Katydid Knits

Ding Dong!

katydidknits — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:48:57 +0000

Ok, so, how many of you immediately thought “Avon calling!” at that? Just me? Oh, well. Anyway, that was my intention. This is just a quickie post to help out my dear friend Mindy. She has just started selling Avon products. What you may not realize (I didn’t, until recently) is that your Avon lady no [...]

All Done!

katydidknits — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:00:51 +0000

I skeined up the merino-silk yesterday. Ended up with just under the 8oz. I started with – looks like I only lost maybe 1/8oz to “whoops”es, which is nice! Gave it a nice bath, and then let it lie in the sun for a bit to dry. I’ve got about 179 yards, and it seems to be averaging [...]

Turning Back the Clock

katydidknits — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:00:52 +0000

Or, more accurately, the calendar. Snagged from CBear and Poops… IN YOUR SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL… 1. Did you date someone from your school? Yes. Two someones, actually. And I’m still in touch with both of them. 2. Did you car pool to school? I didn’t drive until my sophomore year of college, but I had friends in [...]

How Cool Is This?

katydidknits — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:00:23 +0000

So, last spring, I did some test-crocheting for my friend Mary Beth Temple. I was working on squares for a booklet she had written, to be published by Leisure Arts. Fast forward to about a month ago, and MBT blogged that her book was out. My (signed!) copy arrived while I was in Omaha. See that [...]

Icarus

katydidknits — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:00:18 +0000

Apparently, I’ve decided to work my way through the shawl patterns that start with “I”. First Ishbel, now this. What’s next? I cast on this morning, and it’s moving quickly. I’ve decided to make it larger than the pattern calls for, because I’ve got lots of the yarn. We’ll see if I [...]

Spinning Survey

katydidknits — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:52:05 +0000

Well, more like an opinion poll, really. I finished spinning up that merino-silk that you saw a few days ago (erm… ok, more like almost two weeks). So, I have two nicely full bobbins. I just can’t decide what to do from here. I can leave it as a VERY fine singles, but I think it’s [...]

Ishbel

katydidknits — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:03:14 +0000

Well, here she is. The lovely Ishbel in her subtly sparkly glory.The yarn is Blue Heron Rayon Metallic in “Bluegrass”. The pattern is an utter dream – I really loved knitting it.I started out doing the small version because I wasn’t sure if I had enough yarn for the larger option. Shortly after I started the [...]

headdesk

katydidknits — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:40:39 +0000

Dammit, people, QUOTATION MARKS ARE NOT FOR EMPHASIS!

A Full Bobbin!

katydidknits — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:02:34 +0000

I’ve spun at least a little every day since Saturday, and I’ve got my first bobbin full of the green merino-silk. And, um, still a basketfull left to go. I played with it a little, and if I don’t end up with three bobbins to ply, I’m going to Navajo-ply it, because it’s really nice [...]

Zaphod’s Home!

katydidknits — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:57:16 +0000

Not that most of you knew he was gone… At MD Sheep and Wool this year, I asked the amazingly awesome Dave over at the Merlin Tree about converting my HitchHiker wheel to his new double-treadle design. On Sunday (of the festival – not this past Sunday), I dropped Zaphod off with Dave, and last Tuesday, [...]