the life and times of a domestic diva extraordinaire
Posted in Knitting on Aug 25th, 2008
You can’t take yourself too seriously when you enter things in the fair. See those two sweaters above? The one above is simple garter. In other words, plain. Yes, there are color changes, but they are at the end of the row. Very simple. The other is knit with fine yarn and has perfectly executed […]
Posted in Knitting on Aug 16th, 2008
Swatching for a new project with a knitting bag full of yarn. This is what weekends are supposed to be all about.
Posted in Knitting on Jul 17th, 2008
When I saw this project featured over at Knit Picks, I fell in love. Not only did I love the shape of the bag and how they used entrelac to do it, I absolutely loved the colors. Except for one. Fern. An ugly green. I’m not much for green, much less ugly green. So I […]
Posted in Knitting on Jun 29th, 2008
You don’t have to spend much time in the knitting world to hear someone mention their stash. Stash would be yarn purchased but not yet knit, of course. And it doesn’t matter what your hobby is – scrapbooking, sewing, cooking – hobbies seem to bring with them a collection of materials used to carry out […]
Posted in Knitting on Jun 23rd, 2008
These potholders are on there way to a dear friend who will be surprised and [hopefully!] delighted to receive them. She spends a lot of time outdoors, and the colors in this yarn make me think of her. They are made with dishcloth cotton. Double-knit. Loosely based on Elizabeth Zimmermann’s pattern in her Knitter’s Almanac. […]
Posted in Knitting on May 21st, 2008
Red is a very difficult color to photograph. I took sixteen shots of this piece of knitting. The ones you don’t see here (save one) were deleted. Yup. That bad. Our blue couch simply is not a good background for photographing red. It may look pretty sitting there, but the camera does not do it […]