March 29, 2010
holiday wheel
my holiday wheel by spinaway is on its way. i should see her in person next monday. here are some pictures norm sent me:
here are the 1938 maple boards she was made from:
she'll be accompanying me on the cruise!
March 27, 2010
necklace to be made
need to string a multi-strand necklace to match my new shawl:
hunting and gathering
in the process of hunting down and gathering all the materials for the beading portion of my cruise vacation:
March 18, 2010
March 14, 2010
february lady sweater
february lady sweater by pamela wynne (based on elizabeth zimmermann's classic "february baby sweater" from Knitter's Almanac)
noro yuzen yarn (56% wool, 34% silk, 10% kid mohair), color no. 7, lot no. b, size 8 circular needles
March 09, 2010
not blocked yet
stayed up late last night to finish knitting this, mostly because i needed to know if i was going to run out of yarn before my last stitch.
the tiny ball of yarn in this picture is all that is left:
i had to rip out the border early on because my needle slipped out and by the time i grabbed it back, several stitches had become long hanging threads -- no hope of picking up any dropped stitches:
March 05, 2010
sparkly goodness in the making
one of the goodies i picked up at stitches west last weekend was a kit to make zephyr's shawl by lauren scarpo with hand-dyed yarns from great adirondack yarn co. by brigette raydams; kit colorway - watercolors:
March 01, 2010
oooh ahhh
it's a little bigger than i had imagined but i'm getting comfortable with it already. i may eventually move the living room around but for now, i'll just sit and enjoy:
