Yarn Dreams

Once again I find myself woefully behind in my online life. I guess that’s a good thing – it means real life is going well.
I hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Christmas with their families. We had our last family party today, and I am a little sad that it’s [...]

I’ve been busy lately knitting projects that can’t be spoken of here yet, doing some paper crafts, and firmly ignoring the fact that there are only 29 days left in 2009.
Oh, and napping. Serious insomnia has struck leaving me wide awake most nights and napping after work. It’s a vicious cycle I would [...]

Before I started spinning, I imagined that it would be difficult to actually knit with (and “use up”) the yarns that I spun. In fact, the opposite has been true for me. I love knitting with my handspun yarn, and only worry a little about finding the perfect pattern to [...]

I spent part of my weekend combining patterns with yarn and doing a few swatches for the things I want to start soon.

The green is Cascade Sierra, the gray is Plymouth Encore, and the red is Rowan Summer Tweed. The first two are for vests and the Summer Tweed is for a Liesl [...]

The only thing left to finish on my Sedum cardigan is the collar, which is long and ribbed (har) so it can fold over on itself and be cozy.
I have worked on it every night since last weekend. It doesn’t seem to be getting any bigger.
Arggh! I just want it finished!
As much [...]

So I’m in the midst of a finishing frenzy, and taking a little time out from new projects to assess what I want to accomplish in the remainder of 2009. This includes the fate of a number of project that I wrote indecisively about here in my In-Progress Roundup. Whatever [...]

The Swallowtail was my first triangular shawl. I think I’m hooked! (But I still need to figure out how to photograph them to show off the lace best.)

I’ve said it before, but I am a much better knitter when I’m using an interesting pattern stitch, instead of plain stockinette or rib. [...]

I finished knitting my Swallowtail shawl in a haze of decongestant on Monday. I am so pleased with this project. As my first triangular shawl, I wasn’t entirely sure how it was constructed. Logically I knew, each row increases from a central point, but my brain needs to see something [...]

I just remembered that earlier this year (March?) I thought that this should be the “Summer of Lace”. Mostly because I had a number of lace projects I was contemplating and had recently purchased some Misti Alpaca laceweight yarn.
I started knitting this Swallowtail shawl on a whim a few weeks ago. Maybe [...]

I have a sock in progress that I keep under the passenger seat of my car to solve a case of Extreme Boredom. (No, this does not include stoplights, trains, traffic, or anywhere else I should be paying at least a little attention. My brain doesn’t shift gears that quickly.) It’s [...]