Knit: I am cheating on my sweaters in Stockholm

I am cheating on my sweaters with my socks.
Yes, I only brought sock yarn to Sweden. But the truth is, I needed small, manageable projects. This is a business trip after all. And to that end, I ended up knitting instead of working or (more importantly) sleeping on the flight to Stockholm last [...]

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Knit: Sock Joy!

 
About a week ago I was feeling down– a bit of end of the semester anti-climactic, grading, bad-day, not ready for Sweden exhaustion. And what was there waiting for me at the door? Yarn! Can’t beat that for a bad-day pick me up!
While an avid HelloYarn blog reader, I somehow can never manage [...]

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Yarn Tourism: Stockholm

So as I may have mentioned, I am heading to Stockholm at the end of May for work– although, it is a great pleasure to do this as well. In grad school the line between work and pleasure is often very blurry. (Similarly, I can certainly say that the line between pain and pleasure is [...]

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Crochet: Newsflash!

Newsflash! Learn to Crochet in 12 Weeks!
You may have already hear the news, but The Crafty Daisies are running a 12-lesson Learn to Crochet tutorial (link to lesson 1). I’m very excited about the middle and later weeks, as my crochet thus far has been limited to you basic single, double, and triple stitch and [...]

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Potpourri: Visit, BCKC, Travels and UFOs

It has been quite a busy Mom visit– so little time for writing! Good fun and lots of knitting. Both my mom and I made vast (okay, not vast) strides on our respective projects. My mom’s Master’s Thesis afghan is beautiful and will look lovely in my living room. I’m really impressed by the [...]

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A Visit and A PSA

Action! Excitement! Adventure!
Tomorrow my mom is coming to visit! Perhaps you haven’t noticed my “About” page, so a recap: all of this recent crafty business is her fault. Last December when I was home for a visit, my mom showed me a felted bag she knit as a holiday gift for a friend. I [...]

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Knit: Finally a FO (and some Swapped Yarn too)

Something to show for myself this weekend: Dashing is finally done! These puppies have been off the needles for nearly a month, simply waiting for me to weave in the tails (pathetic, I know). I felt a little sheepish starting on Mrs. Darcy when I had three items within finishing distance… and then [...]

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Knit: The Ripping Rite of Passage

Today I experienced that longtime knitting rite of passage: major rippage. I was about six inches into Mrs. Darcy. Everything was looking pretty good, if I do say so myself– I’d yet to mess up the pattern, my stitches looked pretty even, I was loving the color. But something just wasn’t right. I [...]

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Knit: Darcy Diversion (too excited not to share)

Because I cannot stay on task, because I am constantly distracted by bright things, because I can’t do just one thing at a time, because I was studying in the coffee shop attached to my LYS this morning…
…I’ve got another project.
I know I know, I’m supposed to talk about California. And I will. Just after [...]

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Dispatch from the left coast.

Oh what a trip!
More soon…

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