this isn’t what you think it is… After working on my Rogue body for a few hours tonight and wrestling with the Peace Fleece (I love it, but I’m forcing it into a gauge it doesn’t like, so it requires a lot of effort), I gave in and just cast on for the back of [...]
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Comments(0) I am a list maker, not unlike Eda of pokingmyeyesout and laurie of Crazy Aunt Purl. I love lists. I tend to write lists of lists of lists. I do have some ” project goals” for 2006. These are subject to my every whim, so I don’t think I will have pretty green checkmarks down [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) rogue mocha porter and rogue peace fleece I kept myself up last night coughing, so I opted to stay home sick today. DH handled dinner, and came home with some Rogue beer. He didn’t even know that I was planning to work on my long-put-on-pause Rogue tonight. I remember now why I didn’t get so [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) I did not complete as much as I wanted to for gifts this year. That’s okay — I did manage to finish the items for the women in my natal family, all of whom seemed to enjoy what I made them! For Mom, Annie Modesitt’s Backyard Leaves scarf from Scarf Style. I worked it in [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) I am still here. The company I work for was bought by another company, so things at work have been a little insane. Add to that all of the holiday knitting/spinning/crocheting/baking/cooking and my hockey responsibilities and you have one very stressed jess who has not been able to get things done as planned. Last week [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) peekaboo! Eda at pokingmyeyesout can assert that I did mention to her that I thought the hat I am making for DH was going to be too big. The pattern says to work it to 8.5″ tall before starting the crown decreases. I didn’t buy it. I wanted to stop at 7″, but I kept [...]
Read More..>> Comments(1) What’s that? I have how many handmade holiday gifts left to make? At least 3, but preferably more like 6? Right. I’ll get right to those… After I start and finish a couple of other things. “jess is a big wool goof,” the red eggman said. Big Wool Cable from the Fall Vogue Knitting is [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) I took today off from work and spent the day making ooey gooey holiday candies. Three kinds of truffles (mint, cardamon, and mocha), one type of fudge, and chocolate-covered pretzels. I’m done with the chocolate messes, and everything is hidden in the big freezer, along with a few bags of wool I haven’t, uh, moved [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) Even if you manage to finish your frantic gift knitting for the item that needs to be in the mail tomorrow, not being able to find your blocking t-pins really puts a kink in the plan to have it all ready to go in the morning! I must finish this — so I am stuck [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) The new Knitty is up. This means that I have yet another sweater I want to make that I don’t have appropriate yarn for in stash. Wait a minute, I thought the point of stash was so that when something like this pattern popped up, I could dive into the mass of fiber and come [...]
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