Swatching… And SAFF!

I’ve been swatching this week: Splotchy: My first swatch for the Cinderella socks (Pssst! Come join us at the KAL, over here!) – I want to knit these in tweed. I don’t have a good explanation for this want, I just do. I have no suitable tweed in my stash. I tried to “make” tweed. [...]

Kaylee Socks!

It’s Socktoberfest! How about some socks? My Kaylee’s are finished, and thus also my very first handspun, handknitted project (and it’s been a long time coming)! I know that this is just a tiny knit, and that there are amazingly talented people spinning and knitting positively gorgeous things with their handspun all the time*, but [...]

A Lovely Gift, Recycling, and A Creative Challenge…

My dear Sis gave me an old store-bought hat that she no long wears for my frogging pleasure: That in and of itself was a very kind and thoughtful thing to do (Thanks Sis!). But… It’s cashmere. It’s so soft. What a wonderful surprise for a knitter! I suspected when examining the hat that the [...]

Blog Action Day – The Environment

I have always loved being outdoors. But I haven’t always been, I’m sad to say, an environmentalist. The story of my love of nature began on 16 acres in rural New Hampshire nearly 30 years ago. I remember playing with leaves in the woods – and walking “tightrope” on trees felled by time. I picked [...]

Socktoberfest – Part I – Kaylee

Never really being a sock knitter until just recently, I have no sock yarn in my stash – with the exception of a leftover ball which may someday become the mate to this one (I don’t know though, I really didn’t enjoy knitting with this particular yarn, it was very string-y, not soft), and the [...]

Fall Foliage

Pattern: Foliage by Emilee Mooney Needles: US10.5 DPN’s; US10.5 16″ circ; US9 16″ circ Yarn: Sadly, I don’t know! This yarn was gifted to me by sweet Mel of The Remarkable Cow as part of an SP exchange, maybe she will remember? The indication of how much I like this yarn it is that I [...]