So, I have a baby now.
He wears pants. A lot of pants.
These are not even all the pants he owns.
We often go places and see other babies who are dressed to the nines, fitted out with collared shirts, hoodies, special tiny khakis, possibly name brand baby sneakers. Poor Frank has to put up with second-hand […]
I realized that I had not made myself a pair of socks for some time. Socks for others, which made things seem as if sock-making was continuing at a great pace, but it had stalled for my own drawer.
I have three pairs from a few years ago which have gotten sadder and sadder, fuzz, felted, […]
Hmm, that lovely hat I made in August? The winds the Mid-Atlantic has produced this season blow right through it. And planned jauntiness/wear at an angle over only one ear means the other ear is cold indeed.
So I resurrected a hat I cast on last winter, and had put by in frustration. I had long […]
I keep making hats. I keep not wanting to pick them up as I walk out the door. Till now?
In the winter, there’s always a pile of more or less guilty handmade hats, chilling by the door. I pick the least evil and run out. Then the next day I try to make another hat, […]
I am pleased with these slippers. The cold floors of Connecticut almost brought several pairs into being, not to mention the desire to steal these particular ones and wear them around: both hb and I forgot our slippers this Christmas. But they are not for me, they are for my mother, whose feet are only […]
I was so proud of my herringbone mittens, that went with my coat so well. But it’s still jacket weather, and walking out of the door in my black and white herringbone/tweed jacket, I picked those saffron-and-oatmeal mittens up and thought, well, shit.
Fortunately, I was on my way to work. At work there is both […]
I made these mittens, but I haven’t told you about them.
First fair-isle ever. A proof of the principle that the more complicated the project, the richer the satisfaction.
I admit it, I ripped a few times. But it was worth it–after a while, I got a rhythm, two strands in the left hand, and it worked. […]
I have honorable trade in mind.
The yarn: Fleece Artist Basic Merino Sock in color ‘Hercules’.
The Pattern: Child’s First Sock in Shell Pattern from Knitting Vintage Socks, by Nancy Bush. Woman’s size 6.5/7.5, although it does go around my size 9. It’s actually a very similar lace pattern to Pomatomus, only smaller shell bits.
Trouble is, I […]
It is uncomfortable to wear sweaters in August, but one’s work must be properly documented.
Yes, done! New buttons, blocked button bands–snaky bits mostly gone–and HB graciously taking time out from Post Captain to take pictures just outside our new place. [S. Japel’s iconic pattern; ravelry details.]
I started this last year because I thought I didn’t […]
We’re moved!
And much of my moving task was and is to make curtains. A great many in fact, not yet all done. But the bedroom ones are, which you see above. I prolonged my task by putting blind hems on this first set, which I may abandon in favor of more time for projects that […]