Archives for January 2007
Portraits of Malabrigo and Kureyon
Earlier this week, I received an email from A Mano announcing a new shipment of Malabrigo. I went over there this morning and was a little disappointed that none of the new colors interested me enough to purchase. However, I did find some Velvet Grapes hiding in the back of their cubby, and [...]
Stitch ‘n Stitches
My fellow Santa Monica SnBer Allison organized Stitch ‘n Stitches – a special night watching her husband’s UCLA hockey team play against Stanford. There were lots of knitters, yummy nachos, and goodie bags courtesy of her Supercrafty store. Even though my hands were far too cold to knit by the third period, I [...]
baby hats
Simple but cute hats for my boyfriend’s nephew and niece. Mission Falls 1824 Wool, straight k2p2 ribbing with stripes, and a three-needle bind-off (on the inside). I was originally planning to add something pompom-like to the top corners, but I realized last night that if I did it would probably take another week [...]
Holiday recap, Clapotis details, and Ariann love
After returning from my holiday travels, catching and recovering from a cold, getting through writing peer reviews at work (along with other stuff, but performance reviews are really the worst), and dealing with domain renewal problems that brought my site and email down all week (a rant/warning post may come soon), I can finally post [...]
contagious
Shortly after my last post, I caught a cold. Nothing terrible, but bad enough that I had very little energy to knit. I hate that.
Then I caught the Ariann bug. After hearing so much praise for the pattern, I couldn’t resist any longer. Last night I casted on using some stash [...]