Posted in Uncategorized on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yes, another FO. This is from a while back.
Pattern: Cap Karma, with alterations from Brooklyn Tweed.
Yarn: Malabrigo Worsted in Amoroso (used most of the skein)
Date Started: February 19, 2008
Date Finished: March 11, 2008
Notes: This yarn is so YUMMY! I can’t describe it’s softness and the brilliance of its color.
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Found this meme here.
1. What is your favorite Christmas romance to re-read each year?
I don’t re-read romances very often and I actually haven’t had time this year to do much personal reading for pleasure. I love the anthologies that they put out though and will probably read a couple when I’m done with school.
2. What [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have had a wonderful almost-week off and it’s been great. I knit Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday after T-giving dinner, Friday at an impromptu knit group excursion to a yarn store grand opening, Saturday before I went ghost hunting. Now it’s Sunday I actually have to put the needles down and get working on some school [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on September 21, 2007 | 13 Comments »
As of 9:00 am this morning I am officially a United States citizen.
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Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I don’t have any progress shots to post, but I have been knitting. I cast on for a new project….a Christmas stocking using some of my stash yarn. And yes, I did say the dreaded ‘C’ word. I have made a list of people I’m going to knit for this year, probably just socks, since [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 23, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Isn’t it always the way that everything arrives at once? Since I’m on a yarn diet, I’m not likely to get many packages in the coming weeks, except those from swaps. But I had to order some yarn for my Hogwarts Sock Kit Swap partner. I’m not going to reveal the yarn brand or take [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Okay, so I finally convinced DH that we needed a new sofa. We have this huge leather sectional, which would be great for a basement, but in the last few military houses it’s just too big. I now have an opportunity to get a couch that will be with us for probably the next 10 [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on March 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
First, I didn’t get that snow day I was hoping for. I’m on Spring Break so I have a couple of days to get some knitting in. I’m almost done with my Jaywalker socks.
I decided to knit them both at the same time, working on one part then moving to the next one. [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on February 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Well…actually it was more like an ice day here in Virginia. My classes were cancelled so I had the whole day off. I contemplated spending it knitting, but realized that as a responsible adult I had to do some non-knitting as well. So I worked on a couple of projects and also did some reading [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on February 8, 2007 | No Comments »
Pattern: “Kim’s Hats” from Last Minute Knitted GiftsYarn: Rowan Chunky Print in Shriek (81)Started/Finished: One day last weekendRecipient: MeNotes: I joined the Stash-a-long so this project is part of my de-stashing.
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