tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36990170791274274202012-01-25T07:10:38.677-08:00A long ramble, looking at life through yarn-covered glasses.Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.comBlogger1501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-19839334590363103112010-07-27T09:38:00.000-07:002010-07-27T09:40:59.160-07:00

I've moved my ramblings to another platform.Please come on over here and check it out, hope to see you there.

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It usually strikes me in late spring or early summer. After a long wet winter, suddenly I just can’t stand the same routines anymore. Everything looks the same, feels the same, tastes the same, sounds the same…Eventually I can’t take it anymore, I simply have to get out of town!So I start poking around on the internet for interesting things to see, or begging friends to let my husband and me

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This is what you lot get up to when I leave home for five days.Looks like I've got some reading to do...

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I knit lots of baby things. You all know this. Mostly sweaters, with the occasional hat and a couple pairs of booties thrown in.Every baby should have something hand-made to grow into. Something made with them in mind. Something full of hope and promise.Pretty buttons are good, and so is lace. If you can work them both into a single garment, you’re golden.My darling Paddington bear gets lots of

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Especially when you completely fail to check it.Remember the too short cabled sock?I bit the bullet and frogged it all the way back. I knit it again; giving myself the extra length I needed in the foot, and got ready to start the gusset. I decided to try it on first, and noticed something I’d ignored the first time.Even with 72 stitches in a round, it felt too snug going around the ball of my

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You may remember that I knit Helena a few months ago. OK, OK, it was actually several months ago. Many several.I knit it, I wove in the ends, I washed it and I posed it on Paddington bear.I even wrapped it and wrote a card.And there it sat on my desk, waiting (and waiting and waiting) for me to take it to the baby it had been made for.Well, yesterday the baby in question got tired of waiting, and

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Is it possible to turn the corner on a round shawl? It's been an awfully long time since those geometry classes in junior high, but I'm pretty sure circles don't have corners.I’ll just call it a term of art.I’m halfway through the border of Centrino… check it out:I’ve done 18 repeats out of 36, and it feels like the finish is actually in sight. If I keep going at this rate, I may be able to

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Blocking, that is.I knit a piece of lace. Knit and knit and knit and knit. I’ll spread it out over my knee or on a table, trying to see what it will look like when it’s done. I get hints, I have dreams and visions, but trying to picture the whole completed piece just eludes me most of the time.So, Wisteria Garden was all done and looking like a skate (thanks for the image, KnitGeekery!). I gave

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No problem.Piece of cake.Never a doubt in my mind.Well, except for a terrifying 45 minutes on Sunday afternoon.I was shifting around on the couch, and the shawl got wedged under my knee. Somehow I managed to pull the whole thing off of the needles. Don't ask me how I got it all back on, the whole incident is a bit of a blur. Let's hear it for 2.0 mm needles and crochet hooks. And for the large

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Let's say, just hypothetically, that you found out the local paper was going to send a reporter/photographer team to your Wednesday SnB in a couple of weeks.That they might be putting together a story about hand spinning and other crafts for one of the weekly inserts.What would your first thought be?Well, mine was "A photographer? I've got to finish Wisteria Garden!"It looked like this on

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Back in November, I wrote a post about how everything in my bag that day was red. A shawl, a baby sweater, and something super secret (which is still a secret, by the way).It was interesting to me, because red isn’t one of those colors I find myself drawn to, yet there it was, bright and cheerful all over the place.Taking photos for this post, I realized that I’d done it again, only with another

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It started with a small front yard which looked simply awful.We did a lot of digging and hauling… things looked much worse for a while.Then they started to look better.We added plants and water.Then, and really this is the most important thing, I added time.This is what it has become in just under two years:This…has become this:This…has turned into this:A leftover chunk of Creeping Jenny has

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Remember this shawl?It’s Ancient Woodland, by Miriam Felton, the first pattern for Year of Lace 2009.Well, it’s available for purchase to the general public at last, which means you can make one of your very own.Here’s the link to Miriam’s pattern store. And it’s also available through Ravelry, right here.One more picture, I just can’t resist!

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First, I must thank you all for sharing the lessons that knitting has taught you. It’s hard to know how an introspective piece of writing will go over, and you’ve once again warmed my heart. To those of you who found your way to me through Bridget’s link (thank you!), a very warm welcome.The weather here in the valley has been typical for the geography and the time of year, which is another way

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There were so many things I didn’t know when I took up knitting.I didn’t know I was going to need umpteen-million needles, or notions, or project bags.I didn’t know I was going to need a digital camera.I didn’t know I was going to buy so much yarn I’d have to stop teasing my mother about her fabric habit.I didn’t know that I’d find myself surrounded by expectant mothers, who would cry over hand

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At long long last, I have actual progress to report on another Year of Lace project. Behold Centrino, aka The Big Red Blob.I finally finished the last bit of around-and-around knitting, and have embarked on a long journey of back-and-forth-and-back-and-forth knitting.That little pink-ish squiggle you see there is the provisional cast-on for the beginning of the border. When I finish the border,

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Is this thing still on?Well, I’m back. I’m tired but happy, after the successful launch of a volunteer project, which ate up most of my free time and a goodly chunk of my (virtually non-existent) energy. It went well, and we’re all quite pleased about it.In the meantime, there has been knitting going on around here. Progress is being made on the borders of not one but two lace shawls, another

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Saturday morning found me with one completed Baudelaire and one skein of fugitive sock yarn. Saints preserve me, I think I’m going to have to clean the house… or start another pair of socks while I wait for the yarn to reveal itself.Since procrastination is something of a specialty of mine, I decided it was the perfect time to gather all my WIPs in one place:What you see there are three lace

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I posted recently about The Amazing Re-Appearing Crocuses in my front garden. I was so amazed by them, and I know that seeing them come up again after all that time was a major turning point for me after a winter that seemed to sap my strength at every turn.Unfortunately, late sunrises, early sunsets and rainy weekends meant that I never managed to get a decent photo to share with you. The

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I am a gatherer by nature; a nester, I suppose. I like to have things where I can reach them, and I line my particular nests accordingly.That means that my bedside table looks like this:There’s a wide assortment there, everything from fantasy to science fiction to mystery to multi-generational tales of families and the things they go through.Which leaves my bookshelves looking like this:It means

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Why hello there! How are you all? I’ve missed you all so much; I can’t really put it into a coherent sentence. Thank you all for the lovely comments on the Verdaia shawl, you made my week.My energy level is slowly returning to normal, no doubt helped along by several sunny days in a row. I feel like I’m coming back to life, although there are still days when all I want to do is sleep. Yeah, like

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Here’s what you do. Gather together a skein of fingering-weight yarn and a pattern a friend has been kind enough to ask you to test:Add a pair of needles, and give yourself a few days.In the end, if you are smart enough knitter to follow a simple pattern, you will have this:Combine green ramen noodles with water:Break out the blocking wires:Then drape it over your mother’s shoulders:Then feel

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I planted several dozen crocus bulbs in my front yard a few years ago, back when it looked like this:It was a desperate attempt to add some color and interest to a patch of grass I deeply disliked. The idea was that they would poke their brave little heads up and bloom in early spring, then be all done by the time the lawn needed mowing.They were pretty, and tiny, and I loved them to bits.Then

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Dear Insecure Voice In My Head,Why are you such a nag? What, exactly, is your problem? Why must you plague me so?Tell me true, what’s not to love?The yarn?The eyelets?The gull lace pattern?Certainly not the buttons, or the charming model.In short, Insecure Voice In My Head, please observe this delighted smile…and vacate the premises. My head is quite noisy enough without having to listen to you

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It just never fails… my life gets interesting, knitting is going well, I am positively surrounded by blog-able pictures and stories. And I find myself with absolutely no energy whatsoever.Piffle.I’m working on the energy thing, eating well and trying to get more rest. My sleep cycle got thrown all out of whack by work stress last month, but things seem to be calming down and getting back to

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There it went, another week I’ll never get back. To tell the truth, I’m not entirely sure what happened to me…Wait, that’s not precisely true. But a full explanation of what happened to me would inevitably degrade into a long moan about my workload, traffic, over-heated commercialization and a fond dream of running away to Belize with the Yarn Harlot.I’ll just say that I’ve been busy and leave it

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Nope, not Christmas knitting, or Christmas decorations. No holly or evergreen wreaths with red ribbons.There are two things you can be certain of as a reader of this blog.There will be lace projects, because I can’t seem to keep away from the lovely stuff.There will be baby knitting, because the women in my life keep reproducing.And sometimes I will combine the two.First, for the Red Thing:The

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My husband and I were wandering around in the local home improvement store a couple of weeks ago when I came upon a HUGE display of narcissus-forcing kits. (narcissus… self-absorbed… I crack myself up)Generally my resistance to store displays is pretty strong (unless we’re talking about piles of yarn), but the clever people at the store obviously had experience with people like me. So, in

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The Big Red Blob…I’m afraid it’s getting out of hand. It’s certainly taken over my life.I started the final chart.I need to wind off the second skein of yarn.My husband is getting concerned, I barely stir from the couch.Can’t type, gotta knit.Back later.PS: Artificially Mythic asked how big this is going to be. The pattern says 55 inches across… 173 inches around.Please send a rescue squad with

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This is what I’m calling Centrino for now. With apologies to Laura Nelkin, the designer of this pattern. It may not be the kindest working title, but it is surprisingly descriptive.As I showed you yesterday, this is what it looks like peeking out of the top of my project bag:There are currently 432 stitches per round and it’s not getting any smaller. Oh no, I’m spiraling my way steadily towards a

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Something strange has happened in my knitting bag.Every single project in there is red. Not just a little red, or red-ish, but really-very-extra-red.It’s not that I loathe or despise red, it’s just not a color I have very much of. I tend more towards to cool side of the color wheel. My stash is mostly made up of blues, greens and purples, and those are also the prevailing colors in my house.But

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How many of you have been late for work because you were so involved in your knitting the time got away from you?Oh come on now, you can tell me.OK fine, I’ll go first.I was working away on Centrino (aka the Big Red Blob) this morning when I realized that my count was off on the section I was working on. I tinked, I counted, I muttered, I counted, I cursed.I finally realized that a dropped

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I know a few knitters who will go to great lengths to get their socks to match up as perfectly as possible. They’ll measure color repeats down to the millimeter, weigh their yarn to the quarter-gram when dividing their skeins, cast on with infinite care, and knit with a ferocious attention to gauge which is, quite honestly, a little bit intimidating.I am not that kind of sock knitter. I tend to

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It’s ironic how much time it took me to edit these photos, considering that I only shot about 30 of the silly things in three days. Note to self: lighten up a little bit!The retreat was everything I could have asked for. The company was great, the food was (over)abundant and the weather even cooperated. There were 16 (17?) of us sharing the house, and I can’t remember the last time I got so much

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I've got some things to show you from the retreat I went on last weekend, but I'm having the devil's own time editing the photos.We had a fabulous time. I went for a long walk. I knitted until my wrists were sore. I laughed until my sides ached and I was gasping for breath. I ate far too much food and drank a fair amount of wine.It was a wonderful weekend, and I have so much to tell you about...

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I’ve been here. Well, not “here” as in “writing in my blog,” more like “here in my head, where it's noisy and difficult to write.”Since last I posted, I’ve given away a baby vest:I took two of my favorite shots, the traditional “It Fits!”… but my hands must have been shaking and they’re both blurry.I’ve also enhanced my stash.Four balls of Crystal Palace Merino 5 in Geranium to make a February

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The time comes with each and every baby project I knit when it’s time to give them away. All those sweaters and hats are meant to adorn babies, not my knitting basket.I have a confession for you: I get nervous every time, without fail. What if they don’t like the color? What if the pattern doesn’t suit their tastes? What if all the woven-in ends work their way to the front? What if the buttons

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One of my co-workers came to me on Friday with a question of earth-shaking proportions.“Where does one go to learn how to knit?”After I got finished with my delighted hand clapping, I pointed him towards the videos at Knitting Help. I also told him about the two LYS in town, and also mentioned my Monday night group, assuring him that any or all of us would love to teach him.Unable to let it rest

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They just totally make the project, dontcha think?Project Details:Pattern:Pembroke by Kristen KapurPublished In:Petite Purls, Summer 2009Size: 6 MonthsYarn: Dream in Color Classy, Colorway Beach Fog. Used less than one skein.Needles: Knitpicks Options Size US 5 (3.75 mm) and US 7 (4.5 mm)Pattern Mods: Changed the cables to be symmetrical rather than twisting in the same directionProject Details:

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Here’s the thing about triangular shawls. I knit and knit and knit. I check my charts; I count carefully (or even obsessively). I learn to read my knitting and catch mistakes before they throw the whole pattern off.The shawl grows steadily, and I fall more in love with the yarn with each passing moment. I’ve moved from a 24” cable to a 32” cable, because things were getting too scrunched up.But

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Finally finally finally, I got to start the second project for Year of Lace 2009.I’m using this yarn:Zen Yarn Garden Sea Lace, 70% superwash merino and 30% SeaCell in a color called Tyrian.Ohhhh, but this is just lovely stuff!I had a certain amount of difficulty getting it wound off into a cake. It flew right off of the ball winder, and then I had a lovely [NOT] batch of tangles. I prevailed in

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... rushing through the grocery store on my lunch break, pulling together ingredients for an impromptu birthday dinner.Rounding the corner into the bakery department and finding a big slice of his favorite German Chocolate cake, just enough for two.Happy Birthday sweetheart. I love you to bits.

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I've been diligently working my way through the baby knits, having a grand time watching all the small things take shape under my fingers.There are two hats knit from alpaca:I made these rather large since alpaca is so very warm and it’s still summer here. The baby arrived on 4 August, and I’ll be getting them in the mail this weekend. Not too bad for someone who’s really bad at deadline knitting

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There are so many wonderful things about them; I hardly know where to start.How about all the lovely yarns?They can have lace patterns:They can surprise you with the different ways they flash and pool:My first pair filled me with pride:You can make them as long or as short as you like, experiment with different toes and heels, and even come to love 1x1 rib (one of my personal irritants).And, you

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I'm on vacation for two weeks.Posted from the back porch of my favorite pub. Pint of porter close to hand, order of Fish & Chips on the way.Bliss.

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... is actually several small things.Artificially Mythic asked “So, what’s next?”The second Year of Lace shipment arrived at the end of June, right on schedule. Also due to arrive, more or less on schedule, are four babies I want to knit for. So, I’m using the lace project as an incentive to get through the baby knitting in a timely manner.First up is a pair of nearly identical hats knit from

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My Ancient Woodlands shawl looks lovely on me, but for now you’re going to have to take my word for it.I tried to get my husband to take some modeling shots last night, but not a single one of them is good enough to edit, let alone post on the internet for public viewing. I’m going to see if my mom or step-dad can get some decent ones this afternoon.But, just to tide you over, I do have some

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-3712847638867938622009-07-09T08:42:00.000-07:002009-07-09T08:46:40.043-07:00

The Ancient Woodlands Shawl is off the needles and ready to block. I bound off this morning while drinking coffee and watching the Tour de France. Even unblocked, I must say it’s a rather impressive piece of work, and I’m so excited to get it on the blocking wires this evening I can barely sit still.My husband asked me a very scary question the other night while I was working on it.“How many

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-28801047208967756382009-07-03T11:14:00.000-07:002009-07-03T11:19:23.873-07:00

Time for Show and Tell!The first thing I found at Black Sheep on Friday was a copy of Heirloom Lace by Sharon Miller. It’s one of those books people mention all the time, full of charts and techniques. It’s a good reference book to go into my library.That same day I found a skein of Lightweight Mill Ends from Blue Moon Fiber Arts. It’s mostly blues and greens, with some purple thrown in for good

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-72801455655199994762009-06-29T08:02:00.000-07:002009-06-29T08:09:13.253-07:00

Ah, Black Sheep Gathering, how I adore it. I look forward to it every year; honestly, it’s better than Christmas and nearly as good as my birthday.There are so many things to see, so many incredible colors and textures, so many people and so much laughter. It’s a great place to meet people, especially if you play Black Sheep Bingo. I’ve played as both a player and a square for the past two years,

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-14851237102061545632009-06-17T12:08:00.000-07:002009-06-17T12:13:29.074-07:00

I bound off the first half of my Ancient Woodlands shawl at my knitting group last Monday, and it felt like I had passed a major milestone. It got passed around the table to much ooooh-ing and aaaah-ing, and I had to keep a sharp eye on one of my friends who would very much like to have it for her own.It was nice to spread it out over the table, run my hands over it and just marvel that I’m

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-85904178126227055272009-06-11T12:11:00.000-07:002009-06-11T12:19:03.618-07:00

As promised, I have actual knitting to talk about in this, and I even have pictures. Not only that, but it’s only been three days since my last post. I’m on a roll folks, I can feel it!The Gas Flame Socks are done, and I’m very happy with them.The yarn did what many Socks That Rock skeins seem to do, which is produce one section of fairly even stripes, and another section with spirals and/or

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-32900249502080586082009-06-08T13:24:00.000-07:002009-06-08T13:26:13.432-07:00

That’s pretty much the story of my life these days. Today is the first day in over a week that hasn’t been overcast, and of course I have nothing to photograph.Typical.So, lets just look at this post as an exercise in imagination, shall we?I finished my February Lady Sweater, and tossed it in the washer, since the tag said that the Brooks Farm Mac-Acero was superwash. Except for how it wasn’t. It

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-65554620698899023812009-05-29T09:30:00.000-07:002009-05-29T09:36:56.779-07:00

I’m so very glad that I got the chance to be impulsive last weekend. The trip was everything we could have asked for. The weather was nothing short of perfect, and we never ran out of things to see. I have no idea how many miles (kilometers?) we walked, but it was worth the sore calves.Plane spotting at the Inner HarborMy husband got to get a close-up look at a multitude of seaplanes. The

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-13362281254776431442009-05-21T18:37:00.000-07:002009-05-21T18:39:06.744-07:00

Sometimes it all gets to be a bit much, doesn’t it? Pressure at work, tough things going on at home, and lets not even talk about the news.Sometimes you just need to throw your bags in the truck.We drove north all day, until we go to the ferry.Rain in WashingtonSun in Vancouver IslandSometimes you just need to be impulsive.

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-67376841473929660672009-05-18T08:14:00.000-07:002009-05-18T08:27:36.469-07:00

There are mileposts in my year, events that tell me that a given season has well and truly begun. When the crocuses bloom, I know that winter is loosing its grip. When the tomatoes arrive at the farmers market, it is high summer without a doubt. When the apples begin to be turned into cider fall has begun and harvest is in full swing.And, when The Saturday Market opens, spring has most certainly

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-79195257753795091672009-05-11T13:33:00.000-07:002009-05-11T13:36:29.665-07:00

Just because I love to knit lace doesn’t mean I do it right all the time.In fact, sometimes I knit lace in a way that is the complete opposite of right, and then I do it again and again before I notice.Case in point, the way I messed up one of the cables in the Ancient Woodland shawl… more times than I feel like counting.The cables in this design are a very important element. They make the

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-48579115627698944632009-05-06T09:14:00.000-07:002009-05-06T09:19:15.613-07:00

People never fail to amaze me, in ways great and small. Sometimes, of course, I am amazed by how bad they can be, but most of the time I am amazed at how kind and generous they can be, in ways both large and small.Let us take, for today’s example, m1k1, who blogs at A Little Bit Crafty.After I posted this piece last month, expressing my surprise that my friends hadn’t sent me chocolate in the

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-1164755609655437552009-04-29T07:50:00.000-07:002009-04-29T08:01:20.596-07:00

Today I bring you The Rescued Sweater.A co-worker told me that she’d been out thrift shopping and found a handknit cardigan. Although it was much too large for her, she bought it for about $3.00 because she just couldn’t bear the idea of just leaving it there on the hanger all forlorn and abandoned.She considered keeping it as a knock-around sweater, but it hung on her like a sail and just wasn’t

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-47387160115031514522009-04-27T13:41:00.000-07:002009-04-27T13:51:52.522-07:00

Everyone at work knows that I’m a knitter. After nearly three years with this agency, it would be well-nigh impossible for them not to know, what with the steady stream of baby items given away. Not to mention the near-daily sight of me sitting in the best light in the break-room so I can knit during lunch.At any rate, my fondness for yarny things is well known, and sometimes interesting things

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-40741512397681349282009-04-17T13:15:00.000-07:002009-04-17T13:26:26.962-07:00

I like to swatch, really I do. It’s not only useful for getting the right gauge, but it gives me a chance to get to know the yarn. Is it splitty? fragile? underspun? overspun? should I use wood needles or nickel? does it leave dye on my hands? These are all things I would rather have the answers to before I start my projects.The Ancient Woodland Shawl suggests using US 4’s (3.5 mm), but if there

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-35600316899920362032009-04-13T13:50:00.000-07:002009-04-13T13:58:45.852-07:00

It is now safe to drive down S___ Drive without fear of the crazy long-haired woman in the grey house.I repeat: it is now safe to drive down S___ Drive. The crazy long-haired woman in question has received the package of yarn she’s been pestering you about and has returned to her home where she can adore it and pet it and coo at it.Her husband, who is responsible for this whole mess in the first

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-50764575951690003362009-04-06T15:55:00.000-07:002009-04-06T16:03:30.134-07:00

The mailman didn’t deliver any packages to me this weekend. In fact, the mailman delivered nothing but bills this weekend. I need to have a talk with him about that. I mean honestly, the least he could do is deliver all the chocolate my friends have been sending me.What’s that you say? You haven’t sent me any chocolate?Well then, maybe the mailman is off the hook. I suppose my package has been

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-87102958351818385442009-04-01T13:23:00.001-07:002009-04-01T13:30:15.660-07:00

Well, the first shipments of Year of Lace 2009 have been sent. Folks lucky enough to live in close proximity to the store were able to pick their kits up, but I have to wait.Patiently.Yeah, that’ll happen!I’ll be doing crazy things like calling my husband at 3 pm to see if he’s checked the mail yet. And maybe again at 4 pm. If the package happens to arrive while I'm at work, I'll probably

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-76956379545129879322009-03-23T13:41:00.000-07:002009-03-23T13:46:22.146-07:00

They’re the people you’ve really got to keep an eye on, because every now and then they do something that just takes your breath away.Like my husband, for instance. He’s as honest as any person I’ve ever met. Kind, dependable and honest, he simply has no subterfuge in him. I’m pretty sure that if he ever tried to tell a really big lie, he would simply go up in flames.But there are times…As has

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-18538665735446538572009-03-17T07:42:00.000-07:002009-03-17T07:46:40.039-07:00

… only with knitting needles.The February Lady Sweater is really pretty straightforward, especially at the beginning. Garter stitch garter stitch garter stitch, with raglan increases on the right side rows and the occasional buttonhole thrown in to keep me awake.It was coming along beautifully, although the buttonholes were done in the “uhm, whatever” method. I was all ready to do they eyelet

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-31992507314271581382009-03-11T13:50:00.000-07:002009-03-11T13:59:14.068-07:00

BreadBaking bread is one of those things I talked about wanting to do for years and years before I tried it for the first time. And, like knitting, it has become a journey, an art, a frustration at times, and something I love to do.Bread baking is like most other things in life: you can learn the basics in an afternoon and spend the rest of your life seeking after perfection. It’s all part of the

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-15285086839224059912009-03-02T13:02:00.000-08:002009-03-02T13:18:16.075-08:00

The most amazing thing happened… I actually had my knitting, my camera and a perfect patch of sun all in the same place at the same time!This is one of my Gas Flame socks, with the short-row toe and the straight part of the foot completed.Ready to increaseThis pattern has been challenging on a few levels, but once I wrapped my head around a few things and remembered how to count, it’s been a lot

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-62035399634130246592009-02-25T14:05:00.000-08:002009-02-25T14:11:37.527-08:00

Spring is well on its way to actually arriving here in my part of the world. The crocuses have been blooming for a couple of weeks, and the daffodils are growing by leaps and bounds. I expect blossoms from them within the next week or so.The spring rains are here as well. Right now that means a low cloud cover and a medium-to-heavy mist outside, although that can change to a downpour in an

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-48904655353967589272009-02-20T13:23:00.000-08:002009-02-20T13:39:17.209-08:00

You know, considering my blissfully child-free state, it seems as though I do quite a bit of baby knitting. I blame my co-workers. In an agency with a 95% female workforce, at least one of them is expecting every year.When our latest mom-to-be found out, to her delight, that she was having a girl, she asked for something in pink and brown, which apparently is what all the cool girls are wearing

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-9105452663879243142009-02-18T13:01:00.000-08:002009-02-18T13:04:01.749-08:00

Time to give away some sock yarn! Oh, how exciting!I have once again used the Random List Generator, one of my most favorite web applications ever. It’s the equivalent of drawing names out of a hat, but with that extra geek cred I’m always looking for.And the winners are:Caffeine FaerieRoseRedLillypilyOK ladies, now you have a choice to make. Leave me a comment and either let me know what your

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One of the amazing things to me about the internet is how it can make the world such a small place. When I look at my visitor statistics, I am surprised and gratified to see people visiting my blog from so many places: North and South America, Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East… and Australia.It’s those Australian visitors who are most on my mind these days. The news coverage of the

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-35110927752283420872009-02-04T13:12:00.000-08:002009-02-04T13:19:53.036-08:00

I’ve got myself another case of the wintertime blahs. It’s cold and damp, with the occasional sunny afternoon just to tease me. Looming deadlines at work are making me nervous, and I can’t seem to get enough of the right kind of sleep. I'm starting to take it personally.The way I see it, I’ve got a choice here: I can either slip into a lovely case of self-pity and depression, or I can bootstrap

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-60174877624674746392009-01-28T13:58:00.000-08:002009-01-28T14:03:32.683-08:00

… but apparently blogging did not.I started a post last week about why I didn’t blog a single word about the election here, but it was fighting me too much and I ran out of steam. I realized my subconscious was probably trying to tell me something and decided to just let it go. There are so many people who write so well about the political system in the United States, I think the world can

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-16031832922149784072009-01-14T13:05:00.000-08:002009-01-14T13:13:07.098-08:00

Since I finished off two pair of socks last week, it was time to cast on a new pair. I know, try to contain your shock…Presented with the perennial problem of which yarn to knit with, I turned once again to my uber-geek method used here. Download the Ravelry stash as an Excel file, eliminate all the yarn not for socks, and then slap the list into the Random List Generator.Right then, Lana Grossa

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-42785449220714493572009-01-08T12:50:00.000-08:002009-01-08T13:05:17.301-08:00

I really got the bit between my teeth with these Basic Birthday Socks. Once I got the heels figured out, it seemed like they just flew off the needles.Nearly there...All that time off of work last week was a big help, I’m sure. I was trying so hard to get them done this weekend… probably too hard. Sunday afternoon I picked up a pitcher of water, and my right wrist twinged at me pretty hard.

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It’s rather a grey Monday here, with rain and more rain. I’m back at work after a long weekend, when the biggest decisions I had to make were how many batches of cookies to bake, if the foot of my sock was long enough to start the toe and whether I should take a nap now or later. This whole "working for a living" thing really cuts into my sitting around time, and I’m trying hard not to resent

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-57892619582904418822009-01-02T11:09:00.000-08:002009-01-02T11:23:15.202-08:00

We knitters know how to best express our love for the people in our lives. We cover them in hand knits to keep them warm. It’s certainly one of the best ways I’ve ever found to show my love.And heaven knows, I do love my mother. She’s been an inspiration to me for as long as I can remember, a cheerleader and butt-kicker extraordinaire, someone I look up to and emulate, as well as someone who will

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-36517497430744940912008-12-31T07:21:00.000-08:002008-12-31T07:30:35.284-08:00

Remember these?Well, I’m still working on them, and I’m quite tickled with the different ways the colors are striping.Wide bands on one sock and narrow ones on the other. Not only that, but it looks to me as though the wide stripes are actually reversing direction.Working the legs has given me lots of time to contemplate heels. Let’s face it; the mind can wander quite a bit in the process of

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-8670952612819980872008-12-29T09:43:00.000-08:002008-12-29T10:09:11.268-08:00

Deadline knitting makes me crazy. I completely suck at it. I moan and flutter and procrastinate. As Douglas Adams once said:I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go by.I stand in awe of people who give tons of knitted Christmas gifts, and every year I laugh with the Yarn Harlot as she relates her personal Christmas marathons.I will, however, make an exception

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-59569813818201015402008-12-22T11:35:00.000-08:002008-12-22T11:43:58.135-08:00

My mother, she can find anything.Shoes? Look under the bed.Book bag? Look in the coat closet.Riding crop? Look in the utility room.Elfin Hat? Not under the bed. Not in the coat closet. Not in the linen closet. Not in the utility room.Have you looked in the spare room - library?No mom, I haven't. To tell you the truth, I'm scared to go back there.Well, not only can my mother find anything, she’s

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-62597555985931062432008-12-11T13:49:00.000-08:002008-12-11T13:53:05.055-08:00

Excuse me, have you seen my hat?I knit it with my own hands. Out of this Berroco Ultra Alpaca.It’s an Elfin Hat [Ravelry link] from Interweave Knits, Fall ’07. It’s got this cool spiral lace pattern, and I made the ribbing extra-long so I could double it over and cover my ears with it.I did this really cool trick with the ribbing. I offset it by two stitches about halfway down, so that it would

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-83925882838038688662008-12-03T14:34:00.000-08:002008-12-03T14:42:32.899-08:00

Poor neglected blog, how lonely you must have been. Mea Culpa.There are all kinds of reasons why I haven’t written in so long. Most of them are of the boring variety, and I will not tax you with them.It finally occurred to me that I’d best break out of this slump and get back to writing before I forget how. So, here’s some randomness.It’s my anniversary today. My husband and I have been together

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-72423459212074979812008-11-11T08:53:00.000-08:002008-11-11T09:05:30.985-08:00

To all the veterans of all the wars:I remember you.I honor your sacrifices.I thank you for your service.They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:Age shall not weary them, not the years contemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morningWe will remember them.Laurence Binyon, 1869-1943

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-89288149217385325942008-11-07T13:24:00.000-08:002008-11-07T13:33:52.957-08:00

Mesdames et messieurs, j’ai l’honneur de vous présenter ma petite nièce, qui s’appelle Chloe Grace.Here she is on her birthday, just a few minutes after her grand entrance.The Baby Surprise Jackets I knit for her arrived the day after she was born. Good thing too, since the small one was so tiny she could only wear it for about two weeks. Note to self: Knit BSJs out of sport-weight or heavier

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-26539821430777113442008-11-03T13:50:00.000-08:002008-11-03T13:55:44.901-08:00

I can do random!I’ve been tagged. I cannot possibly be the only person who gets a little thrill when a blogger quotes me or links me. I go all fourth-grade shy and giggly, “who-me”-while-I-chew-on-my-braid-and-blush.Anyway, my point, inasmuch as I could possibly have one, is this:It turns out that I have quite a bit in common with the author of KnitGeekery. Obviously we both knit, and we both

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-67698067139797917582008-10-22T14:30:00.000-07:002008-10-22T14:36:01.901-07:00

It was my birthday on Monday. 40 years, the mind simply boggles.I’m excited, to tell you the truth. There was a time in my life when surviving to reach 25 seemed well outside the realm of possibility, so this is a pretty big deal to me.I’m not freaked out, but I am philosophical. I’ve been thinking about birthdays, and about birthday gifts. There have certainly been some doozies.On my 11th

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That’s my life in a nutshell, at least the knitting side of it.I’m still working on Mystery Stole 4, with about six rows to go on Clue 3. I had to rip out about 19 rows of one of the sides due to multiple dropped stitches followed by complete brain lock. It’s slowed me down quite a bit, but I think I’m getting back into the groove on it.Bells is hosting a very casual Lace-Along called A Long Lacy

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I took my camera with me to work yesterday and crossed my fingers for a rain-free lunch hour. Apparently crossing your fingers really does work sometimes, because I was able to get a lovely walk in.Come walk with me, I’d like to take you on a little tour of the neighborhood.These are the trees I watch out the window of our break room. They’re a welcome sight to rest my eyes on during

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-42554017476513139812008-10-06T13:15:00.000-07:002008-10-06T13:19:11.520-07:00

For those of you who might have found me through QueerJoe’s blog, welcome! I thought about doing a little sprucing up around the place, but the wireless connection in this room is a bit chancy, so I decided not to risk it.Fall in my corner of the world… it’s a little different than the one’s I’ve been reading about on the blogs lately. Seasons here in the Willamette Valley tend towards the mild

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-72279444998889020532008-09-30T13:25:00.000-07:002008-09-30T13:34:34.384-07:00

I finished Clue 2 for Mystery Stole 4 last Thursday, and then had a bad attack of the busies before I had a chance to blog the silly thing. I swear it’s like somebody set my ponytail on fire just to see how fast I could run. I think I’ve got things nearly under control, and if I’m really lucky it won’t take me three days to get this written.At any rate, this is what the stole looked like six days

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-84309880491639310382008-09-22T13:06:00.000-07:002008-09-22T13:08:40.472-07:00

So there I was, knitting along on Mystery Stole 4, when I dropped a stitch. I didn’t know that I’d dropped it; I just kept merrily cruising along, counting under my breath and placing beads, happy as could be.Then, when I shifted my work along my right needle to give myself some more room, the dropped stitch ran down 6 rows of knitting, right along a column of stitches that has a bead every other

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-2321337165480956192008-09-18T13:11:00.000-07:002008-09-18T13:24:46.072-07:00

First of all, I must humbly thank you all for your kind comments on the Candle Flame Stole. Your response was most gratifying. Thank you all so much!No sooner had I finished with the Candle Flame, than it was nearly time to cast on for Mystery Stole 4, hosted by Pink Lemon Twist. Unfortunately, it took me so long to get this post written that sign-ups for the Yahoo group have closed, so I can’t

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-50123118180033983022008-08-31T19:56:00.000-07:002008-08-31T20:09:14.556-07:00

I actually got the stole done in time for the Ravelympics deadline. In fact, I got it done early, on Friday 22 August, because my husband and I were going out of town for the weekend.I had a few bad moments when I realized that despite my best efforts at binding off loosely, I wasn’t managing to do it. My bind off had no give to it whatsoever, and I was afraid I was going to end up with an

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-55276750622831817762008-08-27T14:17:00.000-07:002008-08-27T14:30:24.578-07:00

What exactly is my problem?My sock-knitting mojo, she has abandoned me entirely.These are my feet.Sandal TanI’ve had them for a long time, nearly 40 years. It’s not as if anything about them has changed recently. They haven’t grown since I was about 15. They’re a US size 7.5, 8 inches around with nothing to distinguish them.But I can’t seem to knit a pair of socks to fit me. My last pair of socks

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-34219422008354840332008-08-11T08:32:00.000-07:002008-08-11T08:36:48.813-07:00

I decided that I needed an extra push to get my mother’s Candle Flame Shawl done, so I signed up for the Ravelympics 2008, in the WIP Wrestling event.Fridays are Pizza Day at my house, and I was very careful to have only one beer with my dinner. This isn’t a sock or a ribbed scarf I’m working on, this is lace, and I didn’t want to screw it up.Surely one beer wouldn’t hurt, would it?You can see

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-5336917264707177772008-07-30T09:26:00.000-07:002008-07-30T09:33:59.503-07:00

I have a new friend. Tinkingbell had a contest a while back, asking us to tell her about our favorite Science Fiction/Fantasy, and to my great surprise, I was one of the winners.My package arrived at work while I was away on vacation. It was waiting in my in-box when I got in, and I ignored no less than 150 e-mails (honestly, 150 in two weeks?) to open it up and get photos.For some reason I

Geek Knitternoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699017079127427420.post-73808701842948649252008-07-11T08:11:00.000-07:002008-07-11T08:19:51.235-07:00

My brother called me just after 7 am. A tiny new woman came into the world at 4:30 this morningMother and baby are both doing well. She’s 6 lbs 10oz, standing 20" tall, and waiting for her name. My brother’s about 12 hours away, getting his truck loaded up and heading home.I knew I should have sent that package overnight!

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