G. Knerd

I’ve been trucking along on my Knitting Olympics project, but it seems that the kitties really don’t want me to finish.  First, Monkey Kitty took apart a ball of yarn, then he chewed on the cable for my circular needle (luckily, not enough to break it), and now Bear Kitty is joining the fray – […]

Remember when I cast on those socks with the Deborah Norville yarn? Yeah, me either.  Apparently, it was in November.  Since then, that pair have been my go-everywhere, knit-anytime socks, which I finally finished last week. This was my first time using Deborah Norville yarn, and…well, I’m not impressed.  The colors are okay, and it’s […]

Four years ago, the Yarn Harlot declared the start of the Knitting Olympics – and I didn’t do it.  I could use any excuse I want about how I was in college, it was a weird time for me, I didn’t have the yarn for a good project, yadda, yadda, yadda.  The real reason I […]

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Remember how Monkey Kitty has an extreme fondness for all things yarn and wool related?  Well, I wasn’t telling the whole story in the last post when I told you about how I’d thwarted his attempts to destroy the knitting. See, I apparently didn’t learn my lesson about leaving hats hanging out around the house, […]

Here’s another episode in the Saga of Monkey Kitty and the Knitting.  It probably says something that I reached for the camera before saving the hat.  The same behavior (and the laughing) probably also taught him that his behavior was okay.  Whoops. It started with him stealing one of my skiing hats out of the […]

I think I may have mentioned before that Monkey Kitty is a bit…er…obsessed with yarn and all things made with it.  He’s been known to steal balls of yarn, socks, and even an occasional full sweater (although he usually doesn’t get very far with those).  This week has been a pretty good one for catching […]

I have a confession to make – I’ve only ever done one kind of sock heel.  Ever.  For my first sock, I found a book, picked a heel, and never looked back.  Dozens of socks later, I’m still doing the same thing.  I’ve even been known to scoff at other kinds of heels – I’ve […]

This weekend, the Blanket Thief and I were invited to a baby shower (well, technically, we were invited several weeks ago, but the actual event happened this weekend).  And last week, I saw some Magic Slippers that my friend Hot Pink Mama had created, and…well…I have plenty of leftover sock yarn by this point.  Most […]

For those of you who don’t speak Danish/Norwegian, “Mormor” directly translates to “mother’s mother”, but is more likely translated to “Grandma”.  Since my Mormor lives in Denmark, and we already called my dad’s mom “Grandma”, it made sense not to translate that and stick with “Mormor” for her. Plus, it was really fun to confuse […]