All I want for Christmas is an Alpaca
I have officially started Christmas knitting. The counter on the left tells me I’d better get my butt in gear. I’m not sure how much I’ll actually be able to do this year because of personal commitments and trying to keep my hands healthy, but I’d feel better if I …
2 little stitches
What’s this you say? Two lonely little stitches. Runaway’s? Prison Break wanna be’s?
Nothing like dropping two stitches in a lace piece and NOT EVEN NOTICING!
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A+B=Done first clue
I have never frogged so much in my life. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing incorrect about the charts, it’s just how my brain and fingers don’t always speak the same language. Throw in chart symbols and you’ve got a lotta frogging to be done.
I got to row 71 …
A is for Alpaca
I have a new love in my life….Alpaca
I fell in love with it while knitting the Einstein coat. I didn’t particularly enjoy that project (felt like I was knitting 90 lbs of wool all at once), but I loved the wool I bought from Knitpicks. I have had several chances to wear my sweater and it keeps me toasty down to 5C.
I went to the Creative Sewing and Needlework Festival yesterday and because roving doesn’t count to the Knit Your Stash challenge (which I freely admit I’m failing miserably), I stopped by the Green Acres Alpaca Farm booth.