Archive for November, 2008

I Can’t Make This Stuff Up

OK, I believe I now have incontrovertible proof that the socks I am currently making trying to make for DH have some kind of curse upon them.
You may remember all the trials and tribulations that I went through — admittedly, some self-imposed — in getting this pair off the ground.  But, I finally bowed to [...]

All Kinds of Stuff

I admit I don’t really have a focus to this post (when do I ever?) but I felt a need to kind of throw an update out there before the big Holiday Weekend.  I have been doing some stuff — really, I have.  And here’s some pictures to prove it.
First, here’s a pic of the [...]

Not Guilty, Your Honor

Oh, boy.  It’s been, like, a week and a half.  What happened to blogging?
Well, I’ll tell you what happened to blogging.  Life happened, that’s what.  That, and as I mentioned recently, knitters wanting knitting lessons have reappeared this fall with a vengeance.  In the past month, my teaching hours each week have been up 50-70% [...]

That Loopy Last Stitch

Sometimes, the little tricks are the best ones — simple yet effective.  Here’s one that has cropped up a few times lately in various classes I’ve been teaching.
Actually, I posted this once before, a while ago — at the end of this post, which is way more than you ever wanted to know about binding [...]

Knitting on the Other Side of the World

OK, I know both of you were kind of worried about it, but I believe I have figured out an elegant solution to a looming knitting problem:
What on earth do I take along to knit in New Zealand??
See, it’s a three-week trip (not to mention a loooong flight), so I couldn’t possibly go without taking [...]

Vine Leaf Socks

Ahhhhhh — finally, I can sit back, relax and blog a little bit.  And it’s great that I can now write about something that’s recently been taking a lot of my time.
If I were to tell anyone else how things have been just "crazy busy" lately in the world of knitting, well, they’d probably just [...]