This week for FO Friday, I have my entry for the EatSleepKnit Yarnathon Q3 challenge. The challenge was to knit a pattern that you added to your queue or your favorites during your first year as an active Raveler. For me, that was 2007! I originally queued the Sunflower Tam on June 21, 2007. I… Continue reading FO Friday Sunflower Tam
Tag: hat
Food for Thought
This week the knitting has been on these two projects - a hat for me and a sample shawl. There's not much else to say about them, they are in the "Just Keep Knitting. Just Keep Knitting" phase. Looks a bit like Peas and Carrots, right? Food on the brain all the time around here.… Continue reading Food for Thought
Review: Everyday Lace by Heather Zoppetti
Today is a sort of twist on my yarn along and my WIP Wednesday, because this post is also a review of Heather Zoppetti's new book, Everyday Lace. It is also part of a Scavenger Hunt and you can win prizes! I was pretty excited to see Heather's tweet back in the spring asking if… Continue reading Review: Everyday Lace by Heather Zoppetti
Relief
First, thank you for putting good thoughts / prayers / vibes out into the universe for my niece this week. Her surgery went well and so far, recovery is looking good. I'm going to share the Heartcat I made one more time, because I am so super proud of it and I got possibly the… Continue reading Relief
It Does Not Look Like Much
This week I dug out my Morning Coffee sweater and was very pleased to see that I had maybe half a sleeve to finish on the body. I took care of that over the weekend. The purple blob on the right side of the photo is the collar (mostly knit while catching up on Breaking… Continue reading It Does Not Look Like Much
So this was Christmas…
Whoosh. Another Christmas has come and gone - it was a whirlwind (as always) and went by way to fast (as always) but was a good time & a success! This year we were low key on the side of decorations due to the Little Nutmeg being rather full of grabby hands. We had a… Continue reading So this was Christmas…
Here are your angry eyes!
Each time I picked up this hat to work on it, all I could hear in my head was the voice of Mrs. Potato Head in Toy Story 2 (thanks to the all-day post Thanksgiving marathon). "I'm packing your angry eyes!" This hat was a test knit for Cambria Washington. The pattern is well written… Continue reading Here are your angry eyes!