On the subject of links, *covet*.

One of my big hang-ups about handwashing knits is the damp towel left over from squeezing all the water out without wringing the knitting out of shape. Well no more, my friends. I finally have a use for my salad spinner! (Yes, I own a salad spinner even though I look on leaves with distrust.)

In other happy discoveries, the Yarn Harlot is a ( Read more... )

I've been a bad girl. I cast on a mystery lace shawl when I should be concentrating on the scarf for Christopher (of the famed 450-stitch rows). Alas, that project is slow going, and I love and crave lace ( Read more... )

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small: I put the short row heels in too soon. Time for a controlled frog back ( Read more... )

It's a wonder jmeadows didn't set the ferrets on me. (Maybe she realised I would've enjoyed that. Curse me for being too transparent!)

I got my sunny day on Sunday, so I had a photo shoot.

( Here be very large photos. )

Not 5 minutes ago, I smugly updated the project notes: "Fortunately, I’m getting pretty adept at dropping down a couple of rows to fix problems without having to frog or tink."

*gnashes teeth*

*tinktinktink*

*gnashes teeth*

Stoopid I-D-ten-T errors!!!

Going from lovely tiny pointy knitpicks needled to stumpy slippery addis with a determined extra loop in the cable is making me weep tears of frustration. Add cables in dark yarn, and it's just recipe for tossed projects ( Read more... )