Yarn Dreams

When I finished Dad’s sweater for the second time, I had to wait a week or so before we would be together for him to try it on. When he (bravely, in 85° and humid weather) tried it on it was obvious that the sleeves were now too short, and the neck [...]

Can you tell how excited I am to have this project done?! Six months after Christmas, what a terrible daughter I am. hehehe.

Technically I knitted 1.75 sweaters to get this final product. The first time was actually finished before Christmas but since I wanted it to be a surprise I had [...]

I promised months ago that I would share the Cobblestone Pullover I made for my Dad for Christmas. It was a hush-hush project, because I didn’t want him to have any idea that I was knitting him anything, let alone a sweater.
The problem with it being a total surprise is that I [...]

Surprising even myself, I finished the Trellis Scarf in time for Mother’s Day. I can’t even begin to tell you how pleased I am with it. This is my first completed lace weight (although not lace knitting) project.

Pattern: Trellis Scarf by Evelyn A. Clark, Interweave Knits Spring 2006 (on Ravelry)
Yarn: [...]

I am going to write about this only because I don’ t think my Mom looks at my blog regularly. (At all? Of course she is going to be reading this now I’m sure.)
I am making the Trellis Lace scarf from IK Spring 06 (on Ravelry) as a Mother’s Day gift. Here [...]

Love these!!!
You can find the pattern here. They are so fast, I finished knitting the pieces for all six during a movie last Saturday night and got them sewn and stuffed the next morning.
I’ve sent this batch off to my Mom for a little Valentine’s Day gift. Now I need to [...]

I pretty much gave up on my Christmas gift project list a few weeks ago when I was interviewing for my new job. So when I had some free time the last few nights I didn’t know what to work on. Should I knit on one of the gifts that will never [...]

This felted pot is a Christmas gift for my Mom. The pattern is Autumn Duo from Carol Bristol Designs. I made the “beaded yarn bowl” without the beads.
The yarn is Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Onyx Heather. I used exactly 4 balls.
It was difficult to get a good pre-felting [...]

I am a champion list-maker. I’ve got notebooks of lists (work bag notebook, kitchen notebook, knitting notebook), a cascade of post-it notes stuck to the checkbook flap of my wallet for short-term lists, lists I email to myself… it goes on from there.
Many times I find that I never even look at a list [...]