Ladyknits and I have started a team blogging exploit.  Please join us over at Friends Knit Together.

My finished objects will reside here, in my own blog:  Socksforphlox.

This journal will from now on be updated rarely, if ever.

I hope to see you!

Guess what I have in my hot little hands!!


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Ladyknits and I hatched a plan last week to start fresh in the new year. We decided it would be cathartic to finish up those lingering projects that prey upon our consciences. She is already making mad progress of course, while I am plodding along. The projects in question for me are:

• Silky Wool Birch! I have 20 repeats or so left on the needles, but it ( Read more... )

Look what WendyKnits is doing!

Knit From Your Stash 2007!

1. The Knit-From-Your-Stash-a-Thon will start January 1, 2007 and run through September 30, 2007 -- a period of nine months.

2. We will not buy any yarn during that period, with the following exceptions:

2.a. Sock yarn does not count. What? You think we are made of stone?

2.b. If someone asks for ( Read more... )

We are about to set off for the snowy wilds of London/Dashwood, but I wanted to post before I left since I will be gone for a few days and won't have camera access. I imagine I will able to access the internet, though, so comment/email/post away ( Read more... )

I am blogging on a delay, about a day or two, but at least that gives me time to download and tweak pictures*.

I finished spinning the BFL right after I posted about it, and after it dried I plied!


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While visiting my old haunt in London, I came across a new yarn by Koigu: Fancy Merino. It is a nice soft boucle with the handpainted colouring of koigu, and it is very reasonably priced.


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(I just wrote this post, in its entirety, and when I clicked on 'submit' the entire post disappeared. Nowhere to be found. I will now emerge from my cloud of blue smoke and attempt to reproduce it ( Read more... )

Because I know the pain of graduate students...

This dude is measuring the speed of memes on the internet.  All you have to do to help him (and prove the power of the knitblogger) is to link to his page in your blog asking your readers to do the same, then Ping technorati.  Whatever that might mean.  Annnnnd!  Then you will be part of data presented ( Read more... )

Oh, I guess it has been awhile.  So much for turning over a new leaf.

Haven't gotten a huge amount of knitting done this week, been cleaning instead.  The cat after whom my blog is named seems to alocate a great deal of his kibble consumption to hair production and leaves little decoy-Phloxes around the apartment.  Cleaning properly involves moving ( Read more... )