Archive for February, 2009

More Swatch Action

February 27, 2009By 0 Comments
More Swatch Action

Remember these? Last night I ran them through the washer and DRYER and they came out beautifully. I panicked a little at the thought of machine washing and drying something hand knit, but they held up like champs. This yarn is FABulous. The sweater’s worth of yarn has apparently left Indianapolis and should be delivered [...]

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In Between: Swatches

February 24, 2009By 0 Comments
In Between: Swatches

I don’t know what’s gotten into me, but I’m determined to knit myself a sweater. I went ahead and bought some gorgeous wool (Dream in Color Classy in Chinatown Apple) to knit a Central Park Hoodie. Then I realized that it’s February, and soon spring will be here, and I’m a fairly slow knitter, and [...]

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Flickr Inspiration: Crafty Owls

February 20, 2009By 0 Comments
Flickr Inspiration: Crafty Owls

My grandmother, Gee, collected owls. Everyone called my grandmother “Gee.” Nowadays it sounds very hip-hop and street, but she was just Gee, and I couldn’t imagine calling her anything else. Gee and my grandfather lived in a two-bedroom, smallish house in a small town in Ohio, and every room had owls in it. She had [...]

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Darkside Cowl

February 17, 2009By 0 Comments
Darkside Cowl

I had to post, because I couldn’t leave that picture of the ice-covered tree up on top of this page any longer! While the ice and snow hung around for a while, we eventually had a warm spell and now all of the snow is long, long gone. (Except for those dirty compacted snow piles [...]

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