Rainy and Gloomy

Yesterday was a gorgeous day full of sunlight and so warm (we actually got up to 60 degrees – yes, Spring is coming on fast) and today is completely morose. I know, I know, April showers blah blah blah… but really, I hate it when we have weather like this. Makes you want to do [...]

April 6th, 2009 | Category: cookie a., fiberphiles, knitting, photography, shrug, socks, spring, stash, twist collective | 9 comments

Spring Knitting…

It’s going to be the end of me, I swear! Between a million birthdays from here until May (including my own), friends being pregnant, test knitting a pattern, doing a Cookie A. sock knit along, temperatures starting to rise (so I want to be outside more often than inside knitting) and the new issues of [...]

March 13th, 2009 | Category: Baby Knits, cookie a., gloves, hitchcock, jared flood, knitting, knitty, kubrick, socks, sweater, twist collective | 10 comments

Plunging head-first into socks

I’ve been meaning to knit socks for quite a while… I’ve progressed from scarves to hats to blankets to sweaters to gloves. I went from flat knitting to circular knitting on DPNs, to circular needles, to finding out about the wonders of magic loop. I’ve done color work (okay, it wasn’t that pretty, but it [...]

January 29th, 2009 | Category: knitting, knitty, marriage, socks, stash, twist collective, winter, work | 11 comments