Archive for April, 2010
That’s It, I’m Cut Off
Considering I just graduated from college a few years ago (thus giving you some idea of how young I am), I have a relatively impressive yarn stash. In volumetric terms, it’s about 18 cubic feet (roughly half a cubic meter, for you metric types), and that’s under pretty heavy compression. The only reason it’s not […]
Posted: April 21st, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Wedding, Yarn
Comments: 1
If There Is Yarn…
…Monkey Kitty will find it. It’s like he has a sixth sense about where to find knitting and related supplies, and I swear he must have some kind of extreme instinctual imperative telling him to “Destroy! Maim! Kill! Bitebitebite!” I’d say he could smell the animals that were involved in making the yarn (see exhibits […]
Posted: April 19th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Monkey Kitty, Socks
Comments: 1
Almost There…
You know that feeling you get, when you’re really, really close to finishing a project, how you feel like you can’t put it down until it’s done? Yeah, I’m there. I don’t think I’ll get much done tonight, but I expect to have a pair of socks before I fall asleep. Also, the hourglass pattern […]
Posted: April 15th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Socks
Comments: none
As It Turns Out, 42 Really IS The Answer
Every now and then, I’ve been having the Blanket Thief “try on” the cARGHdigan to see if the arm holes are big enough. Generally, this process looks something like this: (I had a better picture, but the Blanket Thief forbid me from posting it. If he ever pisses me off, though…) Given that the needle […]
Posted: April 9th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: cARGHdigan, Knitting Fates
Comments: 1
Sometimes I Can’t Help Myself
My best friend from college is getting married in September. Not only have I repeatedly said that I’ll help her out with whatever she needs (she lives in Ohio and the wedding is in Seattle, so there’s a lot of help needed), but at her bridal shower I might have said the words, “So…would you […]
Posted: April 3rd, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Wedding
Comments: 3