stash, knit, repeat

I’ve added the afghan to the FO gallery, and updated my sidebar. It’s official. I’m in Harry Potter land. This is not, as I’d feared, the most boring thing I’ve ever knit. (That medal still goes to the 1×1 rib scarf in black cashmerino aran for the hubby. I still have nightmares about that thing. [...]

That afghan is DONE. …and I started the HP scarf, after all. It must be done for Hannukkah, and I’m a firm believer in getting the nasty stuff over with as quickly as possible. Plus, the yarn was already wound and the pattern already printed out the other morning when I needed to leave the [...]

(Did you, too, watch too much Sesame Street in the late 70s/early 80s?) Glory Hallelujah, I present Square 12: This was going to be this wholly triumphant entry about how I finished all of the seaming and weaving in ends, and only had the border left to do, and la de da de da, but… [...]

Square 10: Square 11: This is the only one I am not totally fond of. I think my gram will like it, though, and it looks okay amongst all of the others. Seaming continues! I really hope to be bordering this before the weekend is out and finishing it next week. I’m really excited to [...]

I have two more square photos for you. There are still 3 more to block and show you (remember, this is a lap-sized blanket), but 9 is officially enough to start seaming. I played around with layout a bit, and Jacob helped. And after fiddling around a bit, I decided on a way to join [...]

Man: Devil: God: I don’t remember what I’ve said about this project, but it’s a lap blanket for one of my grandmothers, for when she’s in her wheelchair. The yarn, Berroco Ultra Alpaca, is super-soft and squishy. I’m having lots of fun working with it. I knit most of the squares during our large cross-country [...]

…meet Square number three: …and Square number four! (Extra-long bedtime routine for the little one today, including lots of Dr. Seuss. He’s getting his first-year molars, ugh.) My dining room table is a veritable block-fest, but I’ll keep the pictures down to 2 or 3 a day so that hopefully by the time I’m done, [...]

We’ve been packed up and most of our earthly posessions are on a truck somewhere. That’s the stash. I hope the poor wool makes it through the heat and altitude and distance okay. Another square finished on the afghan, but no pictures for the moment. We’re here visiting family in Maine until Tuesday, then visiting [...]

We have a house! I haven’t actually seen it in person, but the pictures are to die for. Things will be a little catch-as-catch can here at the blog for a few weeks. The packers come Tuesday, we’re in Maine for a week, we take some time to drive across the country, we arrive in [...]

The leaf lace shawl is finished. …and that’s as far as I got with the photo shoot before Jacob wanted to “help”. Hopefully I can try again later, because it’s difficult to capture the drape and heft and sheen of this wonderful fabric on film. Pattern: Leaf Lace Shawl from Fibertrends by Evelyn Clark Yarn: [...]