Pompa

I’ve finished my Pompa scarf and I’m thrilled with it! It’s perfect for spring, and the color is fabulous. Thanks, Julie, for that skein of Tosh Merino Light — it was the perfect match for this pattern! My only modifications were to knit this much longer than the pattern specified (Anne Hanson’s scarves are always [...]

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Blackberry Waffle Socks

My, what handsome socks! I finished these last night, and Pat was sad that I wouldn’t allow him to wear them to bed because I wanted to photograph them in their pristine condition this afternoon. But now he is happily wearing them in the living room while playing the new Spiderman videogame, which he was [...]

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New Pattern: Riverrun

Sorry to let this blog go dark for so long, but I was working on a new pattern and I thought I might submit it to Knittyspin, so I was keeping the progress a secret. Ultimately I decided to just release it on my own, since I ended up changing the pattern a bit after [...]

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Beginnings

Meet my newest spinning project! I’m pretty excited about it; the flecks of green, yellow, and red peeking out of the brown remind me of spring, of those brave first crocuses peeking out of the ground absurdly early. The fiber is llama mixed with bits of dyed merino, sari silk, and sparkles, purchased from local [...]

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Sax Fiend

Meet the Sax Fiend. Pat bugged me for months to make a small monster to function as a sax mute, since our band is somewhat prone to generating noise complaints, and finally a few weeks ago I did. He is crocheted out of some random bulky-weight acrylic from my stash (probably Lion Brand?) that I [...]

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Headless & Crazy

Sometimes the best shots are headless — alas. I’ve finished my Tudor Grace scarf, and I love it! The yarn is Malabrigo Sock in the Rayon Vert colorway, which is lovely. I knit all the way to the end of the skein, but in retrospect this came out a little long; I might have preferred [...]

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Don We Now Our Dog Apparel

Max is a lucky dog. I felt like a psychic as I found myself finishing up his sweater just as the blizzard started to hit. In addition to making him a little happier about going out in the snow (which he basically hates to do now that he’s a grumpy old man), it meant that [...]

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‘Tis the Season to Dress Your Dog Embarassingly

Last time we met, I showed you a picture of my family’s dog and lamented that they did not want me to knit him any dog sweaters — but it turns out that the mistake I made was talking only to my male family members. I came back to New Jersey for the holidays a [...]

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U(nseasonal) FO

I finished this hat weeks and weeks ago, but it wasn’t particularly in season then, either. In fact, a hat like this is basically never appropriate for the weather in southern California. I made it with the dancefloor in mind — the dancefloor of all-night dance parties out in the desert, where it can get [...]

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