Rob and Margot online

Remember me? I know we've had an on-again off-again relationship through the years but 2 posts in the last year is really pushing it, I know. It's not you, it's me. I mean it's not me, it's um, Ravelry. Please don't hate Ravelry. I mean, just because it has project templates that make it so easy to showcase my projects ...

The best part about making gifts for people who don't read my blog...   Is that I can show my projects to you right away! That's Djevellue for Addie, daughter of my friends R & D. I picked up a  skein of Socks That Rock from Juno when she last destashed. Since the skein was from when the STR yardage was ...

You may know him better as my knit model. He's such a good sport. He's modeled knits made for people larger than I, or things made for me when I'm having a bad hair day and don't want to pose. He's my gaming partner, cycling buddy, yarn hoarding enabler, knitting companion, blog instigator, carpooler, and sweetie pie. ...

Don't know why, but I've been knitting nuthin' but socks for a couple two-three weeks now.   Basic toe-up socks. Made with the Gurdy Run alpaca/wool 3 ply that I fell in love with at Vermont S&W two weekends ago. I'm using the misocrafty method of short rows that I mentioned in my last post. I really like it. ...

The Cinderella socks are finished. I *think* they'll fit the person I had in mind but I won't know for about a month when I see her next.   The yarn is leftover from a pair of socks that I made for me. I'm not thrilled with the short rows, the same technique I've been using all along made small holes in ...

You may recall the Rainbow socks that I completed about a month ago. I had a good-sized pile of yarn leftover, possibly even enough for another pair for me. Weighing the remains determined that I only had ~80% as much yarn as I used for the first pair. So I decided to make an appropriate sized sock to use up the yarn. My plan has ...

Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival was this weekend. Yesterday me and the boy went to pet sheepies and bunnies, fondle and procure fiber-y goodness and create general mayhem with friends. I forgot to bring the camera for the 4th consecutive festival, but Norma did a pretty good job of documenting the highlights in a fly by sort of way. I'm ...

Why is it that two skeins laid side-by-side can look exactly the same, but  when you knit them up, they look like this: I suspect that the baby won't notice, right? Right?   Finished the seaming tonight. Now it just needs a little swish and block and some buttons and it'll be ready for Fall's chilly breezes. Darn! I meant to take ...

My team placed 25th in the Dragonboat Festival last weekend. We were 24th going into the finals, the top 25 teams (out of 77) got to compete in the final round. Our poor showing in the last heat was for the most part due to timing. It occurred less than an hour after our previous heat; we hadn't had as much time to recover as the other ...

I haven't blogged about Project Spectrum 2.0 in awhile. I love the concept of the rotating color themes. But I'm starting to think that it's merely an accident when my color choices coincide with the PS 2.0 colors. Maybe it's because I don't think about knitting projects in terms of color. Generally I am attracted to a ...