Bad Blogger

I am bad about blogging, but I’ve been knitting away!
Andrew’s scarf is coming along well. It’s great train knitting! It has a couple of little hiccups in it, between remembering how to read my work and falling asleep on the train while knitting it (not because it’s boring, but because I just plain don’t get [...]

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Back in the (Proverbial) Saddle

So, unfortunately I don’t have any lovely pictures to show you, but I have made progress!
For my first return project I chose a simple scarf for Andrew. Actually, he requested a scarf, because he said he knew how much I wanted to get back to knitting and thought that if he asked for something I [...]

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One person’s pooling – Another person’s pattern

As I mentioned before, I am in the midst of a Not Blue project. Like everything else I’ve made, it’s simple, small, and didn’t require any new materials, as there is still no job in sight for me. The yarn is Berroco Comfort, in the Mixed Nuts colorway. The pattern is a nice simple Drawstring [...]

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Spoo-oo-ooooky Success!

It’s Hallowe’en! In lieu of a party this evening, Andrew and I holed up in the apartment with candy and movies. And I knit the last repeat on my (slightly belated) lapghan square. It’s now all finished, packed up, and waiting to be mailed tomorrow morning. I forgot to take a finished picture before I [...]

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Slave to the yarn.

My lovely 12×12 Square for my Rav-friend’s lapghan? It was just under 12 inches wide when I cast on last weekend. I swear. Andrew will swear too, I made him double check my measurments. Each of the 3 times I cast on. Really. We both measured 12 inches when I finally decreed I was satisfied, [...]

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I finally feel…

…like I might be getting the hang of all this.
I’m a perfectionist. It takes a lot of effort for me to leave even insignificant errors alone. This can be a good thing, of course. I generally do good work and producing something I’m happy with feels very good. However, when I’m still in the “learning [...]

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Hiatus Summary Part II: Knitting!

First, another episode of yarn acquisition that should have been included last time:
Before I left on my honeymoon, I had a lucky windfall in the yarn department, courtesy of Lime & Violet. In their Charity archives, you’ll find this post, putting out the call for donations to help a gorgeous pit bull named Roo raise [...]

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Wherein I Wish For a More Interesting Life

Ok, not really. My life is pretty interesting now, what with the whole “I just got my Master’s” and “I’m getting married in just over 6 weeks” situation. But my day-to-day existence, and particularly my needles, aren’t really all that thrilling.
There is the ongoing epic apartment cleaning quest. I have vanquished the kitchen and bathroom, [...]

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Dream a Little Dream…or Several

#1. Tomorrow I will be FREE! Only one more paper to finish off, and then grad school will be over and knitting can resume. I can’t WAIT to get started again. I have small gift projects to make for two lucky recipients. Then I’ll whip up (hopefully whip, not f***) an iPod cozy for Andrew [...]

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Checking In

I know from my blog activity, it looks like my commitment to knitting has waned. Well, yes and no.
I have not been knitting as much as I’d like, I don’t deny it. Between the end of the semester and all it entails (presentations, final papers, and exams) and the fact that my wedding is just [...]

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In Which New Projects Abound

Last weekend was a very busy weekend, as Andrew and I went back to PA to take care of some wedding details and visit family. We did a lot of running around, but I did get a chance for some knitting related activity! Before we left on Friday I was almost finished with my [...]

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Very First FO!

I’m finally proud to post my very first finished object!
It’s not much, just one of Grandmother’s Favorite Dishcloths, but I’m very excited about it. It’s Lion Brand Lion Cotton yarn in colorway “Denim Swirl,” since Andrew and I have a blue scheme going on in the kitchen. I learned that yarn overs are nothing [...]

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Know Thyself

I should so not have taken up this hobby in the middle of the semester.
Not because it’s not great – on the contrary, I’m having a lot of fun with it despite the fact that I’m one of the least patient people I know. I am constantly drooling over all of the amazing things there [...]

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Lesson Accomplished

Yesterday was my knitting lesson, and it is official, I’m hooked. Or needled, I guess, since this isn’t crochet.
Katie reassured me that some of the irregularities I was worried about in my trial runs were really not anything to worry about, like loose end stitches, and showed me some ideas to cope with [...]

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