Posted in FOs, Knitting, tagged stripey raglan sweater on January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I can finally, finally, finally call my stripey raglan sweater an FO! I blocked it Thursday night and it was dry by Saturday, and then it was finally sunny on Sunday so we took advantage of the weather and snapped a few shots.
Honestly, though, I’m conflicted about what to write about this sweater. On the [...]
Posted in Knitting on January 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Laura!!!
(And a consolation prize will be given to my grandmother, who taught & encouraged me to knit all those years ago! (She no longer knits but still expressed interest in the stitch markers as a window decoration! How cute is that?!))
Note: The selection process was highly controlled. Each name was written onto a identically sized [...]
Posted in FOs, Knitting, tagged stripey raglan sweater on January 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I wore my sweater to work today!!!!!!! I finished redoing the cuffs this morning (I shot out of bed at 6am and just wanted to knitknitknit!) and I just HAD to wear it. I also wanted to give it a “road test” before washing and blocking it, to see if I had to do any [...]
Posted in She's Crafty on January 13, 2008 | 13 Comments »
I’m 10 days late celebrating my own blogiversary, but that’s only because I’ve been busy working on something extra special to help celebrate. I remember being SO excited when I started my blog a year ago, and throughout the year I found that having the blog motivates me to knit more, take more risks, and [...]
Posted in Knitting, WIPs, tagged stripey raglan sweater on January 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Soundtrack to today’s post: “Where is My Mind” by The Pixies
I’m one row away from starting the bottom ribbing on my sweater and so I start looking around for my smaller size 5 needles. (I need to go down 2 needle sizes for the ribbing.) But I can’t find them anywhere. They’re not in my [...]
Posted in FOs, Knitting on January 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
For knitting, at least. I didn’t realize how much I knit in 2007 until I put this little mosaic together. It feels great to see all my projects nestled together, and to reflect on how many I actually FINISHED!
I started this year resolved to knit ONLY for myself, to finish what I started, and also [...]
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