nerd knits

Yanno, it’s hard to blog when:

You have no time to knit.
Your parents are in town, so you have even less time to knit.
What precious little knitting time you squeak in is devoted to a stealth project.

Really, I’m going to get this blogging thing down one of these days.
Things are still pretty awesome, for the most [...]

Like so many of my failed knitting projects, this one too will start out with those hopeful and terrifying words:
I have an idea.
I don’t want to say too much about it yet, because ideas are fragile and skittish things, but I think it’s clever and I’m looking forward to seeing it blossom into brilliance…or fail [...]

(Because there’s nothing more interesting than hearing about other people’s dreams, right?)
This morning I dreamt that I was at a flea market (or something of that ilk) and had stumbled across a booth that was selling yarn – huge put-ups of a tweedy-looking yarn.  The colors were not my favorites, but it was massive amounts [...]

See, I knew I should have split the last post over three days, instead of putting it all into one.  There I go, blowing my wad again.
Thank you all for your kind words and happy thoughts.  The biopsy was painful but brief, and I should be getting the results tomorrow or the next day (that’s [...]

Since I’m feeling a little scattered today, I’ll take a cue from Chris.
•  I was hoping to have modeled shots of Decimal today, but she’s taking an uncharacteristically long time to dry.  The good news is that I did indeed get her seamed up, and in plenty of time to be able to wear her [...]

Am I the only person who gets really, really nervous before starting a big project?
And not just wow, I’m going to be dedicating a lot of time to this project, but is this the right project for this yarn?  Will it turn out right?  Will it fit?  Will I like it?  Perhaps I should just [...]

Perhaps a weeknight is not the best time to tackle the yearly Airing of the Stash.
Also, perhaps I should stop buying yarn.  Either that, or start knitting faster.
Goodnight, folks.

So,  I just received an e-mail from Patternworks hawking the Plymouth Yarns Booklet “Done by Monday Afghans.”  The description says, and I quote: “Cast on Friday after work and be finished by Sunday evening! All you need is a weekend to complete any of the 15 afghans in this warm-and cozy collection. “  They all [...]

You’d think I’d learn.

This is a pair of socks that I’m knitting for my friend Guin’s birthday.  You may remember them.
You might also notice that the “pair” currently consists of one sock.  That’s because I finished this – the first sock – tonight.  Guin’s birthday is April 17 (three days before mine,) which means I [...]

Most of the time I don’t even watch.  My eyes go to my book, to the movie playing on our TV, to my husband’s face.  I am barely more conscious of what my hands are doing than I am of my own breathing.  The movements have become a part of me, something that my body [...]