nerd knits

I love Halloween, and I love Carrie, and rumor has it that Carrie loves Halloween as well.  Therefore, it seemed that the right thing to do was to knit Carrie and pair of spider socks for Halloween.
What?  It makes perfect sense to me.
Thus, at long last, I present to you the stealth project:

I assure you, [...]

Okay, so maybe that whole “blogging on Saturday” thing didn’t work out terribly well this week.  In my defense, I was home and conscious for only about three hours all day, and most of those three hours were spent getting ready to go somewhere else.  Oh, the tragic life of the busy roleplayer.  If it [...]

Zee socks, zey are fini.

Pattern: Red Herring, by Cookie A.
Yarn: Soxx Appeal, by Knit One, Crochet Too (96% superwash merino, 3% nylon, 1% elastic) in Teal (?!?) and Toffee
Needles: Addi Natura 3mm (two 16”, one 40” after I broke one of the 16”)
Opinions:  First of all, this is my favorite color combination in the world, [...]

Pattern: Decimal, by Snowden Becker.
Size Made: 1X (49” bust)
Yarn: Mas Acero, by Brooks Farm Yarn (55% superwash wool, 30% silk, 15% viscose, 9-ply light worsted weight)
Needles: US 4, 47” Addi Turbos

Opinions:  This is a lovely pattern, but probably not a good first sweater for a beginner.  It’s not hard, per se, but there’s no hand [...]

The past few months have found me overwhelmed with works-in-progress, which is a stressful circumstance for a usually-monogamous knitter like me.  So many things to knit, so many projects that I want to work on…I’d get anxious just thinking about it.  In the past week or so, I’ve managed to cull the herd a bit [...]

The miracle of blocking lace just never gets old.

From a sad little lump of string to a big, beautiful stole.  I swear, it’s magic.
The process isn’t always so fun – scrambling around on hands and knees, mouth full of pins, desperately trying to make sure everything is even.  My brand new spanky blocking wires certainly [...]

(Get it? Applause? Clap? I crack myself up.)
Finally, finally – my clapotis, my camera, the sun and I were all in the same place at the same time.

Pattern: Clapotis, by Kate Gilbert
Yarn: Brooks Farm Four Play
Needles: Knit Picks Options, US size 9
Modifications: I added in a couple (two? [...]

…handknit socks.*

The Nuptial Socks (link to Ravelry project page)
Yarn: Hand-dyed by Chris of Stumbling Over Chaos
Pattern: an amalgam of the “Five-Stitch Pattern Sock” from Sensational Knitted Socks and the slip-stitch ribbing pattern from Sundara’s Bird of Paradise socks.
Needles: Knitpicks Harmony 2.25 mm dpns
Thoughts: This still isn’t the pattern I would have knit with this yarn, [...]

As of some time in the wee hours of April 13, the Boring Scarf of Endless Boringness was longer than the recipient.

That’s right, folks! The boring scarf of endless boringness is fini!
We had a few people over weekend before last…a homecoming, of sorts, after our honeymoon. As we were sitting around the living [...]

(I almost titled this post “Fnord!” but I was afraid that the reference would be too obscure for most of you.)
What trip to Rhinebeck would be complete without a Rhinebeck Sweater™?

I almost feel like it can’t really be an official Rhinebeck Sweater™, what with being done a week early and all. I mean, in [...]