We’re (knock on wood) closing on our first house this Friday, and hopefully will have internet set up the following week, so things will be (more or less) business as usual by then. (:
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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Just A Few Pictures
October 19, 2008 – 2:37 pm
Just a few pictures!
Shot of a bit of the horseshoe section of the Orkney Pi shawl I’ve been working on in the new lace weight:
Two of the other lace weights:
And the bamboo yarns!
(Two colors in this next one.)
And in honor of the University of Texas, this one is ‘Hook’em Horns!’:
(I love Hook’em Horns, but I [...]
When It Rains…
October 17, 2008 – 1:33 pm
We’ve been moving. Halfway across the country. Day three of the driving, a kind Raveler lets me know that the shopping cart is malfunctioning. Oh boy.
We’ve only had brief chances to connect to the internet. I don’t have ANY of the backup files for the shop on the laptop. All of those are on my [...]
These Socks Are Cursed
October 8, 2008 – 11:03 am
This was my living room the day before the movers arrived.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t fit it all into the footlocker. The new bulky and worsteds had to be wrapped up in a plastic bag and packed. The new lace weight, the bamboo and cotton yarns are happily wrapped up and locked away in the footlocker, however. [...]
Lace Weight: Pink Pearl Swatch
October 3, 2008 – 5:13 pm
Sat down and swatched the new lace weight, to get a feel for what needle size to use. Decided to see how it looked on US 3’s.
Not too shabby! Those are Six inch needles, Knit Picks, getting about 7 sts per inch. I have to admit that I was a bit worried the yarn would [...]