since i don’t have cable, i’ll be hunting down someone to tivo UNCOMMON THREADS on HGTV to see CARO workin her crafty self! i missed the first episode, but i don’t want to miss this one. it airs january 24th at 11:30 am ET/PT. she’s going to show us how to make her nifty knitting/crafty [...]
Archive for January, 2007
uncommon threads
Posted in Knitting, Sewing, tagged Knitting, Sewing on January 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
ice storm
Posted in Knitting, tagged Knitting on January 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
thank goodness i have knitting to keep me preoccupied during days like this. i haven’t been out of the house in 3 days, but i did manage to finish a sweater. this was my view from my balcony yesterday morning: in austin, tx when the weather gets like this the roads get very dangerous to [...]
do-over
Posted in Knitting, tagged Knitting on January 15, 2007 | 3 Comments »
when i returned from the knitting meeting on saturday afternoon, my eyes focused directly toward the sad pile of greyish wool that had been sitting on the shelf for days. i finished seaming up the ‘jude’ sweater sometime earlier in the week, but i was hesitating to try it on. after i stared at it [...]
show and tell
Posted in Knitting, Sewing, tagged Knitting, Sewing on January 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
christmas was weeks ago, but the joys of gifts received are still lingering. my younger sister bought me 3 books: elizabeth zimmerman’s knitting workshop and knitter’s almanac, and sew u: the built by wendy guide to making your own wardrobe. once i get the sweater and shawl blocked, i’ll crack these books open and start [...]
2007 sewing?
Posted in Sewing, tagged Sewing on January 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
i’m not sure if i’m ready yet, but i’m definitely tempted. the halter dress that i made wore me out completely, but i gained a lot of confidence. the thought of sitting at my machine fighting with stitches in the wrong place just makes my head hurt, but my patterns stare at me everyday just [...]
blocked (2)
Posted in Knitting, tagged Knitting on January 12, 2007 | 4 Comments »
two more f.o.’s of 2006:
here’s the column of leaves scarf made with four-play by brooks farm yarn. wool/silk is so soft and drapes quite nicely. i love the organic pattern as well – quite easy to memorize.
and here’s the cameo cabled capelet that i made ages ago! i used my nyc souvenir yarn [...]
blocked
Posted in Knitting, tagged Knitting on January 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
2006 projects have now been blocked! i’m thrilled with the results. now i know what everyone means when they say you haven’t quite finished until it’s been blocked. so far, i’ve done my donegal tweed capelet (and added a wood toggle button – pics to come!), the column of leaves scarf (again, [...]
