Category Archives: On the Needles

Darn It!

Wow.  These went fast! I’m not an overly speedy knitter.  I think maybe I just spent way more time knitting  yesterday than I spent doing anything else. (Can you tell it’s raining and dark here?  The light in that photo is completely unnatural.  Yuck.) You see… I have the house to myself this weekend.  That means that [...]
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Sock(s)

Hi.  I’m checking in at 2:12 pm to let you know that I have passed the heel of the second sock. In fact, I may even be two stripes past the heal on the second sock.  I haven’t tried it on though, I’m afraid to have to rip back again. Did I mention I am not [...]
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Knitting Olympics

Conflicted by the olympics politics? Why not knit?
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FO Fri…Saturday: Cedar Sock

Funny thing is, I finished this sock on Thursday night around 11pm. In fact, I stayed up extra late just to finish it and then I was too engrossed in finishing the sleeve for the sweater (which I didn’t finish until moments ago!) So now I have on sock, one sleeve (skinny looking I know, but it [...]
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I never thought I’d say it.

I love an impure yarn. I’m a purist.  I love home baked bread, with flour ground by hand, and butter shaken, not stirred – by hand.  I love clothes knit by hand with undyed wool spun by hand, that has been carded by hand, washed by hand, sheared by hand, grown on a sheep that was [...]
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