Don’t you think? Once I finish the ribbing at the bottom, I’ll just need to add the sleeves and the ruffle, and lastly the closure. The closure is supposed to be crocheted ties, but I am thinking a shawl pin might be a fun option. As luck would have it, I am currently holed up […]
Read More: Starting to look like a sweater
So, I’ve been plugging away at that sweater for about a week now, doing a few rows here and there after supper and before bed. This image shows where I was three days ago. Today I finished the yoke. I’m already much further along than I ever thought I would be on knitting my own […]
Read More: The yoke’s on meI feel like this week has gone by in a whirlwind of super-busy-being. And yet, I’ve spent enough time on the couch that I wouldn’t be surprised to find dents the shape of my rear-end in the cushion. Weird week. Every first full week of January, having just re-opened my two shops (Polka Dot Creations […]
Read More: Couch dents from the easily-distracted
Fair Warning: here begins approximately three months of moaning about the cold and longing for spring. What can I say? It’s a little ritual of mine. Do you know what else appears to be gaining ritual status for me? January knitting. By the time supper is cleaned up, homework is done, and the kids are […]
Read More: January Knitting
I let myself off the hook this year, big time. In fact, there were only four handmade gifts total. First were the neckwarmers I knit for the boys. Eamonn’s been asking for a scarf lately – last week was so chilly! – so I looked to my go-to pattern and scaled it down for smaller […]
Read More: The Christmas Crafting
Every time I sit down to blog lately, my head fills up with lazy thoughts: I don’t feel like uploading my photos to flickr; I don’t know what to write about; maybe I’ll have a quick peek at my email first. And on and on. Until here we are six days since my last post, […]
Read More: Boys and their hats
It’s not that it’s too terribly cold out there, but it it’s raining. It’s raining on top of snow. And while I had the good sense to tunnel through the junk in the hall closet and dig out the boys’ winter boots, my enthusiasm for the project didn’t extend to unearthing my own boots. Instead […]
Read More: A good day for wool
It has been a whirlwind ornament-making extravaganza over here. I started the first batch of four before Thanksgiving, and for the last two days have been working on the second batch of four. I now have eight very hairy ornaments in need of a trim, and some facial features. They should be all spruced up […]
Read More: Eight almost down, seven more to go
This weekend we did that thing we sometimes do when Neil will be away at a conference: we went with him and took advantage of the hotel room that would otherwise go largely unused. When we go to a hotel, the boys enjoy the change of scenery, and would be happy never to leave the […]
Read More: Nice to have a weekend project
Ok, technically, the one that’s for me isn’t even for me to keep – it’s for my MIL, and it’s part of her birthday gift. I went back to my trusty little blue Knifty Knitter loom this week and made my very favorite neckwarmer pattern: Cashmere Neckwarmer [the only link I can find is to […]
Read More: One for me, seven for you
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