So the mailman brought me so yummy new yarn, it’s the KPixie order of SWTC’s TOFUtsies and my DPN’s which may be one size too big *sigh* I ended up getting 2.75mm/size 2 US and after reading the universal toe-up sock pattern on Knitty I should have gotten size 1’s. So it’s [...]

Just couldn’t resist

So I had received a e-mail from Connie of Pick Up Sticks saying that there are a some openings in the Pick Up Sticks Sock Club and I couldn’t say no. I had purchased some Zen sockyarn from her site and can’t wait till I get that as well.
I was pointed to the direction [...]

YAY For FO"s!!

I feel really productive today because I have two –yep that’s right two– FO’s. A long while back I started a lovely scarf/wrap for one of my LJ friends Slut Bunwalls and I’m finally finished! I can’t believe it took me this long because it is plain ole’ garter stitch, then again that [...]

Things that Rock

So like many other people out there on nets’ I listen to podcasts. There are a few that I love that are knitting based of course Brenda Dayne’s Cast On, which is one of my absolute favourites and it’s great to hear her voice again after a hiatus due to illness. Another podcast [...]

Nothing like new stuff

So the mailman brought me some new yarn, I’m trying out SWTC’s soysilk and also have some more yummy Tilli Tomas silk with sequins called disco lights in colourways Amercian Beauty ( beautiful red) and Olive. I also picked up two knit books, One-Skein Wonders Edited by Judith Durant, Cables Untangled: An Exploration [...]

Trying to make sure WIP’s don’t become UFO’s

So I have frogged the Bejeweled scarf yet again, while I was knitting it over at a friends house between taking turns playing on his new Wii I make some stupid unfixable mistakes. It’s an easy pattern but since I’m knitting it up in black I have to make sure to not knit it [...]

New WIP – Fat Botton Bag and the on-going adventures in knitting

Since I’ve had to frog my bejeweled scarf a little bit more than I’d like to due to mistakes of a new knitter, I decided to ease my soul with some easy-to-fix crocheting. I’m working on The S&B Crochet The Happy Hooker’s Fat Bottom Bag in Lion Brand’s turquoise cotton. I am [...]

Stash Enhancement for the Allergy-impaired

Being allergic to animal hair yarns takes away a lot of the nice luxury yarns, especially the nicely priced baby alpaca that I’ve been drooling over at Elann. I’m not really found of acrylics because the plasticy sound it makes when rubbing against itself makes me cringe. There are some lovely acrylic [...]

Frogged Bejeweled or a Bejeweled Frog, you pick!

Well it was bound to happen especially after I posted a pic of my newest work in progress. I frogged all my progress with the Bejeweled scarf late last night. *sigh* I was interrupted too many times by a hyper mini-me that I made a few mistakes that being a new knitter I [...]

WIP – Bejeweled Scarf

So I started my first lace project, the Bejeweled Scarf yesterday. I haven’t had time to work on it that much but I’m about 6 rows past the row that you stop increasing at. Here’s the info on the yarn I’m using:
Yarn: Laines Du Nord Mulberry Silk in Black 100% handwash lie flat [...]