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Featherweight Cardigan

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

After all of the whining about how I can’t seem to knit anything correctly, you may be surprised to learn that I’m in the process of knitting another project, Hannah Fettig’s Featherweight Cardigan.  I blame Lee and her Featherweight Cardigan.
I tried very hard not to spend any money on this new knitting venture. The good [...]

a surprise present! for me!

Monday, January 11th, 2010

So… 
My close friend Lee , the knitting queen, recently wrote a blog post referencing my fit of I-don’t-know-what-to-do-with-this-Get-it-out-of-my-house. 
I had given her a bag full of Blue Heron Silk Rayon yarn, in various stages of knittedness.  The back story here is that I had splurged on this yarn for my birthday, intending to knit a sweater [...]

weekend progress

Monday, November 10th, 2008

I’m still enjoying my time away from work, but have I made any progress on my ambitious creativity plan this weekend?

Well, here’s a story of my weekend knitting experience in pictures.

I found a wonderful hat pattern on the internet (Anise’s Braided Hat)  and decided to knit one for myself using Mission Falls 1824 Wool (merino [...]

what happened here?

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

In honor of our travels to Arizona, I started knitting a sock.  
I know I complain about how I really don’t like knitting…and how many projects I have…and, oh, poor, poor overwhelmed me… 
…but I had to forget about all of this because I needed something to occupy my mind during the flight.  This project also has the added [...]

teeny tiny wrap sweater

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

The little wrap sweater is finished!  Keith really has a gift for finishing sweaters nicely.  In fact, he can even do this without using the four-letter words that usually emerge when a person (me) sits down with five pieces of knitting and a thin piece of yarn.    Come to think of it, maybe that’s why he’s [...]

blog identity crisis

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

I’ve been reluctant to post this week because I think I’m in the middle of a blog identity crisis.  I look at the previous posts and it appears that for the past month this blog has morphed into a knitting blog.  How did this happen?  
Let me think…
One of the reasons that the knitting is so pervasive [...]

Cabled Sweater for Tiny D

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Cabled Sweater for Tiny D
Originally uploaded by distracted muse

I’ve been so bogged down with work, class, physical therapy and other things that I haven’t had a chance to upload any of the pictures of my most recent crafty distractions.
I’ve finished knitting this sweater for Tiny D. Now I’ve got to scrape together time to block [...]

freeform knitting progress

Friday, November 30th, 2007

I’ve made some progress on the freeform knitting project since my first post.   I’ve changed my initial idea somewhat and have decided to make this a freeform sweater/jacket (this will be larger than my initial wrap sweater idea).  I think that the jacket pattern that J. made for me will create a nice shape for the [...]

The Lace Sweater

Friday, November 16th, 2007

The Lace Sweater
Originally uploaded by distracted muse

While I’m at it, I thought I’d post a picture of a sweater I designed & knit. This sweater was the result of knitting and unraveling a cotton/silk sweater twice (the yarn has since been wound back into balls and banished to a bin in my closet). I became [...]

Happy Birthday to Keith!

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Whew!  We’ve had an incredibly busy week and weekend.  The most important thing I have to share today is the celebration of my dear husband’s birthday yesterday (October 23).  Happy birthday to Keith!!
Here’s a picture of one of Keith’s birthday presents… socks!  

 
I believe I’ve mentioned that I’m a reluctant knitter, so these socks, knit on [...]

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