Apr 27 2010
This little sweater malingered for an inexcusable amount of time, missing only a button to close the modified neck that I opened up to fit my son’s ever expanding head.
This morning, it was reborn! The combination of a freak snow storm plus a bad laundry situation meant that I was frantically searching for sweaters to [...]
Apr 25 2010
Last year, a friend moved away from Montreal. In the process of expunging of all of her unnecessary earthly possessions, she brought a box of yarn by the local knit night for us vultures to paw through and pick out what treasures we might like. I tried to play it cool and behave in a [...]
Feb 15 2010
Hiding in corners and under pillows (and namely in my guest room, which I had to clean out today to welcome our house guests for the next two weeks), are the UFOs.
You know the type - the projects you stuff away because you’re hoping they’ll finish themselves when you’re not looking. Frankly, they are starting [...]
Nov 03 2009
This year, I finally busted out some socks for Socktober! I am on a sock kick this year. Since June, I’ve made 5 pairs of socks, and pair #6 has one done with its mate on the needles. For the most part it’s been plain-jane stockinette socks, something easy to bust out while at knit [...]
Oct 31 2009
I spent most of August sweating my buns off - not just from the muggy heat of Montreal, but the decision to work on a stranded colourwork project. Deciding to spend my free time in the summer with a wooly blanket draped across my lap was probably not the wisest decision I’ve ever made, but [...]
Oct 23 2009
It would seem that I have developed something of a stash problem.
Somewhere along the line in my knitting, I gained both the skill and attention span for larger projects. Sweaters, blankets, hat-mitten-scarf sets - I just wanted something a little bit more than a one-skein wonder tossed out over a few days.
This was impossible with [...]
Jun 08 2009
Today, I finished a February Baby Sweater for a friend’s baby (oh Mrs. Zimmerman, you are so very, very smart!). I ripped through the knitting in three days, as I’m headed to Vancouver for the baby shower and the knitting time is likely to be scarce while I’m on the road. I just have the [...]
May 10 2009
But seriously, everyone’s mostly interested in knitting pr0n, right? Behold, my “recently” finished objects!
1. Burly Timber Cruiser socks, 2. Medallion, 3. Travelling Fern lace scarf, 4. Stocking ornament, 5. Baby hat for C&A, 6. V’s grey socks, 7. Baby socks for C&A, 8. Wreath Ornament, 9. Amanda’s Pfeiffer Falls scarf, 10. Star stitch baby blanket, [...]
Apr 20 2009
Babies are tricky, slippery little things sometimes.
Mr. Bug (somewhere along the way, he morphed from Grub to Bug - must have been that baby skill-set he developed) has figured out how to grab, and his first order of business was to prevent everything and anything from going over his head. Shirts, sweaters, jackets, all rejected. [...]
Dec 05 2008
I made a hat for my son:
It’s been a bit chilly, and I’ve been parading him about town in it frequently. It’s my first colourwork project, and in order to teach myself I just made up the pattern as I went. I had two balls of complementary coloured Sandes Garn Lanett sitting around, [...]