It’s time for an FO (finished object, for all you non-knitters who read this site)! I started this scarf A FULL YEAR AGO, when I was off work recovering from my surgery. It’s knitted with the South West Trading Company Pure soy silk yarn, which is luxuriously soft and plied in three lovely colours to…
Category: Knitscapades
High in fibre
One of the small knitting projects I’ve been doing periodically over the last few weeks are knitted cupcakes. I originally started making them one night before going to visit an out of town friend, hoping to give them to her daughter, but I only got one done, and it seemed weird to gift just one….
Crafty business
I finally made some headway in addressing a backlog of Ravelry stash updates, and downloaded about 4Gs of photos into Aperture over the last couple evenings. The photos are from all sorts of events and happenings, but I’ve been extraordinarily negligent lately of managing my Ravelry stuff, which is very unlike me. Have I mentioned…
Completely out of season
Well I managed to get some knitting done this past weekend, at the cottage, where it got down to MINUS THREE DEGREES on Sunday night. Sheesh. I was freaking out about my tomatoes at home because even Toronto had a risk of frost. Thankfully I was able to reach someone with a key to move…
Finally some knitting content
I don’t know why lately but knitting has been super low on the priority list lately. Maybe its gardening season, maybe its utter exhaustion due to my job. Normally the knitting helps with stress but I’ve been rather disinterested in it lately. I’m sure this will change once we head off to the cottage next…
Toronto Craft Alert says “Get Er Done”
We all have them. Those half-done crafty bits. Singleton socks. Lonely mittens. Half-done scarfs. I have the following abandoned lonely sock: Well the good people at Toronto Craft Alert have a give-away contest underway right now to help inspire you to GET ER DONE! There are a multitude of ways to enter, including not only…
Valentine lovin’ at the cottage
We’re at the cottage this weekend, taking advantage of the new Family Day holiday Monday to enjoy the calm, relaxing settings on a thawing Gull River. It is super sunny this weekend so after I change out of my jammies I just might have to go for a walk. Zeus and I were already out…
24 hours later, yet another hat
This hat marks the completion of all requested projects – if you don’t count the asks I’ve had for the adult viking hat. My mama asked me to make her a hat, and yesterday while rummaging about at Romni Wools on Queen Street I found some lovely Malabrigo in my mother’s exact colours – rich…
Do you see a pattern emerging here?
I’ve been knitting up a storm the last couple of weeks, and I think a lot of it has to do with a sudden infatuation with hats. They make for nearly instant gratification projects, since they can be completed in as little as one weekend. I have to thank Michelle for this sudden spurt of…
Feeling human again
Hello world! Sorry I’ve been away. I would like to tell you I’ve been up to lots of interesting things but the reality is that I’ve been laying in a dark room in agony for the last 48 hours. I caught a cold over the weekend which by Tuesday had me feeling like I was…