I’m Just a Knit Machine…
… and I won’t knit for nobody but me.You know, like the song… Love Machine… anyway.. that’s me, lately, working for nobody but me. I am finally making Georgia by…
50mm | knitting | photography
Finishing School
Finishing School, by Katie Canavan, was full of finishing techniques, yet, somehow, really fun. And I truly hate finishing. Finishing causes migraines and mood swings. But everything was just clicking along…
Miles to Knit Before I Sleep…
… miles of stockinette, that is, to knit before I sleep. The Roxborough Dolman, from Courtney Kelley, looks like a wardrobe staple. It’s easy, mindless, stockinette that gives you…
50mm | craft | knitting | photography
My Holla Back Tank
I finished. The Holla Back Tank is a design from Emma Welford that actually had me knitting lace. I don’t see myself as a lace sort of girl. There are…
Moving Along
Just a little more Knitalong action here. I’ve finished the back of the Holla Back Tank, seamed the shoulders with three needle bind off, and am about to block…
50mm | family | knitting | parenting | photography | thinking out loud
A Little Motivational Speech for Me
… because I’m a homemaker and much of what I make each day gets “unmade” by evening. I have to remember that “being there” for your family is often immeasurable and…
50mm | craft | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud
Hehehe
It could be the sound of an evil, mastermind, rubbing his hands together in anticipation of a patiently prepared plan being, finally, executed. Or it could be the sound of…
50mm | knitting | linkage | parenting | photography | thinking out loud
Back to Normal
This week I got behind on… everything. I could list all of the things vying for my time: the boring and the fantastic, but I can sum it up with…
50mm | animals | craft | knitting | photography
A Little Progress
I’m fighting the urge to re-knit this knit along tank a size larger. I know stockinette curls under and that I’ll be adding edging and a band to the bottom,…
50mm | knitting | linkage | stuff | thinking out loud
My Back- to – School Supplies
I only had two things on my personal list: mustard colored jeans and a real knitting bag. I’ve been knitting since my son was something like a year and a…