Move over Socks that Rock. Bow to the king of sock yarns … FurrYarns MaineBearSOX1!!!
At last, red yarn with not even a hint of blue — that is, not something I could Kool-Ade dye myself.
I just received my order of MaineBearSOX1 in the “Martian” colorway, and it is exquisite. It is also soft, just [...]
Halfway to Gold! Boy, am I lame. I finally finished my first Jaywalker sock that I pledged to finish during the Olympics. I knew I shouldn’t have signed up. Well, at least I made it a challenge, and I did learn a new technique: knitting socks on two circs. I think I really like [...]
Since I am a librarian (well, unemployed …) I thought I would answer the latest meme circulating. Here goes — the books you’ve read, the ones you might read, ***the ones of which you saw the movie, %the ones on your bookshelf, and (the ones you’ve never even heard of):
The Da Vinci Code - Dan [...]
So my time is all my own. Well, my knitting time is at least. When I went back to my LYS to return the Rebecca magazine on Monday they had decided that they didn’t need a sample of GGH Linova after all (I did really like the cotton/linen yarn, though …) so I made a [...]
So, it is really hard when you are knitting at a yarn shop. I went to the Knitting Click at Full Thread Ahead last night. I did, however, only leave with two new Inox needles and this gorgeous Tess’ Supersock yarn:
And I did get some done on my Jaywalker #1 (that’s *sock* #1, [...]
I had an amazing day! Even though BR is off in Vegas (and DL said to me “when dad gets back from his bachelor party” … not really something you want a 6 year old to know about, especially one in Vegas), I was able to take the day off and pamper myself. Actually, [...]
I’m done! Finally, the Crystal Palace fingerless gloves, made with less than 2 balls (double stranded) of Crystal Palace Merino Frappe. Not fun to knit with.
I’m plugging away on my Jaywalkers (Olympics project). This Socks that Rock kills my hands so I’m not motivated to work on it. I swear I’m trying to love this [...]