Over the Holiday season, I made quite a few gifts. This was a stash-busting project for me, and i tried to pair up remnant yarn balls that worked well together. Some of those gifts were lace shawls. After the Shawl Wars I was part of earlier in 2010, I became enamored of the Dover Castle [...]
Tags: angora, diet, gifts, Knitting, lace, shawls, stashbusting, thrift
Last night I had a dream. This dream involved many things, but the part I remember the most vividly is picking up a half-finished lace wrap that I was working on and showing it to my mother. Somehow the lace looked perfectly blocked already, despite the project being unfinished. She ooh’d and aah’d over it [...]
Tags: conventions, diet, dreams, lace, mystery, pattern, stash, UFO, yarn
Two projects I haven’t mentioned in awhile: My lace virgin project is coming along nicely! I’m about 80% done with it, and am on the last ball of yarn. I’m finally good enough at it that I’ve stopped forgetting YOs and don’t need the lifelines as much. I’ve got the hang of the pattern and [...]
Tags: blocking, diet, labels, lace, mystery, pattern, stash, sweater, UFO, yarn
Going through some nooks and crannies, I found this free-form scarflett-ish-thingy with outrageous fringe that I never figured out what to do with. I guess I can put some buttons on it and make it into a neck wrap! By buttons, of course, I mean large beads. Once I sew these puppies in with some [...]
Tags: creativity, diet, handmade, mystery, stash, UFO, wool, wtf, yarn
So, I’m doing the thing that everyone says you shouldn’t do. I’m making a sweater out of Alpaca. See the thing is that I love soft, bulky yarn. Alpaca is wonderfully soft. Not terribly elastic, so not great for a sweater with elaborate designs, but this one is plain stockinette with stripes. Of course that [...]
Tags: alpaca, clapotis, diet, geek, lessons, needles, new knitters, Organization, pattern, selfish, stash, sweater, yarn
Okay okay okay, I KNOW I still have to cast off, but the first sock is essentially done. Just a little more ribbing on the turn, then a CO. I’m debating making an I-cord with pompoms for the top to make it even more Jayne-y. I never realized how incredibly warm handknit wool socks could [...]
It’s getting warm out, which means people are cleaning out their closets! The thrift stores are just booming with sweaters right about now. I really shouldn’t be looking for more because of my diet, but I just hate the thought of all that lovely yarn going to waste. I want to see what everyone is [...]
I really want to experiment with different techniques for knitting socks, but summer convention season is coming up. Since I also sell geekery-related items at anime/sci-fi cons, I have to put aside my obsessive knitting for a bit and focus on making stock for the other business. I have a little less than 2 months [...]
Tags: conventions, diet, dyeing, Etsy, geek, handmade, hoarding, selfish, socks, stash, wool, yarn
I finished a project! The crochet baby blanket I was making for Michelle is finally done. There’s some weirdness going on there with the hood and the (incomplete) edging, but I decided I’m done with it, so I’m done. You know what that means…according to my Diet, I get to start another project now! This [...]
Tags: diet, dyeing, KnitPicks, mistakes, selfish, socks, wool, yarn
Today I photographed all of the additional yarn I have gotten since my last adventure with my Ravelry stash. (I’m CandyCornStudios on Ravelry, in case you were wondering.) WOW. Most of this is stuff I picked up from my mother. Much of it is unlabeled, which is kind of a pain. However, I’m putting in [...]
Tags: diet, labels, mystery, Organization, Ravelry, stash, yarn
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