Archives for December 2004
knitted critters
I just stuffed (and catnipped) this little guy, made from this pattern.
I don’t know if it was my shaping, my seaming, my stuffing, or what, but he looks pretty silly… like a cartoon strongman with stubby arms. So I’ve named him Incredibunny (short for Incredibabybunny). I’m giving him to Ming tomorrow as [...]
Northwest knitting
I’m posting from a little town in Washington right on the Hood Canal. To make up for not showing any pictures of what I’ve been knitting, here’s a view from just across the street:
I will, however, write about all the knitting I’ve been doing. Here’s my list so far:
1. I finished my [...]
off!
I’m about to go out of town for 10 days and wanted to leave you with a picture of the yarn that’s coming in my suitcase. (It doesn’t include the WIP that’s coming with me on the plane.)
The little bits of wool are to make some of Kate Gilbert’s bunnies. This alleviates my [...]
3 steps to procrastination
Today I reduced the amount of time spent cleaning my apartment (which I should’ve been spending a lot of time doing) by:
1. Working on my mom’s scarf. (I’ve decided that I don’t really like this “yarn.” It’s a good thing it was so expensive or I might be tempted to abandon the project.)
2. [...]
two gifts
Over Thanksgiving, my mom was admiring my Northampton scarf, so I decided that instead of rushing through Clapotis for her (I’ve only just finished the increase rows) I’d make a similar one for her. I looked up the Mountain Colors website and saw that Wildfiber carries it, so I went there this morning. [...]
mailboxes and pockets
First, something that has nothing to do with knitting. On my drive to work this morning, I saw this:
It’s funny how intriguing it was to me. It was definitely not something I expected to see while (conveniently) stopped at a red light.
On a knitting subject, frecklegirl posted about these pocket gloves. Why [...]
little tubes
Some projects are so exciting that I spend my days thinking (and sometimes saying), “I want to knit,” anxiously awaiting the moment I get to pick them up again. Like certain books, once I get to a certain point in them, I absolutely can’t put them down until I’ve finished. Other projects become [...]
knitty
Right when I had gotten my holiday gift lift all finalized and organized, along comes the new knitty. I don’t think I have yarn in my stash to make any of the things I’m tempted by. This is good because it means less chance of distraction… until I go and buy more yarn, [...]