A long, long time ago — we’re talking at least a couple of decades — I started one of those lists that are now often called “bucket” lists — you know, things you want to do before you “kick the bucket”. (Only at the time I did mine, the list was titled “50 Things to…
Designing, Sox Therapy
Possibly the Laziest Smartest. Short-Row Heel. Ever.
Hey, the Olympics are over and I did get something finished on my 2010 Knitting Wish List — well, one sock, anyway. But it's a doozy of a sock. This picture may not look like much, but trust me on this. (Plus, there are better pictures further down.) First of all, though, I must explain…
Project Management, Yarn Management
An Easier Way to Recycle Used Yarn
Over at Knitting Daily, today’s post talks about how to “get the kinks out” of yarn after frogging a TOAD. (And if that didn’t make any sense, you may want to read about online knitting jargon here.) Actually, I think it’s more like “getting the KNITS out” — and believe me, I’ve done my share.…
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Knitting Jargon on the Interwebs
Yesterday at the LYS, I took part in a discussion about SABLE. What, you never heard of SABLE? You might even be a member of SABLE! SABLE stands for “Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy”. A person becomes a member of this group when she owns more yarn than she can reasonably expect to knit in…
Designing, Project Management
Luna Tee finished!
OK, OK, I admit that in the last post on this subject, I didn't spell out every little detail about exactly how I was going to finish this bad boy off… but then there would be no suspense left for the big surprise ending. Good old "Feather & Fan" to the rescue! F & F…
Designing, Project Management
Workin’ on the UFO’s: “Luna” Tee
A few posts back, I mentioned that I seem to have developed not so much a New Year's Resolution, as an End-Of-Year Resolution: to finish up the last few remaining UFO's in my knitting pile. And so, I've been battling with this one. This is a tee in 2 x 2 ribbing, worked top-down in…