Monthly Archive for: ‘December, 2011’

• I have a hole.

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  Not in my knitting… but in my life. I just watched my Ashford Joy walk out the door and thus am spinning wheel-less. One might think this would be liberating, what with all the white thumbed yarn clenching… the uneven twist… slanted stockinette sweaters… But …

  

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• Like I said

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  Like I said I would, I am posting two finished socks…. And what is this? Yes, that is the beginning of the front ribbing sitting atop the finished back pannel of the Big Shawl Collar Sweater (I know, it’s hard to see, but it’s late.) …

  

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• Two Broken Dishes

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  Today, at roughly five hours apart, I broke one of the bowls from my wedding, and my nettie pot. The bowl from my wedding feels significant because it was just after I got off google chat with JT, discussing that it had been just over …

  

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• Progress Report

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  It is Sunday, December 18, 2011. The following is a brief report on Christmas Knitting 2011. Sock one is done. It fits beautifully (on my foot) and the grafting job is impeccable. All ends are sewn in. Sock two has been started (for fear that …

  

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• Christmas Countdown

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  Doesn’t it always come down to this? I planned to knit one thing for christmas. A simple pair of socks for my mom. Simple. Fast. Accomplishable (might not be a word). And then… I looked into the eyes of my brother who was going to …

  

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