nerd knits

Many months ago, I was sitting around with my meatspace crafting friends, knitting and chatting and carrying on. The topic du jour was the act of gifting our finished objects to non-crafters. We’d all had experiences of our beloved, handmade creations being greeted with lackluster enthusiasm, and while it is rare that the [...]

I have to say, after all the work I’ve done with teeny-tiny needles, Eris is flying by.

(Please note, the color in this photograph is wildly inaccurate. It is much less blue, more purple in real life.)
The collar is finished, the stitches picked up, and the body begun. Eris is one of those [...]

Really, is there any better way to start a weekend than with a finished pair of socks?

The Gentleman’s Fancy Sock from Nancy Bush’s Knitting Vintage Socks, knit in Zitron Trekking (XXL), colorway 66, knit on four US0 dpns. I modified the pattern to make them shorter, starting at 72 stitches, though I probably could [...]

Hey, look…an impromptu blog vacation. Sorry about that.
That’s not to say that I haven’t been busy.
Bradon has his very first pair of hand-knit socks:

They have been declared “good,” if “a little rough.” (They haven’t been washed yet. I’m trying not to worry about the “rough” assessment. We wouldn’t want that tough-as-butter [...]

It’s so nice when you can help a yarn meet its destiny.
It was a rocky road at first, but this gorgeous sock yarn (thanks again, Tina!) has finally become what it was always meant to be, and I lurve these socks.

Once we’re past the tugging and grimacing, they fit beautifully. They’re comfy, they stay [...]

…the last post about Donegal. (Maybe. I think so. Unless you all ask questions, or something.)
But oh, how in love I am.

A finished sweater is truly a thing of beauty. Every stitch is more precious for how long it took me to knit this.

Pattern: Alice Starmore’s Donegal, size large
Yarn: Alice [...]

Fourteen feet of ugly scarf. Oh, Ugly Scarf, how I love thee.

It’s so soft and cozy and cuddly and ugly. And long. Really, really freaking long.

So we’re clear, I’m 5′9”. That is a long ass scarf.
The photo session for this beloved piece of ugliness was yet another exploration of the fact [...]

What’s with the random purl stitches?
I found another one, this one in about halfway up the foot. What the hell? At least the one in the ribbed cuff makes sense (Yeah, I know, Katie…I should just drop the stitch down…but all that way back to the ribbing…I just can’t do it. It [...]

Harry Potter Scarf the First: done.

The Dishcloth That Is to Bring Harmony Back to My Sponge-Troubled Relationship: done.

The New Bookmark I’m Working On: not pictured because it’s lace and fiddly and curls in on itself and won’t photograph well until I starch it. I’m sure you’ll live. I’m knitting bookmark #3 from this [...]

Busy, crazy, geeky weekend.
Friday night was the premiere of Serenity (you know…the movie I knit all those damn hats for?), so of course we had a big group outing for it. Dinner was at Vincenza’s Italian Bakery and Deli which is a charming and delicious (if somewhat odd) little Italian place. Our group [...]