February 2006



KNN?

Tuesday, 28 February 2006 8:50 A GMT-05
You simply must read this entry on knitters in the news!!

Interim Project

Monday, 27 February 2006 3:28 P GMT-05

Sunday Sunday

Sunday, 26 February 2006 7:27 P GMT-05
Happy Sunday! Here's Neal showing off his matching scarf and hat ensemble. He looks pretty cute, if I do say so myself.  Of course I am highly biased.Pete's not so sure about the cute thing.   He says he's seen cuter, namely hi

Drumroll Please....

Wednesday, 22 February 2006 10:41 A GMT-05
I put my four commenters' names in a hat and out popped Christine as the winner. A copy of the winter issue of Vogue Knitting will be winging its way to you as soon as I get your address.Another HatI finished Neal's blue and gray hat the other night

Weekend Knitting

Sunday, 19 February 2006 1:47 P GMT-05
I finally declared this piece done on Friday evening. It orginally started out as the Silk Mohair Scarf, a free pattern I got from the multidirectional Yahoo! group for completing a shawl from Modular Knits.  It calls for Artyarns (of course)

Post-Valentine's Bellyache

Wednesday, 15 February 2006 11:19 A GMT-05

A Real Quickie

Monday, 13 February 2006 1:19 P GMT-05
The directions for Teva Durham's Lace Leaf Scarf say that an intermediate knitter should be able to complete the project in 2-4 hours. I slightly less than two hours, I produced this little gem.The pattern called for 180 yards of worsted weight yarn

Snow!

Sunday, 12 February 2006 1:32 P GMT-05
Snow is fine to look at, but hell to shovel with a bad back and sore wrists. These pics are of our back yard, taken from the basement stairs. In the top one, the blob on the left is our air conditioner, and the blob on the right is our privet hedge

Secret Pal Strikes Again!

Thursday, 9 February 2006 7:34 P GMT-05
I arrived home today to find a gift from my SP7: a cute box of memo paper (I am big on jotting down notes!); a french vanilla scented travel candle in a tin, something I wish we had in Vegas to rid the room of smelly cigarette smoke; and a cute hand-

A Self-Portrait

Sunday, 5 February 2006 2:39 P GMT-05

Crafty Weekend

Sunday, 5 February 2006 1:59 P GMT-05
I got two projects finished this weekend, one jewelry and one knitting.  The beret you see on Hedda here was a quick 3-hour deal, a hat I was requested to make last year and just wasn't ever in the mood to start.  I finally found a beret pa

Utter Silliness

Saturday, 4 February 2006 12:22 P GMT-05
I found this at Tifffany's blog: Ten Top Trivia Tips about Theminx! A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas, which are individually known as theminx. A lump of theminx the size of a matchbox can be flatt

Shake Your Boot(ies)

Thursday, 2 February 2006 9:16 A GMT-05
Aren't they just adorable?? The pattern is from DIY Network, in Berroco Suede color "Hopalong Cassidy." The trim is some short eyelash-type yarn I bought at Elann a year or more ago and for which I lost the ball band. It's prob