Final FO for this Season

I finished my Christmas Lace Dishcloth this afternoon making it my final finished project . . . → Read More: Final FO for this Season Read more »

Maizy Lace Finished

Another pair of socks  into the finished category   Once I had time to work on thses they knit up fairly quickly. I really like the way the pattern forms a zig zag around . . . → Read More: Maizy Lace Finished Read more »

What I have to show for my summer of lace

Here’s my last update post, with yardage, which obviously does not really matter as far as the competition goes, but I’m feeling pretty happy with how much I’ve accomplished. I am homeschooling the older two of my four young children and working on top of that, so the idea that any knitting at all got done . . . → Read More: What I have to show for my summer of lace Read more »

Atlantis Stole – 800 yds Jaggerspun Zephyr

Logging in another 800yds after . . . → Read More: Atlantis Stole – 800 yds Jaggerspun Zephyr Read more »

Random Joy … One Last Time….

It’s me again.

Time for one last round of Random Joy before the end of the Season.

This time, we thought we’d get extravagant and award FOUR prizes.  I thought I’d take you through the process so you can see exactly what we do when we award prizes (since we’ll be doing the same thing for the Raffles . . . → Read More: Random Joy … One Last Time…. Read more »

Just One More…

Okay, I just had to cast on one more pair of socks  

The name of this pattern is Maizy Lace by Cathy Hannigan and the yarn . . . → Read More: Just One More… Read more »

Come Dancing Socks Finished

Another Christmas gift ready to wrap

I LOVED knitting these socks.  The Panda Silk yarn is sooo soft  and shows the pattern off very nicely. The pattern is also quite well written and the 16 row repeat keeps it interesting. I think I will knit this again in a solid color from the Panda . . . → Read More: Come Dancing Socks Finished Read more »

Summer Sampler complete!

I finished the Summer Sampler Study from Bad Cat Designs yesterday, and it’s blocking today. I’ll get a photo of it draped on someone or something later for my final summary blog, but here are closer photos of the twelve patterns and the edging. This was a lot of fun to knit. I used this project . . . → Read More: Summer Sampler complete! Read more »

winding down

I’m finding myself moving into winter mode already–thinking more of weaving and knitting plain old mittens, socks, and hats for the children, and of processing all of that food out in the garden for the winter. But I still have three shawls on the needles–four if you count the summer sampler. I’m going to finish that . . . → Read More: winding down Read more »

New Project

I finally decided on a pair of socks for my daughter after purchasing some Panda silk. The name of this pattern is Come Dancing.

These should knit up quickly since she . . . → Read More: New Project Read more »