12 Hours And Counting

I’m grouchy. I’m irritable. I am cranky. Twelve and a half hours without a cigarette. Yes, I have the patch on, and it seems to do a fairly good job until I take a drink of black coffee. I normally don’t drink black coffee, normally, I have delicious and fattening mochas. I knew if I [...]

Procrastination

I’m procrastinating here. I’m very good at procrastinating, I have a natural talent for it, and I almost have achieved perfection in this area in my life. Why am I telling you this? Because I don’t have photos to show today. I was supposed to have some felted slippers to show off, and I don’t.What [...]

Socks For Christine, And No One Else

Here they are, in their finished and comfy glory. Cascading Leaves, done in Melanie hand dyed yarn. I’m very pleased with this pattern. I did carry the lace pattern a little too far on the foot, but I was following directions for the toe according to the pattern. I think next time, I will stick [...]

Socks For Christine, Almost

This past Christmas, Melanie sent me some gorgeous hand dyed sock yarn as a special gift. She had a very unique way of packaging it that had me laughing.

I love the color that she created, but I have had a bit of a problem. I wanted to make a pair of special socks. Socks that [...]

Reports of My Untimely Demise Have Been Highly Over-Exaggerated

Yes, I will explain the title in just a little bit, until then, hang on, grab a cup of whatever you like and let’s catch up. Trust me, it’s been an interesting week……Let’s go back to last Friday afternoon when I received a wonderful package from Delia. Delia was a bit of a stinker (and [...]

Sock Knitter Secrets

Okay, I have this hair-brained idea that I want to learn how to design socks. I understand basic sock construction knit from the cuff to toe, even have figured out a basic sock formula and now I am appealing to those of you who knit socks for your secrets and preferences. Those of you who [...]