Knitting! Plus some gardening, cocktails, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
My Socktober left a little to be desired in terms of new sock creations: Just one sock for me. I either have to knit the second or hop. I loved knitting this sock, it’s just that October was very busy and hectic with things like …
Much knitting has taken place here at chez Molecular Knitting, but before we get to that I have an update from Wisconsin. Faithful readers will remember that in September I sent Mom some feltable yarn for knitting cat beds. Well, after knitting and felting a …
First, thank you to all the readers that left such nice comments about my sock yarn stash. Someday I hope to show socks out of it all. Second, I can knit again!! My shoulder and arm took their sweet time, but they did unkink and …
Apparently, Sunday I slept “wrong” at least my left shoulder and arm seem to think so. They have decided that they have been abused and have a compressed ulnar nerve that makes knitting hurt (and everything else that requires an opposable thumb). Therefore, I have …
Much as I have enjoyed knitting my friend Nancy a pair of socks, it seemed that the knitting would never be completed. I’d like to be able to give the gift, not just “make progress.” But now, although they need a bath before giving, the …
Yesterday, I promised to show the buttons I bought for my lilac La Gran cardigan. I must say that I am quite pleased with myself. I usually don’t do this well at shopping. They are made of Czech glass (if you know beads, you know …
Naturally, the plan includes socks. I joined Socktoberfest, and I just managed to post my first photo to the Flickr group. It’s an FO! I finally finished the Rib and Cable Socks in CTH Supersock Potluck Brights! They were great socks to knit, but they …
Today’s WIPs are one that is really a pseudo-WIP, some previous and still WIPs, and a new, exciting WIP (at least for me). First up, the pseudo-WIP. I have two balls of aqua La Gran from my stash that I thought might make a nice …