Remember how I ran out of yarn before I finished my first Toddler sweater? Well, I found the right colorway on eBay. Not the same dye-lot, but it doesn’t seem to matter in this case, so now the sweater is perfect! And now I need to find something to do with the [...]
Archive for February, 2008
An eBay Miracle
Posted in Knitting and crochet, Toddler sweaters on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Perfect Knitting Bag
Posted in Einstein Jacket, Knitting and crochet, tagged knitting bag, offhand designs, zelda on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know, I know . . . you don’t really need a special bag to carry your knitting. I have been carrying my knitting around the house in a basket, and taking my sock projects in a tote bag so I can work on them while waiting to pick up my children from dance [...]
A pair of socks!
Posted in Knitting and crochet, Socks on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have finished my first pair of socks! I made the second slightly larger because the first was a but short for my daughter, and that made the striping of the yarn different, but she loves them and that’s all that matters
The dangers of transcription
Posted in Genealogy research on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know this is old news to anyone conducting genealogical research; the trouble with transcribing names written in elaborate handwriting in a census or other source, or even worse—-relying on a printed index based on someone else’s transcriptions! But in my family, there is one specific ancestor who was a victim of mis-transcription so [...]
Einstein coat
Posted in Einstein Jacket, Knitting and crochet on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now I’m starting on a huge project; the Einstein coat from book one of The Knitting Experience by Sally Melville. It has taken me about 6 hours to get this approximately 17″ x 9″ piece of the bottom “skirt”. So, I figure I have at least 48 hours of knitting to go (yikes).
This [...]
Yes, I have a sock!
Posted in Knitting and crochet, Socks on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yippee, I did it—I finished a sock! And, it even almost fits my daughter’s foot. Unfortunately, the next one needs to be a little bigger.
I might end up with socks after all!
Posted in Knitting and crochet, Socks on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The socks are starting to look like socks! It has taken a lot of ripping as I figured out the directions for turning the heel, and switched to an easier ribbing for the leg so I wouldn’t keep losing my place.
The end is in sight, at least for one half of the pair!
Pink sweater modeled
Posted in Knitting and crochet, Toddler sweaters on February 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is my two-year-old modeling the pink Toddler Jacket!
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