step away from the sewing basket!!!

I have participated in two things in the past few days that I have no business doing -1) shopping at Joann’s for sewing stuff and 2) actually sewing.
My trip to Joann’s was twofold – to get buttons to finish the corset and to get the required class supplies for sewing the lining for my aran [...]

i am sooooo done with these socks!!

I felt like each stitch towards the end of my mom’s b-day socks was slow and painful – like someone plucking out each stubble of hair off my legs with a set of blunt tweezers. Just past turning the heel, I repeated over and over, outloud, “I am soooo done with this sock!”. If anyone [...]

a new and improved mandoodle boodle and those pesky germans

Recipe for kitty pi:
Step One: Begin knitting and increasing in the round until you have something that looks like a rastafan hat:

Step Two: scavenge as many balls of your lambs pride or other leftovers from felting projects and hope they match your decor.
Step Three: Finish pi to desired prefelting stage and take pic of said [...]

i forgot to turn off my laptop last night

I found this on my laptop this morning:
Dear Witless Providers,

I’ve been in this house for 11 years and have finally found an outlet for my rants – don’t ask me how I opened your laptop without having any opposable thumbs or how I typed this message – it will remain the same mystery as to [...]

button shopping anyone?

What did I do on my scheduled paperwork day? She’s blocking as you read:

She fits a little snug, but I’m hoping that blocking will loosen her up a little. Crochet??? Yup, picked up my hook and started crocheting like I had been born to do it. Signs of mediocrity? Of course! Some parts of the [...]

we have a pulse!

After a wee sabbatical from knitting (almost 24 hours) and a threat to retire my needles for good, there are signs of life, a glimmer of hope…. a cable and moss stitch pattern sock…. I’M BACK!
By the way, I discovered how manic I can become without a knitting project or after a major frogging incident- [...]

cancel my button shopping trip

Want to see my corset??????
Here it is:

True to my knitter mentality, I managed to get all the way to the last 2 rows and just loose it. I had been merrily lacing and purling and ribbing – always coming out to the letter on the charts. I went back to fix a couple stiches [...]

dogs need squares – please help!, spring is officially here, and corset smorset!

For all those peeps out there who love animals and want to give to a good cause and get rid of some stash yarn – head on over to Chris Knits – she needs your help and while knitting up some simple squares for a homeless pooch is reward enough – she’s giving a prize [...]

hubby b-day socks – final chapter, crochet??? crosh%t!, and the clown car of yarn

Done! Done! Done!
(per Kramer -”Stick a Fork in Me, Jerry, I’m Done!”)
Hubby’s B-day Socks

The Vitals:
Pattern: Four-Stitch Ribbing Pattern- Garter Rib – Adapted from Sensational Knitted Socks/Charlene Schurch
Needles: Size 1 Addi DPNS of Steel!
Yarn: 1 full skein and .00001 skein of Socks That Rock Tigereyes Colorway (don’t even get me started on the .00001!)
Comments: More [...]

tigereyes colorway and el tigre? the second sock saga continues

Yup, should have figured…I’m about 75% into hubby’s second b-day sock…..

and this is what’s left:

Note to self – only buy Socks That Rock for sizes under 10 US. I’m cheap too…don’t get me wrong, I like and will buy nice things and some may even label me a fiber uppity-up but this does not apply [...]