Posted in Completed 2008, Crochet, Fun, Knitting, Socks on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
600 stitches + Clover G hook + Kitchen Cotton = 9″ dishcloth.
Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton, $7.19/755 yards
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64 stitches on 00 needles x 10 rows (shortie sock cuff) = 640 stitches
Fabulous hand dyed sock yarn $25/460 yards
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Vodka + =
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Simple dishcloths can be crocheted in a dimly lit room while watching the”Desperate Housewives” (dvr’d…how [...]
Posted in Completed 2008, Knitting, Socks on Apr 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Pony needles that is. Valentina socks? Done! Thus, freeing the Pony needles for my newly acquired sock yarn.
I took pics of the Valentina socks with the “big camera”, Nikon D40, but I can’t post them b/c they do not automagically shrink like the pics taken with my little love, the Canon Power Shot SD630. (yes, [...]
Posted in Knitting, Socks, Stash on Apr 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Could this get any better?
Unbelievably, yes it CAN!
A sweet gift:
That spinningdoggie, she is truly relentless! She is controlling me with her artistry…I know this because the moment I smelled & felt & gazed at this yarn in the bright sun of the late afternoon I was in a trance, obviously, because I went back to [...]
Posted in Completed 2008, Crochet on Apr 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
While on the pattern tab at Ravelry I clicked Home (as in for the home) & this virtually popped off of the hook! I just picked up what was nearby (read…piled around the bedroom sofa), so it is not exactly as attractive as it is useful.
Click for pattern.
Posted in Knitting on Apr 20th, 2008 No Comments »
I took a welcome break from the 00 needles on the sock & crocheted a simple little dishcloth with a G (4.5mm) hook. The stitch pattern is the same as Posie used for her Tiramisu Baby Blanket. Simple & the edges are always so nice even unfinished.
This makes me long for the the blooming of [...]
Posted in Knitting, Socks, Stash on Apr 19th, 2008 No Comments »
OMGosh I am so excited! Spinningdoggies‘ hand-dyed pushed me over the edge: I joined Etsy and updated the Paypal stuff to get my mitts two hanks of her gorgeous sock yarn! They are so pretty…
Here is 440 yards of her Love Potion self striping:
Here is 560 yards (!) of her Lilac varigated :
Did I say [...]
Posted in Knitting on Apr 18th, 2008 No Comments »
The early morning hours found me finishing the gusset decreases for my the first of Favorite Son’s sockies/socklets/no show socks. (Sarah-Dyed yarn, 00 Addi dpns, Harlot’s basic recipe w/o crew leg)
The earth decided to give us a tiny earthquake in those same wee hours. An earthquake I knit right through! An earthquake I didn’t even [...]
Posted in Completed 2008, Crochet on Apr 17th, 2008 No Comments »
Ravelry hooked me up with Tea’s Sweet Violet Dishcloth, which I made in no time with what I had upstairs: a Clover H hook & bits of yellow and bright pink Lily cotton.
Initially I worked it with a Clover J, but the fabric it yielded was too open, so I frogged it & reworked it [...]
Posted in Fun, Knitting, Socks on Apr 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Regarding yesterday’s lucky find of the PGR book, Ethnic Socks & Stockings…hilarity began when I tried to tell my Mom about the fortunate and spectacular find. Even for a willing audience, predisposed to kindness & interested in her child’s pursuits, it is difficult to whip up excitement over a book about old socks. The more [...]
Posted in Knitting, Stash on Apr 12th, 2008 No Comments »
The rain & cold (high 30’sF/1-3C?) temperature nearly kept us away, but we made the hour drive & I am glad we did!Details for the yarns are in Ravelry, but here are some pics for those not using Ravelry yet:
I finally found Inox needles, but I didn’t know that I had Inox needles [...]
