The paint fest in the spare room is complete (well, you know, mostly). Still a few finishing touches and touch-ups left to go — but the room has shed it’s former pepto-bismol hue in favor of a new set of purple stripes!
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Too bad these photos don’t give you a better view of the groovy […]

Many thanks to all of you who gave some ribbing tips. I still don’t quite have the hang of it, but then again I haven’t really given it a concentrated effort.
My attention this weekend was focused on painting the spare bedroom with the help of my very indulgent husband. In general, I really love painting […]

Haven’t made your own personalized icon yet? C’mon… everybody’s doing it.

No pictures of knitting today, but I do have a question for any of you masters of ribbing out there. What’s the secret to keep my stitches tight when switching from knits to purls?
I thought that it would be the cables that would […]

My practice run-through of the Cork Sweater cables seems to have turned out okay. Easier than I expected, really. This is about half of the full pattern repeat that runs up the center of the sweater front and back. I love how this design has the cabling continuing up even through the neck.

I can see […]

My current projects just aren’t very inspiring. The tank was started to knitalong with some co-workers who never actually took up the project. The bag was started as a way to use up some stash yarn. Yawn. Neither one had much excitement to begin with, and it shows. I still intend to go back to […]

I know that in the real world it’s been ages since my last post, but honestly, it feels like the blink of an eye in my world! I don’t know how some of you new brides out there do it — managing to keep your blog up to date in the midst of wedding hubub. […]

Thank you, Kristin (of Spinning Athena, for being such an awesome secret pal these past months! Here’s the grand finale that I received yesterday. The yarn is Cascade Lana D’Oror in a hot, hot pink color (not red, as it may appear in this picture) — it’s wonderful! I’ve been drawn to these super-saturated hot […]

Of the squirrel kind!

I met this cute little guy in our backyard the other day, and he was as friendly as could be. If I made my best impression of squirrel chattering noises at him and held out my hand, he would actually approach to see what I had to offer. I stalked him […]