Archives for September 2005
aviator avocado
Saturday night while watching The Aviator, I knit an avocado hat for baby Benjamin, whose parents love avocados as much as I do – a lot. (I was actually a few short rows from finishing when the movie ended, but if I had started knitting earlier in the movie I would’ve been done. [...]
SP5 and SP6
First off, a belated non-secret thank you to Jennifer of Knit One, Purr Too, who sent me so many wonderful gifts in Secret Pal 5. Her final surprise was a gift certificate to elann.com, which I had surprisingly never bought from before. I used it on Peruvian Collection Baby Silk – 3 skeins [...]
Seattle
The five days we spent in Seattle were filled with food, family, music, movies, and of course knitting and stash acquisition. Let’s focus on that last part.
The first LYS I went to was Acorn Street in the U district. I had to force myself to keep walking past the huge wall of thick [...]
shawl and sock
Over Labor Day weekend, I did a lot of kntting (mostly while listening to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on my iPod). I have two new FOs to report, both purple and (amazingly) photographed in natural light!
First is my Flower Basket Shawl, using KnitPicks Shadow in Vineyard. Yes, I said “my” [...]
give a little
If you haven’t already, check out Margene’s and Susan’s blogs and give a little.