One good thing about the rainy dark season
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 Posted in knitting | Comments OffWinters here in the Pacific Northwest can get rough. It starts getting dark around 4 and stays dark until 8 or 8:30. It rains or drizzles many days. Every year November finds me unprepared for it and I find myself ...
Another scarf…
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in knitting | Comments OffI did a little experimentation with that pattern--what happens if I turn it sideways and alternate two yarns? I think it looks pretty. [caption id="attachment_364" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Scarf--blue silk-merino yarns"][/caption]
I’ve been doing some knitting…
Sunday, November 16th, 2008 Posted in knitting | 1 Comment »Amy asked if I'd been doing any knitting lately. I am working on two garter stitch and big needles blankets (also known as "I'm cold, let's use up some yarn"), but I've also been knitting a few smaller things. [caption id="attachment_344" ...
What I do in the evenings
Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in Photos, knitting | Comments OffI made a blanket, lots and lots of garter stitch knitting, from three different shades of hand-dyed orange and red mohair. I've been working on it off and on for about a year and half and last night I finally ...
Knitted Neck Warmer
Sunday, January 20th, 2008 Posted in knitting | 2 Comments »My friend Sue asked for the instructions for the neck warmer for the dogs, so here they are: Do a gauge swatch (see a good knitting book) to determine the number of stitches per inch you get with your wool and ...
Poodle Necks
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007 Posted in knitting, poodles | Comments OffI made these neck warmers for Guy (Dancer's brother) and Sophie, who live in Denver.
Okay, I am a geek.
Friday, November 9th, 2007 Posted in knitting | Comments OffI think this is unspeakably cool: Okay, you ask. What's so cool about that? Look closely. It's a Mobius strip scarf. You cast on, start knitting, and the beginning becomes the MIDDLE of the scarf... you knit round and round and then ...
Guy-the-poodle Likes His Turtleneck
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 Posted in Photos, knitting, poodles | 2 Comments »At least his mom likes it enough to send me this photo of Guy in his turtleneck. Guy is Dancer's brother (same litter) and lives in Denver, Colorado, where it actually gets cold enough to put a dog in a ...
Knitting for the Dogs Again
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 Posted in knitting | Comments OffI made a neckwarmer for a friend's dog; the dog lives in Colorado and his mom loves to hike and go camping even in the cold. He has a red and black jacket, so this is made as a supplement. ...
Dancer’s New Sweater
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 Posted in Photos, dog park days, knitting | Comments OffI finished Dancer's new sweater. It's the same yarn as Elly's, a nice big bulky yarn in pretty colors. I learned from making Elly's sweater, so I made this one a good bit smaller and simpler. After I did a gauge swatch ...