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 →

Meet the Dangerous Duo, my ball winder and swift! I had the ball winder in my yarn closet for quite some time, but about a year ago, I had lost the little screwy thing (technical term) that goes in the bottom to hold it onto a table. I had looked for a new one in … Continue reading →

Go figure that it takes me two weeks to post a Christmas re-cap, but there are some things that are so good, I couldn’t skip over posting about them.  This is not surprising considering the fact that I just took down the Christmas tree today.  Almost everything I received for Christmas was craft related.  How … Continue reading →

I’m Branching Out.  This is my other WIP.  I started it shortly after I received my Sockapaltwoza package.  Showing you those fabulous socks is also on my blogging agenda, but for another day.  This scarf is being knit with Phildar yarn that my sock pal sent me from France along with some other French goodies.  … Continue reading →

Yay!  Now that I am back at work, I have access to a co-worker’s camera, so I will have pictures again!  It’s so boring to blog without pictures for me, which has been much of the reason the blog posts have been so sparse.  As I’ve mentioned previously, my camera died a painful death in … Continue reading →

The vacation is coming to an end and a new year is just around the corner, making it a great time for new goals.  I looked back through my archives and the funny thing is that last year I refused to make a list and this year I am excited about making a list or … Continue reading →