Category Archives: knitting

The ever clever Bonne Marie has discovered a way of minimizing the trials of sleeve hell–knit them first. This is what she has one do for Gigi. Yup, get ’em over with first, and it won’t hurt as much! I … Continue reading →

Leave it to cancer-fighting Megan to send me this link to Japanese dishrag heaven. Be careful, though–I don’t know about you, but seeing all the beautiful dishrags nearly caused me to lose control of my bladder! Apparently there are two … Continue reading →

I had been waiting excitedly for my order of Noro Fuji yarn to arrive, and today Pete the UPS guy brought it. Unfortunately, the color scheme I got does not, in my estimation, resemble the color (#104) on the site: … Continue reading →

After the ungraceful disaster, I decided to knit something fun and quick. I hereby present the crazy slips: Thanks to Nancy for her grandmother’s wonderful pattern. I used various cheapo cottons and some stash remnants. These will be perfect for … Continue reading →

Let me tell you the story of Grace, a sweet little sweater that innocently fell into the wrong hands. Very wrong hands. The Good: – The decision to use Lion Brand Imagine, a very modestly priced acrylic/mohair blend, was a … Continue reading →

Where is Will Shortz* when you need him? I finished knitting up all the pieces for Grace (from the spring 04 knitty), but they don’t look like they will match up neatly. I tried to do the math to make … Continue reading →

Okay, peeps, I finally seamed up Split Personality: Amazingly, it fits quite well (my stuff usually comes out a surprise size). The photo isn’t that great, unfortunately, since I’m wearing a PUMA t-shirt under the sweater, so you can see … Continue reading →

Does anyone have a pattern for dishrags like these? My aunt in Japan made them. I asked my mother to learn how to make them when she was over there on a visit, but she learned how to make the … Continue reading →

I finished the sleeves of the Split Personality sweater, and now I just have to seam the puppy up. Unfortunately, I am having a tough time getting motivated to seam it. The lighting has to be just so, you know, … Continue reading →

I am about to journey into sleeve hell now that I have completed the front and back of Split Personality. Here she is a’blockin’: I’m not the most detailed blocker. I just kind of measured, pinned the pieces to a … Continue reading →