It’s been a frenzy of knitting chez Stashaholic. I’m on a mission to finish up WIPs so it’s been a bit of a blur. Apologies in advance to those on dialup – this is a biggie!
Of course what’s Christmas without a little bling?
Today marked the celebration of the 2nd birthday of my home away from home, The Purple Purl. It’s been a whacky two years involving me crocheting 6 ft snowflakes that almost killed me by causing an
allergic asthma attack, knitterly road trips (usually involving beverages of an adult nature) …
THE
FINAL INSPECTION
The soldier stood and faced God, Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his …
read the freaking instructions….
I am in the process of frogging 8″ of the sleeve on my Mondo cable cardi. This pattern has caused me a great deal of teeth gnashing and second guessing of my knitterly abilities because of my “creative interpretation” of the instructions. …
Yesterday some 20 knitters gathered to celebrate the completion of our first Knit-Along at The Purple Purl. There were actually almost 70 that knitted the February Lady pattern , so I’m not sure where the rest were, but we certainly did represent the spectrum of colour, …
For those doing the knit-along, don’t read if you don’t want to see clue one and two.
I don’t usually do mystery knitting (having more than once been disappointed with the final design once revealed). So I peaked ahead at the socks being done with this one, and fell in …
Now this is what laundry lines were designed for….
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Today it’s lovely – 22C and sunny and all is well with my little world. I’ll make an honest effort to blog more. I’ve been suffering from the “blue widgets” as we used to call it when I was a young child…but I’m feeling much better these days.
I …
My February Lady is complete. But she didn’t have buttons. I needed The Perfect Buttons… I dreamt of The Perfect Buttons. I thought of The Perfect Buttons while brushing my teeth, while making my lunch, while doing dishes, while sleeping…and so I surfed the Interweb for The Perfect Buttons. Alas …
I’ve never been to a Crochet Guild of America conference before, but since it was a hop skip and a jump away, I couldn’t resist.
So along with my friends Maggie, Gisele and Pirkko, we hit the road early Friday morning. A few shopping side trips later we arrived in Buffalo. …