tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51900966453795975702024-12-18T19:22:13.295-08:00There are only two times of the day: knitting and not knittingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190096645379597570.post-7834510300995959312011-02-01T12:31:00.000-08:002011-02-01T12:31:45.521-08:00

I just finished a pair of yoga socks. Great yarn. Great concept. Totally functional. I don't like them. I wouldn't go so far as to say I hate them, but I definitely don't like them. I don't like the look of the bind off, I don't like how the bottom curls, and I don't like how the bottom is bigger than the top. The worst part, is that this is my first knitting design. It was a fail. Blah.

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I just started on a cowl, and even though I'm only 10 or so rows into the project, I'm already in love with cowls. So when I saw this giveaway at Allfreeknitting in my RSS today, I had to sign up to get in the drawing for a free copy of Cowlgirls. If you enter, good luck!

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Our LYS went to the King's hockey game last night at the Staples Center in downtown LA for a "sticks and stitches" event. The owner of the LYS is a King's fan, so she was excited about organizing a group to go. Twelve of us from our LYS sat together. Unfortunately, the other groups from other stores were scattered around so we didn't have a huge knit-in like we hoped. But on the upside, it

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On my sticks today is a cowl from the new Knit Simple magazine. It took me a few tries to get it on the needles. I love the Ester Bitran Olmue yarn and the pattern is easy peasy (once there are a few rows). If this turns out well, I think I might make it again with a worsted weight yarn like the pattern called for. I didn't have 1000 yards of worsted on hand this time, so I used this light dk

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With three kids, it's sometimes hard to get out the door. Does everyone have their shoes? Teeth brushed? Got all the stuff you need to bring? Got a jacket? Where's kid #2? Oh, next door? Doesn't want to leave? As my mom used to say, "It's like sweeping ants." But now that I'm knitting, there is another challenge to getting all us ants out the door - figuring out which project to bring with me to

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Yesterday, while riding an Amtrak train up the California coast, I cast on some beautiful Chameleon Bambino yarn in a prismatic scarf pattern that I thought for sure would rock its colors. I even had my husband rush and wind the yarn for me before leaving so I could have it for the trip. But, it turned out to be just a confusing mess of colors and stitches. (The yarn was great, and the pattern

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