Rush Hour Knitting

I’ve been really busy. I started a new job, which means a new commuting route: So there is more train knitting. I bought some yarn too: Isn’t that luscious? I’m still trying to decide what I want to do with it. And I made my sister a shawl for her birthday: This is the Pinkerton [...]

Just because I didn’t post about February’s socks in February doesn’t mean they weren’t finished in February. Really. RIVENDELL Pattern: Rivendell by Janel Laidman Yarn: Tanis Fiber Arts Blue Label in Deep Sea, a birthday gift from J Needles: US 1 dpns Notes: Oh, these did come out breathtaking, didn’t they? But that wasn’t without [...]

So among the things I have been working on this summer is my spinning. I have a really adorable little Golding spindle that I picked up two Marylands ago that I have been getting more and more comfortable with, and ages and ages ago I started spinning up this bagful of fiber I got from [...]

My parents have a fondness for antiquing. They like to go poke around shops and shows for treasures. My mother hunts for dishes and silver (she has two collections she is working on finishing, piece by piece) and my father just looks for whatever catches his eye. Well. I must have trained him well. They [...]