My first sock from Cat Bordhi’s new book, Personal Footprints for Insouciant Sock Knitters, has been an exercise in frustration, humilty, and perseverance. I have only myself to blame; I tried to do too many things at once, blithely confident that this would be no big deal. After all, this book is the antithesis of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘yarn reviews’
The Seriously Scary Scalawag* Socks
Posted in knitting, tagged books, personal footprints, socks, yarn reviews on November 3, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Bi-Polar Sock Disorder
Posted in design, tagged socks, windowpane pattern, yarn reviews on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My new chart works! Yay! {insert Kermit-the-Frog dance of flaily happiness here} But I miscounted the cast-on, and didn’t notice until I was about twenty-four rows in, and just four rows short of finding out whether the chart worked. {insert chorus of frogs chanting ‘rip it’ here} So now, to frog. On the plus side, [...]
Prismatic Scarf
Posted in knitting, tagged pattern mods, reversible, scarf, variegated, yarn reviews on July 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been working on a Prismatic Scarf for a while now, as the project I can work on without having to carry or look at charts. (Can’t miss a minute of Capt. Jack Harkness this week, after all!) The yarn I’m using is from the Plain & Fancy Sheep and Wool Co., from Henderson, TX. [...]
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