Knit/Wit

Before you read any further, a note about the sweater pictures below. I really wanted to get some good natural light shots, but the weather ...

The Marilyn sweater for my coworker is almost done -- almost, I tell you! The other night I finished sewing up the sleeve hems and weaving i...

Pattern : Jaywalker by Grumperina (September 2005 MagKnits ) Yarn : Regia 4fadig Mini Ringel (75% wool, 25% polyamide), color 5220, two sk...

Forgive the boring title; I've been a bit under the weather the past few days and it's all I could come up with right now. So as far...

I am back from Chicago -- actually, I've been back for a full day. I was supposed to fly back this afternoon, but they were calling for ...

marf noun : man scarf In the absence of my resident male model, the bannister will have to do. Pattern : Mistake Stitch Ribbing (CO multipl...

There has been much talk 'round the internets about yarn diets and knitting from one's stash and so forth -- some of said talk has e...

I am a very bad knitter. Why, you ask? Simple: today I cheated on my yarn diet. In my defense, the yarn I purchased today is not really for ...

Friday evening, just before we went out for dinner, J received an e-mail from some friends of ours, announcing the birth of their son. As so...

I have been tagged for a meme by Cara , who has given me the letter J. The meme involves getting a letter and then listing 10 things/themes/...

Now that the new year has officially begun, I thought it only appropriate to take a look in the stash to see just what it is I have to work ...

2006 has been quite a prolific year for this knitter, if I do say so myself. Looking back through the archives, I've impressed myself wi...

Finished, a mere 7.5 hours before the ball drops: Pattern: Broad Street Mittens (fall '02 Knitty) by Janis Cortese Yarn: Dale of Norw...

My poor, lonely Pomatomus is lonely no more! Pattern : Pomatomus (winter '05 Knitty) by Cookie Yarn: Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock (...

Can't believe it's already been a week since my last post. Odd that when I'm on vacation, with plenty of time to blog, I seem to...

Last night, in the cafe of the Barnes & Noble at the Waterworks mall, there occurred a gathering of sheep: Just kidding! There were inde...

If you've been paying attention to the calendar, you already know that tomorrow night -- that would be Wednesday, December 20 -- is the ...

It's Sunday evening and J is already back in Chicago, having only arrived home on Friday afternoon. Fortunately he was home long enough ...

At work, this week has been dragging on, so I feel like I've barely been home. I've been planning this blog post for at least two da...

Despite the fact that J and I spent much of the weekend running around (I'll get to why in a minute), I was incredibly prolific in terms...