Category Archives: Knitting
How I’m spending my Winter Vacation…
…I’m knitting! Finally! Of course, I had to wrap a partially finished sock and yarn for Evan, and a bag of yarn for Ethan with with promise of new socks by Jan. 3, but so far, I’m making good on … Continue reading
Question: What is both yarn-crazy and reinventing itself…again??
Answer: This blog!!!! ”Bossygirl” has been so patient, waiting all summer and fall for me to get my blogging act together. All four of my past readers know well that I tend to go dark once school starts, and this … Continue reading
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A Little Summer Diversion
I must have the concentration of a gnat. I am happy to say that Kaffe Fasset sock #1 is done…yay. However, instead of picking up and casting on #2, I trotted upstairs to my stash and bookshelves and pulled out … Continue reading
Ciao!
School was out June 12…and off we flew to Italy and Greece for 1o days. (When I say “we”, I mean me, two teachers, 18 freshmen, some parents, and my family (DH, 2 teenage boys) and my mom. ) It … Continue reading
Finally: an official FO…
(…as in “Finished Object”, Jane, Ann, and Mari.) It seems I have many projects started and almost done, but apparently I’m having closure issues with them. At last, one has crossed the finish line. This is called a “Fidget”. I … Continue reading
I (hope I) can see clearly now.
Can you see them? Look closely! See, there they are…new contacts in those eyes. I’m trying them (yet) again. Call me crazy. Happily, I can still knit with them in (pro). Of course, the wrinkles around my eyes can’t hide … Continue reading
Knitting Club ’09
In the craziness that was last year–our first year of our new school–I was never able to get a knitting club off the ground. This year, however, is a different tale… We meet every Monday at 3:45 ( we have … Continue reading
Spring Forward.
Spring Break’s just around the corner. Daffodils are starting to bloom (even though I keep warning them that cold weather in Ohio is never done by the end of March. They just don’t listen.) March Madness is upon us: … Continue reading
But will I get them done in time?
I’ve started some fingerless gloves with some sock yarn I bought with Gretchen in Austin. The pattern is “Kim’s Sockotta Fingerless Gloves” from Ravelry. I’m using red-orange Berroco Sox. It’s still cold here in Columbus, and I’ve lived … Continue reading
