Rosemary and I had a great time visiting LYS’s. She went a little crazy in Alamitos Bay, picking up some lovely Fiesta La Boheme as well as some other items (well, she picked up three different colorways and I cruelly made her choose ONE). A quick visit to...

more on the yarn crawl

by | May 14, 2006 | Knitting

Yikes. Hadn’t realized I put off posting for so long. My mother-in-law Rosemary is visiting. She’s a new knitter, so of course I get to drag her around to all the LYS’s! We’ve visited Alamitos Bay Yarn Company (prior to having tea at the...

Lady Eleanor, frogging vs UFOs

by | Apr 30, 2006 | Knitting

I picked up Lady Eleanor yesterday — I have 6 more tiers before I do the fringe. Getting there! I’m thinking of putting forth a concerted effort to get it done (GASP) over the next couple days. I’ve decided to frog the Jaywalker sock I began —...

Socks and more socks….

by | Apr 17, 2006 | Knitting

Got back from Fiji today! Awesome trip but the actual travel days were hard (21 hours to get home from leaving the resort to pulling up to our door). I didn’t even consider bring my knitting — it’s WAY too hot and humid to even think of looking at...

First finished sock!

by | Mar 6, 2006 | Knitting

I finished the first of my New England socks for the KOTR KAL yesterday! I changed a few things from the book — I prefer short socks, so only did 2 diamond repeats on the leg, not 4, and the lace ribbing on the back goes to just before starting the heel flap....

STASH

by | Feb 26, 2006 | Knitting

Yesterday I decided to really organize my stash. I get really anal and just love organizing, decluttering, etc. It’s not all catalogued yet, but everything is now in clear ziplock baggies (so I can easily see it, as opposed to being in opaque pink yarn store...