Stitches West 2010

I had a great time at Stitches West! I went with my mom on Thursday afternoon and we stayed on until Sunday afternoon, taking four classes in all and hitting the marketplace (and spending way too much $$) every single day. It was awesome!

The first day I had a great class with one [...]

March 1st, 2010 | Category: cookie a., Fiber Festivals, madelinetosh, Stitches West | 19 comments

Day 10 Finish, Day 12(?) Start

You heard right, I finished my Cedar Leaves Shawlette! Woohoo! I can’t believe it went so fast. And it looks amazing (and feels amazing too!)!

I just love how this came out, but it’s not a shawlette at all but a very long, thin scarf! It measured 86″ post blocking and 6.75″ at its [...]

February 23rd, 2010 | Category: Fiber Festivals, knitting, madelinetosh, Ravelympics, shawls, Stitches West | 13 comments

Slow and Fast

I obviously go through many different moods while knitting. From week to week or month to month I change my mind about what I want to be working on and for how long. This always shapes the decisions of my next project. This time, however, it was something quite different. I received my sweater quantity [...]

January 28th, 2010 | Category: fiberphiles, gloves, knitting, madelinetosh, Stitches West, sweater | 7 comments