When drinking, keep your credit card far, far away.
John had a friend over last week, and we had a few drinks, at which point I decided I should buy the yarn for the scarf I was planning to make. And then I decided that instead of just buying scarf yarn, I should try to get [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Let this be a lesson
Posted in Uncategorized on January 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
a Big Deal
Posted in knits on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Back to the regular order of things, here’s John’s Christmas present. It is a Big Deal, because John does not wear knitted clothing. Not ever, unless you’re counting hats and scarves and the like. But he asked me to make him a sweater, and played a large role in the designing of said sweater. And [...]
Getting Ahead of Myself: The Swallowtail Shawl
Posted in knits on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m going to jump ahead a bit in my Christmas knitting roundup, but I have a good reason. The following isn’t actually a Christmas gift at all: it’s my Grandma’s 70th birthday present. However, her birthday was on January 2nd, and I had to complete it by the 27th to get it to her in [...]
Another round of hats
Posted in knits on January 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Getting back to that backlog of Christmas presents, I made two more hats for the boys in my family, both of which were much appreciated:
Habitat
Pattern: Habitat by Jared Flood (ravelry)
Yarn: Queensland Kathmandu Aran Tweed in color 136 (1.5 skeins)
Needles: US7 and US8 dpns
For: Dave
Mods: None. Made the large size. Also, while my stockinette gauge matched [...]
A veritable Flood of Christmas hats
Posted in Uncategorized on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…by which I mean, I have a crush on brooklyntweed and decided to have an all-Jared-Flood-all-the-time Christmas. I already posted about the Hemlock Ring, which my mom loved, and is now sitting on the back of a loveseat in a beautiful cabin in Grayling, already making itself useful. But I haven’t written up the hats [...]
in which Sara D is apologetic and resolves to catch up on her blogging
Posted in knits on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been bad, kids. I graduated, finally. And then I was applying for jobs (none of which I was offered, but it still took up a lot of time: filling out applications, cleaning up my resume, prepping for interviews, driving to interviews, etc). And I was really cramming in the Christmas knitting the whole time, [...]
