Sweater from hell up in flames

You know that sweater that my son asked for, the one that was supposed to have flames on it? The sweater from hell? (Well, he wanted Hot Wheels flames, he knows nothing of hell.) Or at least hell to me? I finally broke down and frogged it, and I’m making a plain red sweater for [...]

When your knitted giftie is loved, it makes you happy.

Do you remember when, not too long ago, I posted a few finished things, which included Oceandirt’s Mittens? (Her mittens are the very first photo in the post.) Well, I finally got my buttocks into gear, and finally mailed them to her. While she lives relatively closeby (maybe a half hour away), my schedule has [...]

Look, a FO!

So. Here I am, the prodigal blogger of Knitster, but I do not return empty-handed! [or empty-headed!]

I *have* been knitting, but I’ve been delinquent in my blogging. I decided to attempt something fun and quick, so that I could post about it and get back on track - and that Calorimetry would [...]

Project Runway addict has interesting thought…

I was reading one of my most favorite websites/blogs,Project RunGay with those lovely boys, Tom and Lorenzo, and after writing them an email note about getting their view on why Christian has been the bridesmaid but not the bride on the last two challenges, when I started thinking about one of their new neighbors and [...]

WHOOSH! (Who was that masked knitter?)

Okay, so maybe I’m not masked, but I’m been blazing through a lot of projects lately. I think it’s mostly because of my new job. It’s incredibly boring, non-stimulating in any way. I have almost no interaction with people, and all I do is open mail and pull and file check stubs. YAWN. Like I [...]

And now, back to our program.

I’ve had a few side projects that have gotten me off track of me doing the projects I have in my personal cue that I’ve wanted to do. First, I had a request to do some more wrist warmers for my net-friend, Molly. I made some for her a little while ago, and she “commissioned” [...]

have camera, will post

I finally replaced my camera.  I got my new one today, so I am going to start documenting my spinning and knitting projects today.  Or tomorrow.  Soon.  Mariah is coming along,  I am working on the hood, and after that I need to seam it up and figure out the closure- I don’t think I [...]

Talk about your Extreme Knitting.

Now, I’m one that sometimes like extreme things. While I can’t actually do it, I love extreme martial arts, (more specifically XMA). I like the Billy Joel song, “I Go To Extremes.” But this– THIS– my knitting friends, takes the cake. This is not for the faint of heart, or for those prone to carpal [...]

I’m knitting again.

Part of my new year goalsetting thing was to start knitting and blogging about knitting again. I’m starting out lite, getting back into a feather and fan scarf out of handpainted yarn. I’m not sure if the yarn and the pattern look all that great together; the pattern looks better in stripes and solids and [...]

long time and all that

really, i am still here.  and still knitting.  i swear.  i just, well, have been mired in life.  and writer’s block.
right now i have mariah still on the needles.  it is the sweater that will never be finished.  ever.  i need to finish the hood, and it will be done.  i might actually work on [...]