The Love of 1s

I’m participating in the Knit.Sock.Love KAL over on Ravelry that began this January and the socks in progress were shown last week.  I am happy to report that I am right on time with my knitting and they were begun on 1/1/11 and finished on 1/11/11. Sticking to this project monogamy thing is hard.  I’d [...]

Move More, Eat Less 2010 #1: In the Beginning

Actually, the beginning was November 22, 2010.  Yep, I started a weight loss plan during Thanksgiving week.  Luckily for me, I was in charge of the food and my brother and sister are as uninterested in turkey as I am.  Instead, we had cornish hens. I have been struggling with regular exercise since I left [...]

WIP it Up #1

One of my 2011 Resolutions is to become a monogamous knitter.  That does not, however, preclude me from starting new projects.  It just means that I can only work on that project until it is done.  Thank goodness for that, because I know now that I could not work on just my current WIPs and [...]

2010 Wrap-Up

1. DSC_0175, 2. DSC_0160, 3. serendipity-socks-complete, 4. Lipstick-Lava-Socks, 5. lace-and-cable-socks-finish, 6. Vortex-Socks, 7. serendipity-socks-complete, 8. sundara-fsm-shawl, 9. self-striping-regia-socks 2010 was a very slow year for me. I expected much more to be happening knit-wise, but life got in the way. I am missing two finished objects from this mosaic: My first top-down sweater, and a [...]

New Challenge

My best, longest-running friend in the world has been through a rough year.  Her father was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia this time last year and has been in treatment since.  He is now so weak that he is unable to continue the chemotherapy and has become bedridden.  They are having to consider a move [...]

Knitting Hiatus

Wow, I haven’t spent and significant time knitting since my last post. I’ve been busy doing things with my dog Freya. This includes a few canine freestyle dance classes on top of her regular obedience training. The other part of that is that she is still trying to chew through my yarn stash. It’s not [...]

Making Progress

I’ve been very good with my stash-down goals. I have been to my LYS, but haven’t purchased any yarn. I went in to get some smaller Addi Turbo Lace needles and found that I had a credit available for their frequent shopper program. I ended up getting 3 sets of needles and only paying about [...]

Going Cold Sheep

I’ve been part of the Stash Knit Down group on Ravelry since 2007. Last year they began a Cold Sheep group whose goal was to not add to the yarn stash with purchases for however long the member designated for him/herself.  The moderator of that group has been knitting from stash for 3 years now, [...]

Finished Projects

Last post I mentioned my Sockhead hat, which I knit in February. I only got to wear it for one day before the doggy got to it and it ended up looking like this: It was such a pretty hat, too. Nice and warm. In any case, I’m now attempting to frog back the ribbing. [...]

January 7, 2009

If there’s anyone still out there, hello. I’ve been spending too much of my time on Ravelry and none of it blogging.  But, it’s a new year and I’ve got a new plan.  My only goal will be to post once a week.  If I can keep that up, it will be great! I’ve been [...]