Happy Hallowe'en!

I’ve always loved Halloween… all the kids trick or treating, the pumpkins, the candy, the costumes, the general sense of spookiness with a dose of fun mixed in. It’s a great holiday for sure, though for now we don’t really do much for it (we are looking forward to really getting into the spirit [...]

October 31st, 2010 | Category: halloween, holidays, photography | 3 comments

Sweater in progress

I am so excited about knitting up this pattern that I’m currently test knitting for Kristen of Knitting Kninja Designs. I’ve test knit for Kristen before and have always loved her patterns (Clothilde was one of the first shawl patterns I knit) and I’ve been waiting and waiting for her to finish up her [...]

October 30th, 2010 | Category: knitting, Rhinebeck, sweater, test knit, wollmeise | 7 comments

Back to socks… soon!

I’ve realized over the knitting years that I have phases in my knitting. At the moment I’m between a pretty intense shawl phase and the beginning of a sweater phase, though to be truthful I don’t think I can go through an all-sweater phase, as that just might be too much for me! But [...]

October 25th, 2010 | Category: cookie a., knitting, socks | 8 comments

Rhinebeck 2010

This being my second year going to the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck I was a heck of a lot more subdued in my purchases than the ginormous amount of yarn that I purchased last year. That being said, I still had a great time this year! It was just as beautiful [...]

October 18th, 2010 | Category: Fall, Fiber Festivals, knitting, Rhinebeck, stash | 15 comments

Knitting Content at Last!

Yes, that’s right, I finally have a knitting related post! And not only that, but a knitting related post about a beautiful shawl that I was lucky enough to test knit and do the photo shoot for!

This is the Children of Lir shawl by Megan Bayonet of from Fuzz to Finish designs (megweaver [...]

October 8th, 2010 | Category: knitting, photography, test knit | 18 comments