Wollmeise, Hooray!
December 18, 2008 at 10:27 am | In yarn | 5 CommentsLast week was WDD (Wollmeise Delivery Day). The yarn was spectacular, of course, but it was the little goodies that really made my day. There were Christmas gummies (which didn’t even make it to the second picture, hah!) and a sweet little shooting star cookie cutter. But the best thing was a small ball of yarn that, when unrolled, contained a special and festive stitch marker. Hooray for Wollmeise!
It was worth it
June 29, 2008 at 8:08 am | In life, stash, yarn | 5 CommentsWe made the trek up to Massachusetts on Thursday to join in the wedding celebration of my husband’s step-brother and long-time girlfriend companion partner (seriously, what to you call her when they’ve been together nearly 10 years and have a kid? I mean, “partner” just makes them sound like an old lesbian couple, which they most certainly are not. But I digress…). I don’t normally care for weddings and their after-parties, but it was nice to see the couple so happy and excited. Luckily, the wedding part was short and I didn’t have to go to the reception since it was adults only. I was able to take the boys back to the hotel for a quick dip in the pool, some dinner, and a quiet evening with a movie on TV (and my knitting). But the best thing about this trip is that the wedding was near Northhampton. And we all know what’s in Northhampton, right?
Oh, yeah.
Webs was awesome. Seriously amazing. And somewhat overwhelming. My husband even came inside with me and helped wrangle the children while I browsed. The front of the shop is spacious and gorgeous and by far the largest yarn shop I’ve ever been in. And then we went in the back.
I could have spent all day in there. It’s like a yarn expedition. But the kids were restless and grumpy and their daddy was bored to tears. Here’s how it sounded:
Me: Wow! Isn’t this amazing?! Have you ever seen so much yarn? Look at this! And this! Isn’t this yarn gorgeous? Look over there. Oh my gosh, this is so awesome.”
Him (wryly): Yeah, it’s really great honey.
Isaac: Mommy, this is boring.
Ezra (screaming his head off due to exhaustion and frustration).
I got some sock yarn on sale:
and some that wasn’t
then made a hasty exit. But I’ll be back. Oh yeah, I’ll definitely be back.
Obligatory Sock Yarn Stash Photos
June 17, 2008 at 4:34 pm | In Knitting, Summer of Socks, yarn | 2 CommentsWell, the start of the Summer of Socks 2008 is just around the corner. Let’s see what we have in the ol’ stash, shall we?
(View the photo on Flickr to see my notes.)
You know, I really have no excuse not to be knitting socks right now. Also, I just realized that there are two balls of sock yarn not pictured. Heh…
And here it all is, tucked sweetly into my knitting basket, all set and ready to go.
Friday is Yarn Day
April 18, 2008 at 12:11 pm | In yarn | 7 CommentsYes, it’s true. Look what came in the mail today:
Enough yarn to make two sweaters and a skirt (for me),
And a kick-ass book.
How much do I love KnitPicks? A lot! Do you love KnitPicks?
You Know You Do Too
April 16, 2008 at 1:57 pm | In Knitting, yarn | 3 CommentsI have a friend who is doing me an enormous favor by giving me weekly acupuncture treatments and only asking that I cover the cost of the needles, which turns out to be about $10/treatment. I offered begged pleaded with her to let me pay her for her time but she flat-out refused, so I decided to knit her a thank you gift. My first idea was to knit her a pair of socks, and I went online and ordered some lovely yarn. I must have forgotten about it because the very next day, I decided that she would probably enjoy a dishcloth or two and cast on this and then this. Then the yarn I ordered surprised me by showing up in my mailbox. I must have been feeling generous when I ordered it because look what I got:
People, I can’t knit up this yarn and send it off to gods know where! The only thing I want to do with this yarn is leave it on my desk where I can admire it and maybe sometimes cuddle it and sniff it.
I know. I have problems.
The Universe Loves Balance
March 3, 2008 at 6:02 pm | In Knitting, yarn | 5 CommentsI couldn’t wear my favorite hand knit socks today and I was terribly sad.
But then I got a package in the mail and I wasn’t sad anymore.
See what I mean?
Friends That Rock
January 2, 2008 at 7:45 pm | In yarn | 7 CommentsTags: ABCalong
Today I joined the ABC-along on Ravelry. The idea is to post a meaningful-to-the-photographer photo every other week that corresponds with the assigned letter of the alphabet for that week. I offer for “A”
the Amaryllis blossom at my friend Dawn’s house. We spend at least one afternoon at her house per week. The boys play while we knit together. Well, at least that’s how it’s supposed to work. Some days (like today) we spend more time mediating arguments and disagreements between our four boys than actually knitting, but we still have fun.
Speaking of fun and my friend Dawn, look what she gave me today:
Blue Moon Fiber Arts’ Socks That Rock in the Xmas Rock colorway. Isn’t it awesome? This my very first skein of STR. I love love love this yarn and can’t wait to knit with it. It’s soft and squishy and gorgeous. Thank you so much, Dawn!
This Place
November 8, 2007 at 1:03 pm | In cute kids, life, yarn | 5 CommentsThis fall, Isaac took a class here called “Life on the farm”. It is a beautiful and special place.
Where they can run and jump and shout…
And try to catch the frogs in the pond…
Or swing on the tire swing.
There is always an opportunity to be chased by the farm’s alpha rooster, Eagle.
(Seriously, that rooster is stalking me. Not long after I took that last picture, he decided I had no business taking his picture like some obnoxious paparazzi, and, just as the rock star (of the barn yard) he his, he chased me down and I had to flee for my life.)
Still, this place makes me long for a simpler time.
And my favorite part?
Yup. They make yarn there, too.
I did it!
February 8, 2007 at 1:37 am | In Knitting, doctor who, yarn | 2 CommentsThe Doctor Who scarf is finally finished. It is easily the largest thing I’ve ever knitted. It’s about 16 feet long and maybe 14 inches wide. There are 8 colors used in total and 48 color changes. All in garter stitch. This project challenged my fortitude, let me tell you.
Even the kids were glad I finished it.
So glad that it was impossible to get the image of it that I’d envisioned.
Maybe tomorrow. DH is going to wear it to work (I’ll get a photo of him on the way out the door), so I’ll have to try when he gets home. :-)
While I was finishing up the last three colors last night, I had a chance to reflect on my experience knitting this scarf. Here’s what I learned:
- Always have more than one knit project on the needles. It’s very easy for enthusiasm to flag when faced with a large undertaking like this.
- Spend a knitting session, or two, just focusing on weaving in the ends. It really would have sucked to have to weave them all in today. It was nice just having a few–it went quickly and I was really able to enjoy having finished this monster!
- I don’t knit as fast as I thought I did. I mean, I reckoned myself a pretty speedy knitter since I was able to knock of small projects so quickly–a baby hat in a day, a pair of socks in a weekend, 2 pairs of Fetching in another weekend. Boy was I wrong. I figured last night that I was averaging about two and a half minutes per row. With 60 stitches in a row, that’s 24 stitches a minute. I guess that’s not too bad. Here’s some more math. There are 890 rows in this scarf so it took me around 37 knitting hours to complete. Sheesh, then why on earth was it on the needles that long? I’ll tell you why. If I had to knit for 37 hours straight on that thing (or even 8 hours a day for a week), then I probably would have strangled someone with it. Thank goodness for other WIPs!
Oh, I’m so thrilled. Now I can turn to other projects which have been waiting in the wings. Like this:
and this:
and this:
and, of course, these:
There are more photos, but I have so much yarn in my stash and I didn’t want to upset you low-bandwidth folks. Most of my yarn was purchased while Doctor Who was on the needles. I guess I was really craving some knitting variety.
PS–> Don’t forget to hit the gallery for images of stuff I’ve finished. :-)
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