Archives for September 2007
Went Campin’
The beauty (and essentials) of being the first one up in camp this morning:
Comfy camp chair, water bottle, matching ear flap hat, journal, pen, and the start of a new sock – a plain stockinette sock with Regia Stretch Crazy Color.
The Fair and Le Slouch
At the L.A. County Fair yesterday, I showed my Monkey sock a few special sights….
In the model railroad area, there was what seemed to be a fabric and yarn store called “Yardage” (click for a bigger version):
Of all the sheep we saw, this one was the Monkey’s favorite:
I think this newborn was my favorite:
In the [...]
Quick Teaser
My green tweed cardigan is done! I finished the knitting at SnB on Tuesday, bought buttons on Wednesday, and then immediately went home to sew them on and weave in all 6 ends (I love seamless sweaters). No pictures yet, but I hope to get some this weekend. I wore it to [...]
PicoKami and the Yarn Harlot
The Yarn Harlot event yesterday gave me the extra push to finish up my PicoKami Friday night. Here’s a modeled shot with the salamander statue (and a pigeon) in the library courtyard.
It’s a ChicKami that I heavily modified with picot edges and a shorter back (bound off at the same time as the underarm [...]
Toe-Up Monkey
Thursday night at happy hour, I finished my first toe-up Monkey sock by candlelight with just a 3-inch tail left at the end. Whew! It’s a little snug pulling it on, but fits like a dream – my fit modifications worked out perfectly!
I’ve already started the second sock, which gets to come with [...]
UFO Attack
In the pat week, I’ve picked up three projects that have fallen by the wayside over the past couple months.
These socks were started way back in April. For the past two months it’s been missing only the cuff ribbing, so this morning I sat down and forced myself to finish it.
My green tweed cardigan [...]