I am a week late on posting about it, but I sent off my scarf for the Red Scarf Project last weekend.  My scarf was not exactly red, but it had red in it.  I have a confession about the yarn.  It was originally sent to me by Bonne Marie to make a pair of … Continue reading →

I forgot to post anything last night (where I could have added pictures) because I rode my bike on the trainer in my garage for like 30 minutes and my brain turned to mush.  I really want to get faster for the MS150 this year and I’m convinced that I’m incapable of picking up speed.  … Continue reading →

I have been knitting feverishly in an effort to finish the items that I currently have in progress to allow me to be single-minded in my Knitting Olympics Quest.  Hopefully, I am presenting to you the first of many finished objects this week.  I only have one other item on the needles, but there is … Continue reading →

That bit last week about having some sort of idea as to what my Olympic Knitting might be, well, lets just forget that bit, shall we?  I have ruled out Helga for now, for financial reasons.  I already have a plane ticket to Maryland.  I would like to buy some yarn while I’m there.  Therefore, … Continue reading →

The project that you all are tired of hearing about is finally finished and is now in the hands of the recipient, my mom.  Here are some final pictures, as taken in my back seat before mailing it (the challenges of borrowing a digital camera for blogging purposes!). Here is a snapshot of it all … Continue reading →

Edited to Add:  Part of me just wants to go ahead and do Helga.  It fits Chris and Kate’s suggestions of doing something that has a fair isle panel in it and doing a whole sweater in 16 days would be a huge challenge.  Is it too much?  Maybe the finishing of the afghan has … Continue reading →

After a weekend knitting marathon, I am THIS CLOSE to finishing my Mom’s afghan.  You may note that my deadline to finish the afghan was January 15th.  That was, of course, before I realized that I hadn’t finished one of the squares.  I did finish the edging my the 15th and now I’m working on … Continue reading →

Aran.  Cables still amaze me.  The way that just changing the order of the stitches you are knitting can create these incredible patterns is pretty astounding.  I was scared of cables for the longest time, but working on my mom’s Great American Aran Afghan has helped me challenge and improve my cabling ability.   These two … Continue reading →

I’m cheating on knitting.  Just a little bit.  See, I want to be able to line my felted bags, which means learning to sew.  That’s one of my motivations, anyway.  The husband bought me this machine, book, and another book called Sew Fast, Sew Easy for Christmas.  I went to the store and bought all … Continue reading →

One of my items has made the front page of Etsy.  Check it out at http://www.etsy.com.  It’s called "Cowl at the Moon".  🙂 Continue reading →