Posted in Books, Knitting, Work in Progress on August 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
It was either Monday or Tuesday that I got it in my head to start looking around for yarn to make Alice. I went to Micheal’s first and looked at the yarn, mostly the Lion Brand Cotton-Ease. At first I wanted to make it red and black like the pattern, but Cotton-Ease has charcoal, not [...]
Posted in Crochet, Knitting, Work in Progress on August 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I found out a week or so ago that my sister-in-law is pregnant, due in March. I had decided that I would make a baby blanket if either of my sisters, or in-laws, had a baby, so I’m trying to decide what I want to do. I’ve thought about the star baby blanket, and the [...]
Posted in Crochet, Finished Objects, Yarn on August 10, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The only thing I don’t like about the sweater is it’s name. I’m not sure why.
I finished it earlier today. It’s in Bernat Super Value Ombres Mountain Lake Ombre (which is a very soft acrylic), and it took 4 skeins, less than a quarter of the fourth one. I made the large size, but took [...]
Posted in Crochet, Knitting, Patterns, Work in Progress on August 8, 2007 | No Comments »
I frogged the raglan. Yes, again.
This is the yarn that first was going to be Under the Hoodie (it came out too boxy and big, and I didn’t like the hood or pocket), then a modified Kyoto (it was going well until I discovered that I did something wrong with the top part, and there [...]
Posted in Finished Objects, Knitting, Weather Complaint on August 3, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I went to Micheal’s Arts and Crafts the other day in search of yarn in yellow and two shades of green, to make a modified Sheldon. The yellow was for the main body, so it’d be Tama, the hot springs turtle from the manga/anime Love Hina.
I wanted to use Cotton-Ease since I love that yarn, [...]
