No, really.
A trip to Michaels, a crochet hook, a peek at youtube and ravelry: violà! instant necklace. It took a couple of hours, start to finish. Much faster than the socks I’d been planning.
ETA: I used 26-gauge wire — not sterling silver, which I hope won’t be an issue for the recipient — and a [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 31, 2009
easiest gift ever
March 25, 2009
a quick one, while he’s away
Because I should be getting back to work.
Before I do, here’s another finished Ishbel:
This time, I used some super duper indieknits 100% superwash merino in spring river with some leftover Araucania Ranco Multy (color 312) to finish off. The indieknits yarn is so soft and so very very green. I’m not sure adding the power [...]
March 24, 2009
typical
Halfway through chart D. Going to run out of yarn (indieknits 100% superwash merino [approx 440 yds], color: spring river). <sigh>
It’s my own fault. I got cocky. Having seen Brainylady’s version, I decided to adopt her apparently common mods (size large stockinette portion, size small charts) without really thinking about gauge or needle size. So [...]
March 23, 2009
Federbruch : finished
Although my spring break did not turn out to be the wildly productive fiesta of literary insight I had hoped for, it did produce a lovely (and large) Ishbel.
The knitting is very straightforward, which did not stop me from starting over twice. Once due to gauge issues: US9/5.5mm needles seemed to produce a too dense [...]
March 19, 2009
Federbruch
Back during the 2005/06 academic year, when I was teaching the beginning German sequence, a weekly journal-writing exercise was inflicted on the students. Well, really, on both sides of the equation, as the instructors had to read and comment on the usually less-than-coherent insights. In German, of course. Come March, I suddenly began to receive [...]
March 16, 2009
novelty songs
According to Ravelry, I finished these socks 11 days ago. Bad blogger.
go with the flow, originally uploaded by katie:m.
pattern: go with the flow
yarn: Koigu KPPPM p131 (?), 2 skeins
needles: US2/2.75mm circs
mods: funky toe because I was not paying attention
They are the latest in my series of paired-off single socks; indeed, my endeavors in sock match-making [...]
March 10, 2009
darn rabbit hole
I keep finding new ones. And then falling down them. That makes it seem much more intentional than it is, though. I usually only notice when I attempt to grope my way out.
masonic lodge socks, originally uploaded by katie:m.
Why are they never useful, productive holes? I am no forrader than a handful of nerdy put [...]
