More work on the shawl I started back in October. Hoek, from West Knits, in the discontinued Legacy color way from Neighborhood Fiber Co. out of Baltimore (stash pic here). First time back to see the guys in the DC Men's Knitting Group since before I dislocated the knee last year. Made good progress on it, both before I left, and at the local yarn ( Read more... )

Got a wild hair this morning so I cleared off some shelves in our owner's suite closet to try and neaten them up and make room for things. Rearranged shoes so they all fit. Tried on pants and shorts, donating a bunch that no longer fit, and better sorting the remainder. Did laundry, including some of the shorts which had accumulated dust. The ( Read more... )

The husband was out of town this weekend (still is, as of this writing, though he returns later today). I spent some of it straightening up some things around the house, and in the midst of that dug up some old mini cross stitch kits that I decided to attack. I'm pretty happy with the results. I did modify them slightly, in that I left off some ( Read more... )

I think I've broken my yarn pull-ball winder. I suspect it's fallen out of the closet one too many times and knocked something out of whack because last night the second ball of yarn in a row just thoroughly fucked up and did not wind correctly. Thankfully this time I managed to 'wind' it completely so I was able to then convert it to a regular ( Read more... )

I have never had such a hard time with a skein of yarn. Tried to wind it up into a pull ball and the damned stuff just would not stay in shape. There was much cursing and screaming involved because it fell and got completely tangled up. Ended up having to sit at the table to untangle it all and wind it into a traditional round ball of yarn, because ( Read more... )

I have become that stereotype of the overweight male who has to wear too much work clothing so wants the temperature set to a reasonable 70-72. Which is what the temp has mostly been. But apparently last week they moved a new co-worker to the office next to mine because hers was too cold and she cranked the (shared between our offices) thermostat ( Read more... )

Finished the endless scarf yesterday, but not without some screaming. With 2-3 rows left to go I dropped a stitch and it quickly dropped down 6-7 rows as I was trying to stop it (I needed to turn the work to grab it properly). No one else was home, so I let myself scream in frustration. Managed to finally grab it and crochet-hook it back into place ( Read more... )

That's about what I estimate I have left to go on the endless brioche scarf. I can definitely say I have brioche stitch down now, at 60 inches/152 cm or so of scarf done. About 2.5" left to go and I can bind it off, weave in ends, and enjoy the softness of it all ( Read more... )

The last two weeks or so I've been on a 'straightening up' kick. Not consistently, and not every day, but I've gone into a couple of 'okay, it's time to fix this area' moods. I'm pleased with the results, for the most part, but there's always more to do. The problem with having hobbies and enjoying collecting things is finding ways to store and ( Read more... )

Finished Pierre the Penguin, the second of the two Woobles kits. I focused on keeping the stitches looser this time so it wouldn't be quite as difficult to crochet, with the result that Pierre is a lot bigger than Kiki, though the instructions for the bodies are the same.