I totally missed my deadline on the Viper Pilots. In retrospect, it was such a totally arbitrary deadline that I don’t really care. In the end, I have a lovely, finished (!!) pair of socks, and I got to meet both Chief and Tigh. That’s really good enough for me.
Comic Con was totally overwhelming. I’m [...]
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frak ‘em all!
Posted in knits on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
sprinting
Posted in knits on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m in a dead sprint right now. You see, Detroit Comic Con is on Saturday, and you’ll never guess who’s coming: Michael Hogan and Aaron Douglas! Col. Tigh and Chief Tyrol!!! For a big BSG geek, this is a big event. And to celebrate, I’m absolutely positively detemined to wear my Viper Pilot socks to [...]
The guilt scarf
Posted in knits on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So here’s the story. This past fall, we had three giant Ash trees cut down in our backyard. They were all infected with the Emerald Ash Borer, and so they had to come down immediately. A few days before Halloween, about a week after the trees had come down, I was in the yard moving [...]
Little things that count
Posted in knits on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I finally finished my Hedgerow socks. I like them, and they fit quite well (even after a trip through the washer and dryer), but mostly I’m just glad they’re done. I didn’t exactly follow the pattern – I spent so much time working on the socks that I lost the pattern and frequently [...]
Willa
Posted in knits on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
She’s finally done. I actually “finished” my Willa sweater a few weeks ago, but realized I’d somehow made the yoke way too tall. It was doing that awkward bunching-at-the-armpits thing that really looks pretty terrible, so I had to frog the whole thing down to where the sleeves and body were joined. But now [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Sprinting to Xmas
Posted in knits on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been moving right along since I finished Kim’s lace. I decided to tackle the Hemlock Ring blanket next, and it was an excellent decision. It’s lace, but easyeasy lace that doesn’t require much thought. And way cheap too. It’s for my parents for Christmas, and I think it will be perfect for their new [...]
