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Carnival of FO’s: Part Two

Thursday, June 10th, 2010 | FO's, blah blah blah | 2 Comments

‘Cause I know how to get crap done…

Can you tell someone has been blocking at my place?

Rainbows and Unicorns Simple Things

Tudor Grace Scarflette started at Stitches West 2010

My Very First Fair Isle!

My Aestlight

My Aestlight made use of a good 600 yards or so of 100% Fine Alpaca dyed by yours truly! I was glad to finally get it out of my stash…it had been there a long time.

I am very much on a shawl crawl lately…

Tags: aestlight, fair isle, shawl, simple things

Because torturing myself is fun…

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 | UFO's, blah blah blah, knitting | No Comments

I have issues.

I could totally fix this situation, but I choose not to…because I like to torture myself.

I work in a bitterly cold office. You would think that, because I am a knitter/spinner/crocheter, I would be able to fix this situation pretty easily. Knit or cro something up and wear it up in this icebox I call “work”. Do I do that? Of course not.

Back in our old building, what seems like ages ago, I had started the Office Blankie of Doom. I pulled that sucker out of hibernation in March. I am knitting it on something crazy like size 17’s or something. No, I am not done yet.

So, I started a couple of shawls. Aestlight is one of the patterns I started. I worked on it today at lunch…and this is where the torture begins…

Look at me! You know you wanna...

Here she is…three repeats of edging left to do. I left her sitting on my desk all afternoon. I am rubbing my nose in the fact that I am freezing here and this 100% superfine alpaca shawl is still not done. Take that Ice Girl! Not even your knitting gives a crap that you can’t feel your extremities.

Tags: aestlight, Freezing my ass off, shawl, torture

What are my intentions?

Friday, September 4th, 2009 | blah blah blah, spinning | 1 Comment

There are many knitters and crocheters that knit with the intention of gifting good vibes to people. Some people do this by making gifts for friends and loved ones and then there people who go all out with charities…the Prayer Shawl Ministry for example. There are even indie dyers, like Lime and Violet, that dye yarn with specific intentions. Their “Intentions” yarn has a word/intention dyed into it that is not noticeable in the final knitted product. I own a skein of the “healing” yarn. It’s gorgeous!

So, what does it mean that I have been listening to The Prodigy while spinning?