Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Episode 18: Two Weeks Later ...



What I'm Wearing:
Infinitude Scarf in Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend

FO:
Chinese Waves Dishcloth in Knitpicks Dishie in colorway Clementine.

WIPs:
Basic Rainbow socks by Ann Budd in Steam Valley Fiber sock yarn.

Basic Rainbow II socks by Ann Budd in Knitpicks Felici in Rainbow colorway.

The Clutch You'll Never Give Up by Leigh Radford in One Skein. Yarn is Kilcarra/Donegal Aran Tweed.

Basic Vest by Ann Budd in Green Mountain Spinnery Cotton Comfort.

Waves in the Square Shawl by Sivia Harding in madelinetosh tosh merino light

Stash:
Neighborhood Fiber Co. Studio Sock in Kalorama Circle.

Spinning;
Dragonfly Fibers merino/silk blend in Tangled up in Blue.

Loop batt in Voices in my Head.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Episode 17: Happy Leap Day!



What I'm Wearing:
Linen Stitch Scarf in Koigu Painter's Palette Premium Merino (KPPPM)

FO:


Luuk Hat
in Knitpicks Chroma Lollipop colorway.


WIPs:

Basic Rainbow socks by Ann Budd in Steam Valley Fiber sock yarn.

WIPs:
Basic Vest by Ann Budd in Green Mountain Spinnery Cotton Comfort.

Infinitude Scarf in Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend

Waves in the Square Shawl by Sivia Harding in madelinetosh tosh merino light

Stash:
Dragonfly Fiber Designs Dragon Sock in Riptide

Babble:
Homespun Yarn Party! March 25, noon-5 p.m. in the Great Room at Savage Mill in Savage, MD.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Episode 16: Knitting Along



What I'm Wearing:
Basic garter stitch triangle shawl in Lion Brand Microspun

FOs:
February dishcloth: Copycat dishcloth in Knitpicks Dishie in Tomato (on clearance).

HO:
Basic Rainbow socks by Ann Budd in Steam Valley Fiber sock yarn.

WIPs:
Basic Vest by Ann Budd in Green Mountain Spinnery Cotton Comfort.

Clapotis in Cotton & Rayon Dyed Dreams by Janet Stollnitz Silver Spring Looms

Infinitude Scarf in Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend

Waves in the Square Shawl by Sivia Harding in madelinetosh tosh merino light

Babble:
Knit Simple Knit Plus magazine review

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Episode 15: Lots Going On



What I'm Wearing:

Multnomah in The Sanguin Gryphon Bugga!

FOs:
Valentines Day Socks Basic Sock by Ann Budd in Knitterly Things Vesper Sock in colorway Strange Little Mama.

Henry's Black and Red scarf knit in the round, making it up as I go. Knit in Jojoland Tonic.

HO (half finished object):
Basic Vest by Ann Budd in Green Mountain Spinnery Cotton Comfort.

WIPs:
February dishcloth: Copycat dishcloth in Knitpicks Dishie in Tomato (on clearance).

Clapotis in Cotton & Rayon Dyed Dreams by Janet Stollnitz Silver Spring Looms

Basic Rainbow socks by Ann Budd in Steam Valley Fiber sock yarn.

Infinitude Scarf in Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend

Waves in the Square Shawl by Sivia Harding in madelinetosh tosh merino light

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Episode 14: I am Wearing a Tea Cosy!



What I'm "Wearing"
Tea Cosy based on Felted Tea Cosy from Knitty Spring 2006

FO:
A string of icord for Henry's mittens.

WIPs

Valentines Day Socks Basic Sock by Ann Budd in Knitterly Things Vesper Sock in colorway Strange Little Mama.

Henry's Black and Red scarf knit in the round, making it up as I go. Knit in Jojoland Tonic.

Stash:
Cotton & Rayon Dyed Dreams by Janet Stollnitz Silver Spring Looms

Babble
Once again the link to Laura DERN's (not Linney as I said a few weeks ago) gorgeous green dress.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Episode 13: Not too Unlucky (but a bit Bizarre)



What I'm Wearing:
My wedding wrap! It's very simple lace, yarn over, knit two together all the way across with 2 stitch garter edge on each side. Very similar to the Turkish Stitch. The yarn is Manos del Uruguay Cotton Stria.

Necklace by Timeless Trinkets.

WIPs

Valentines Day Socks Basic Sock by Ann Budd in Knitterly Things Vesper Sock in colorway Strange Little Mama.

Henry's Black and Red scarf knit in the round, making it up as I go. Knit in Jojoland Tonic.

Basic Vest by Ann Budd in Green Mountain Spinnery Cotton Comfort.

Stash:
Folktale Fibers handspun

Spinning
Indigo dyed Coopworth on my Bosworth spindle.

Babble:
A few new podcasts (find a great list of current audio and video podcasts and stay in the loop on what's new by following the Knitting Podcast blog):

3 Stitches with Michelle, Kathryn and Lindsay
Knit Me Happy with Rachel
Moonie Knits with Maya
Wexford Knits with Rebecca

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Episode 12: Ouch!



What I'm Wearing:

Hunter's Safety Stole by Courtney Kelley in Black Bunny Fibers Handpainted Merino Laceweight.

WIPs

Valentines Day Socks Basic Sock by Ann Budd in Knitterly Things Vesper Sock in colorway Strange Little Mama.

Henry's Black and Red scarf knit in the round, making it up as I go. Knit in Jojoland Tonic.

Basic Vest by Ann Budd in Green Mountain Spinnery Cotton Comfort.

Stash:

KnitPicks Felici in Rainbow, Chroma Worsted in Lollipop and Swish Worsted in a gray, green and blue.

Book Review:

The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns by Ann Budd

Babble:

Love the Sassafras Creations recycled knitting needle jewelry.

Laura DERN's (not Linney as I said originally. Thanks, Lisa, for setting me straight in the comments!) stunning green dress.