Project Specs:
Pattern: Endpaper Mitts by Eunny Jang
Yarn: Louet Gems Pearl in French Blue and Burgundy
Needles: bamboo dpns in US0 (2mm) and US2.5 (3mm)
Mods: Replaced Italian tubular cast on with the provisional cast on (version 1) in the Vogue knitting bible. Increased picked-up sts in thumb by 2 and did not decrease as recommended in the [...]
Archive for December, 2007
FO: Endpaper Mitts
Posted in knits on December 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
FO: Henry Scarf
Posted in knits on December 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Project Specs:
Pattern: Henry by Mareika Sattler
Yarn: Drops Alpaca, in color 3650
Needles: KnitPicks harmony wood 36″ circs, sizes US2 andUS3
Mods: None
Knitted for: Dad
In summary: meh.
The color in the first photo is truer to the real thing. I was pretty disappointed with this pattern, specifically with the recommended cast on method. It looks terrible, and doesn’t [...]
Christmas starts early
Posted in library, tagged christmas, community, gift, libraries on December 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not a big one for holiday cheer. I’ve been bitching about the christmas closing music at the library all month, and I wince when patrons wish me a merry christmas. The hardened atheist in me hates this time of year.
The last day I worked before christmas, a patron came up to my desk and [...]
Explainer
Posted in personal, tagged bio on December 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I live in Lansing, Michigan’s magical capital city (said with only the smallest amount of sarcasm – I really do love this town). I’ve just finished my first semester of library school at Wayne State – I’ll be graduating this time next year if all goes according to plan. For the past four months [...]
