Great Towering Textiles

One finished, two not. One Hedera, two Jaywalker. One without heel and gusset, two with. AND BESIDES which, I give you a view so far of the ...

I tried to carve out some me time this weekend. There was graduation, after all, so that sucks up a fair bit of time and energy. "Me ti...

Hedera is past the heel turn and onto the gusset. Enjoyable knit. Enjoyable yarn. The Jaywalker trudges along. Discovered (or discovered,...

I gathered up books to drop off at the library (overdue by a day), a couple of which were knitting books which I will check out again. Stil...

It's not the wool. Funny, though, three people yesterday asked me if knitted socks would be itchy. They were surprised that the yarn w...

As a change of pace from Jaywalker knitting, I leapt into Hedera , with some Regia Plus Cotton which I had purchased at Borealis between Chr...

Elizabeth at SABLE quite rightly applauded her achievements at getting the exposure just so for capturing dark wools. I thought I should ta...

I was working on a little swatch project on these lovely old aluminums. There's a bend in one, but the older needles with the ruler on ...

Seems to me that the last two years I launched into some serious knitting in May, just about at graduation. I hauled a significant project ...

Two balls of Knit One Crochet Two WICK = one pair of socks, toe up. I'm content. I'm wearing them.

I'm late, I'm late, no time to say hello, goodbye, I'm late I'm late I'm late ... I finished a Wick sock, even though I ...

... I bought a wee little May present on Saturday. Will photo post another day. But I used what I had and finished the Seuss Socks. Start...

It's cold and rainy. I swear I saw snow. I'm wearing my new sweater. I'm not responsible, really. Knitting is powerful, no? (Po...

There is usually a disappointing turn in spring weather. Just when we've fallen in love with the sunny days and the walks eyeing the bl...

Pictures of the finished Peace Fleece sweater and of a finished and goofy looking Seuss sock. On another note, I love my mother's letter...

The Package Has Landed. The photos have been blogged by glittrgirl .

I started toying with this vintage worsted. As I mentioned, it is not a comfy hand knit, process-wise. I made a swatch, though, and tossed ...

I sat down to eat some late lunch, knit a little bit to prepare for my contribution to the knit-a-blog, and look at some stash flashing. St...

I've had a lovely hour's romp through blogs with flashed stash. I have to go home before I overdose. What an awful lot of fun. Of ...

The photos should be click-through-able. This is a HUGE old post. Hope the smaller pictures make it better for loading. In a previous ho...