Archives for February 2007
Sunday sky
Today the sky ranged from the blue below (the speck in the middle is the moon) to dark grey – a good mix for the nice steep hike I went on this afternoon.
Other weekend highlights included ice skating and hot chocolate with three other knitters (plus one), amazing and abundant Mexican food, three [...]
Sock Sock Sock
On Monday, I finished my dad’s first replacement sock and quickly started the second:
I even took the new sock in progress to a Fat Tuesday party, where it was surrounded by food, alcohol, and a lot more engineering talk than my Tuesday evenings usually contain:
Meanwhile, I’ve continued on the sock for myself (to become another [...]
Blurry Ariann (and Details)
(I promise a sharper picture once I get buttons for it.)
Pattern: ChicKnits Ariann by Bonne Marie Burns
Yarn: Karabella Majestic (77% merino, 19% mohair, 4% polyamid), 8 skeins, purchased on closeout from Webs
Needle Sizes: 7 and 8
Size: 33.5
Dates: 1/6-2/15/07
Projects started during this time: Dad’s ribbed sock (now finished!), Kureyon beanie, Malabrigo [...]
The Joy of Simple Socks
After finishing Ariann, I had a hard time deciding what project(s) to bring with me on my three-day weekend trip to the Bay Area. I have a ribbed sock for my dad in progress, but none of my other WIPs seemed appropriate – I didn’t want anything that would require too much decision-making (abandoned [...]
Ariann teaser
I casted off on Wednesday, grafted and wove in ends yesterday, and then did a light blocking (it’s a little tight widthwise – imagine that!). All that’s left are finding and sewing on buttons, and possibly adding the belt. Luckily those things aren’t necessary, so I’ll be able to wear it on Sunday! [...]
a year ago
Because it would feel wrong to post this is on someone else’s blog without posting it here too….
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the date doesn’t matter
there’s no calendar on the wall
because months and weeks are nothing
next to a simple count of days
since the 5th of january
but today that count has ended
and I wait instead
for the beats and shakes
of the phone [...]
yarn dyeing
I had my first yarn dyeing experience on Sunday! Kate wanted to try out her cake dyes and we already had plans for dinner that evening, so we added dyeing to the agenda!
This is my first colorway – pink, no-taste red, burgundy, and purple:
My second colorway was brown, purple, and blue:
After some microwaving, rinsing, [...]
stash enhancement
The middle of my week was much busier than average, with a quick ski trip in Tahoe Tuesday-Wednesday, a concert near San Diego Wednesday night, followed by some hanging out in the area the following day. We happened to be staying in Encinitas, home to two yarn stores!
At Common Threads I picked up another [...]
lucky knot
Tonight I finished my first Ariann sleeve (enough Saturday night excitement for me this weekend). Immediately after cutting the yarn (and trying on the single sleeve), I pulled more yarn from the same skein to cast on for the second sleeve. Look what I found:
Need a closer look?
Of course it would be luckier [...]
(Silent) Poetry Reading
Since the beginning of the year, I keep thinking about what was going on (and not going on) in my life a year ago. When I participated in last year’s reading, I selected a poem from the year before despite all the writing I was doing at the time. I was in the [...]