But first, a little post-mortem on my bigfoot socks...It took 3 weeks of concentrated (aka monogamous) knitting but I finally finished the Ribbed Bigfoot Socks for my daughter's boyfriend.Final stats: 3 full skeins of Paton's Kroy FX minus 10 yards. Now that's what I call cutting it close. When I got to the toe decreases… Continue reading Finding a Needle in a Haystack

Okay, maybe that is an exaggeration, but I am knitting the largest socks in my personal history.A little background: my daughter's boyfriend has been known to glance sideways at me as I knit. He'll then, not so innocently, ask "whatcha knittin'?" I've caught on to this game of his, so I say "socks", at which… Continue reading I think I found Sasquatch!

Now that the holidays are behind me, I am digging from under a pile of junk that was stashed in my 'office' at home--Christmas presents, empty boxes, wrapping supplies. I have started the never-ending re-organization of my yarn, fiber and tools. The current plan is to donate my small sofa sleeper to a local charity… Continue reading Happy 2013!

With all the hub-bub of Christmas and the holiday season in general, a couple of the ladies in my Wednesday night knit group came up with the brilliant idea of taking a short yarn-y respite right before Christmas involving a day-long road trip to a wonderful little yarn shop about 90 minutes east of us.… Continue reading A Yarny Road Trip

Christmas is about a month away and boy, this joint is jumping!I started the traveling sock KAL on Ravelry on the Knitters Brewing Co Sock-a-holics forum. There are 8 knitters in a circle. Each person starts by knitting their toes. Then you send those toes to the next person in the circle, who will knit… Continue reading Can you smell the fires burning?

Since we celebrate Thanksgiving in November, it seemed appropriate to give thanks for all the blessings I received during this often trying year.2012 saw the loss of my dad and the loss of my job.But with the bad comes the good. It also saw my 30th wedding anniversary. 2012 brought a new adventure for my… Continue reading A time to give thanks

Wow, September flew by and here it is mid-October already! Guess I need to get back on a blogging schedule :)This year it is truly Sock-tober for me. I have completed the pair of Jay Walkers I began in August and have started a pair of On Hold socks (pattern by Wendy Johnson).  Both are stash-busters… Continue reading October? No, it’s SOCK-tober!

Unemployment kicked my butt. There I said it. Having no distinct purpose for 3 months sounded like a sweet deal but in reality it bites. Sure lots of knitting time -- and there was some of that. Lots of spinning time -- well, I really haven't put out the wheel in more than a month,… Continue reading A New Me

A few posts ago I lamented on my lack of knitting mojo. Seemed that whatever I started I screwed up or didn't like. It all started with a pair of socks I was trying to knit out of Aslan Trends Santa Fe (that skein is still in time out btw). I moved on to a… Continue reading I think I’m in love (again)

In conjunction with the annual Tour de France, Ravelry conducts it's own spinning event called Tour de Fleece. The object is to challenge yourself to spin every day that the riders ride, only breaking stride on the days that the actual riders have a day off.Today, July 10, is day 11 of the TdF. I… Continue reading Tour de Fleece 2012