Monthly Archives: May 2006

If anyone wants to be a test knitter, I’ve finally gone & written up the cosmos flower pillow pattern I created for the Knitting Olympics. You can see a picture in this recent post. Send me an email at nservant … Continue reading →

I’ve been working kind of feverishly on a peach-coloured Reid cardigan (from Knitty) for Zoé. I did a little mental math yesterday and figured out that I’ve had the cotton I’m using for about 10 years – some of the … Continue reading →

So today, perhaps inspired by Eunny’s post on blocking, I decided to finally get around to blocking my Diamond Fantasy Shawl. I knit it with some very very very fine black lambswool (825 yards/60 grams). It was a challenge, but … Continue reading →

The Diamond Fantasy Shawl won’t be coming out to Guild tonight because it still hasn’t been blocked. Why? Oh, just because. I could blame it on the intended blocking surface (guest bed) being occupied this past weekend, but that just … Continue reading →

…the wool will come After helping to organize knitting sessions at work every other Thursday lunch, it seems the message has got out that I’m a bit of an avid knitter. Yesterday a co-worker approached me asking if I’d be … Continue reading →

After finishing Odessa (now delivered to the yarn store), I still had quite a bit of the teal left over and a tiny bit of yellow. Since it’s both acrylic and lovely to the touch, I thought I’d make it … Continue reading →

After finishing the baby cardigan, now I had a little bit of yellow and a whole lot of teal left. I wanted to use it up. I vaguely remembered seeing something in the LYS about a chemo cap competition (whoa! … Continue reading →