Category Archives: knitting

Window Dressing

AJ helped me to set up my dis­play at Uncom­mon Grounds Saratoga. I’m still not super excited about it. I didn’t bring the best fab­rics with me, and I think I could have made much bet­ter use of the space with some­thing drapier. Not sure what else I have in my fab­ric stash that I

This week’s project, completed.

Behold: my first ever com­pleted pair of adult-size socks. I’ve made one pair of baby socks, but this was more ambi­tious. I think they turned out accept­able. I wouldn’t inflict them on any­one else, but I will wear them with pride and snug­gles.
For the knit­ters in the crowd: this is all Lion Wool-Ease worsted (80%

Visual Week(s) in Review

Visual Week in Review

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Knitting School with the Northrups

It’s nice to be able to talk knit­ting with my mom. (She’ll start list­ing on Etsy soon.) I made a few Uno­rig­i­nal Hats because hat sea­son is com­ing soon, and Mom liked mine so much that she decided to buy the nee­dles and yarn to make her own. So far, it isn’t going well.
She mostly works

Visual Week In Review

Lots of knit­ting, not much trav­el­ing this week.

Watch out, Internet

I have a new dig­i­tal cam­era now. I can post pic­tures of my knit­ting on the Inter­net when­ever I want, and you all are pow­er­less to stop me! POWERLESS!
Well, I guess you could just stop read­ing.
These, inci­den­tally, are knit­ted dish/washcloths, whichever you pre­fer. I made almost all of these while watch­ing “The Wire” — my

If anyone needs slippers, I can TOTALLY hook you up now.

I’m just going to bed now. (6:12a)
Was I out all night par­ty­ing? Stayed at my favorite bar until I got thrown out? Am I just drag­ging myself home from an ill-advised hookup?
No, um, I got really excited about a knit­ting project that I started tonight, and stayed up late to fin­ish it.
…I do sort of like

On knitting and dinosaurs

AJ and I have a par­tic­u­lar and inim­itable way of talk­ing to each other. Or maybe it’s just that when I talk to her, I pick up some of her more enter­tain­ing ver­bal tics.
AJ: “What would the life form do in a tran­quil­ized body?“
“Well, it might take up knit­ting – noth­ing more vio­lent than that.“
– Kirk