At getting pictures and posting things here that is. Here are some of my FO’s The first, the Genevieve Shaw from Heirloom Knitting, is really related to the Fall Seasons of Lace but I only managed to finish it in Late Jan. These three scarves were done in an effort to make sure I have [...]
Mar 062010
Feb 112010
I was unbelievably lucky this last season and actually won three prizes–all of which are INCREDIBLE. From Sheepy Time Knits I received these beautiful stitch markers: They are so delicate and strong at the same time, smooth and beautiful but not heavy. I can’t wait to use them. They were a Random Joy prize. Then [...]
Feb 052010
I was so lucky in the Autumn of Lace KAL this year! First I won this lovely shawl pin from The Shawl Pin Store. But recently I found out that I have won three other prizes. One is a booklet of shawl patterns from Joyknits. Second, I won two skeins of laceweight yarn from Sheldridge [...]
Nov 172009
This past weekend I took Icarus to Beaver’s Bend State Park. We were there for the Folk Festival and I thought between the drive down and the slow moments I’d make a little progress on Icarus. Sure nuf, there was plenty of knitting time. I’ve finally made it into the edging charts, in fact, I’m [...]
Nov 172009
I worked madly on it last week in an attempt to get it done in time to use it as part of a Victorian costume. I was actually knitting in the car on the way up to the event on Thursday night. I did manage to finish it, but I ended up not wearing the [...]
Nov 032009
A vacation that is… Early last month my husband and I went to see my sister in LA. It was to be a small family reunion and a celebration of my father’s 80th birthday. My parent flew out from NM to meet us and the reunion took a major down turn as we ended up [...]
I finished the Queen Silvia Shawl two days ago. She came on the road with me to the Adirondacks over the weekend, and grew a lot, but I don’t take the camera anywhere, so like LostcityDenise, I have no proof–only great memories. The yarn is Jaggerspun Zephyr in Vanilla, there are 1050 nupps and 105 [...]
Oct 062009
Partly because I would have done it anyway, but partly to remind you all that we have a Knittin On the Road Competition (you’ll be able to nominate soon, I hope) for the Season, I took my soon to be finished Chrysopolis shawl on the road with me when I escaped to Florida. Actually, I [...]
