G. Knerd

Today marked a very important milestone in the Wedding Blanket’s progress.  Today, I blocked not one, but two panels – and since the first panel was blocked already, this means I just got that much closer to being done. Obligatory bath picture – I’ve become convinced that I’m going to become one of those mothers […]

Although we asked for nothing (or, to be completely accurate, asked to not be given any presents), I can’t say I’m upset that my new Mother in Law decided to get us a few wedding gifts anyway.  After all, she’s a lovely knitter and she understands that, sometimes, you just have to give a girl […]

It’s T-2 days until the wedding, the one for which I’ve been breaking my fingers trying to get the blanket done. I’m not going to make it. Really, it’s been a valient effort.  The last few weeks have really been a lesson in what’s possible (and what’s not), what point my fingers will start to […]

So, I might have mentioned earlier that I’ve been on a yarn diet for the past 4-5 years or so.  Not, mind you, that it’s had much of a slimming effect on my stash (although had I not been on a yarn diet for that period, I likely would need to buy a new house […]

When last we spoke, I was in a somewhat troublesome state.  I was at the end of the second strip of the Wedding Blanket, and had realized that the beginning of the strip: Didn’t exactly look much like the end of the strip: Namely, the problem was that I needed a few more rows to […]

I really, really wish I had time to put the Wedding Blanket in time out right now. Also, I probably deserve a smack upside the head. Why?  Well, this is what the beginning of the current panel looks like. And, with one row to do before the cast off edge, this is what the other […]

I’ve got exactly one month until the Wedding Blanket is due.  One.  Luckily, it’s a 31-day month, if it were February I’d be screwed. Who am I kidding?  I’m screwed no matter how you slice it.  I’ve been knitting on this thing since May, and I’m not quite 2/3rds done.  I’m only marginally sure that […]

The Mariners do a Stitch & Pitch event every year, and every year I love it.  The sounds, the sights, the knitters… Sometimes the home team doesn’t lose, too! This year, given the pressures I’m under, I’ve decided to do something very risky. It’s covered in plastic for now, but as soon as I start […]

The wedding blanket continues.  Just, er…not as quickly as I need it to. See, when I do some quick calculations, it turns out that I have roughly 754 rows left to knit (not including the border, which I’m purposefully not thinking about in an attempt to hold on to my sanity).  And even if I […]

This last weekend, for the first time in my life, I had the overwhelming urge to knit a flap heel.  On every other sock I’ve ever knitted, I’ve done an Auto Heel – it was the first heel I ever learned how to do, and it’s the only heel I’ve done since. And yet, when I got […]