Archives for April 2008
Matchy Matchy
Is that a purple and green Piddly bag (from the awesome Piddleloop Sewing Team) in my purple and green Imago bag (from Tom Bihn)?
With robots! I love it so much, I had to revive my hibernating Juno Regina scarf so I’d have a good matching project to use it for.
I started the scarf in [...]
Handwarmers and New Projects
This week, I finished handwarmers for a friend who suffers from cold hands in the office like I do. They were a further modified version of the modified Natalyas I’ve knit so many times and went much more quickly than I expected.
With that April goal done, the secret design prototype underway, and a 6-day [...]
Birthday, Baby, and a Laugh
After my lazy Saturday morning, I had quite a busy and exciting weekend! First, I celebrated my 30th birthday a couple weeks early at my “Good-Bye Twenties” party Saturday night, which had a fun 1920s theme and gave me an excuse to wear my favorite dress.
Sunday afternoon, I went to visit my best friend [...]
Lady Eleanor
Today I’ve had my first lazy Saturday (or any weekend) morning home in over a month. Waking up late, slowly sipping a cup of coffee, and a little knitting are essential components of a lazy morning for me.
I’m lucky this morning that it’s sunny enough outside to light up even my dark apartment, so [...]
Two Gifts
The first gift is the Clapotis that I blogged about earlier this year:
The second gift was planned last fall on a camping trip when my friend David admired my handwarmers (one of my pairs of modified Natalyas). I decided to knit him a pair before his next camping trip… I didn’t quite manage that, [...]
March and April goals
My blogging energy/time has been low, but here’s a quick post to cover my monthly goals….
My March goals were:
Finish those secret gifts!
1.0 – the 1-ball cozy and a to-be-blogged gift.
Finish Lady Eleanor.
0.65 – I think that’s how far I was at the end of March (based on using all 10 balls, which is still uncertain).
Start [...]