tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374115862024-03-13T10:50:57.327-04:00k2tog Blogye olde knitting blogMonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645790922127710391noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37411586.post-29388084546290129072011-09-26T12:07:00.000-04:002011-09-26T12:07:07.895-04:00California Vacation - Part 1On the way to pick up my baggage at SFO I passed by this fabulous <a href="http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/sfo_museum/exhibitions/terminal3_exhibitions/north_connect_gallery">gallery</a> of old TVs, old TV shows, and related items. How appropriate; an homage to the golden era of television in the land of Netflix, Hulu and iTunes downloads.<br />
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Soupy Sales game is the blue box on the upper left.<br />
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<br />Monhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645790922127710391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37411586.post-74330078699842024402011-06-24T10:57:00.000-04:002011-06-24T10:57:13.000-04:00Cast-on InsanityI have a problem. I can't stop casting on, it's critical. I'm close to finishing a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/sssk/corinne">sweater</a>, which seems to be a vulnerable time for me. In the last week I've <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/starlight-shawl">cast</a> <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-inga-hat">on</a> or <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fade-fingerless-gloves">started</a> swatching three other projects. Plus bought yarn for one. And that doesn't include the three projects I cast on before I started the damn sweater. Arg.Monhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645790922127710391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37411586.post-24297840373315163982010-08-28T09:58:00.000-04:002010-08-28T09:58:11.710-04:00O-Wool BalanceYesterday I got the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1579653766/ref=sc_vs__itty_2520bitty_2520toys"><i>Itty Bitty Toys</i></a> by Susan Anderson for one of the women in my knitting group. It was her birthday and I know she loves to knit toys.<br />
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The most captivating patterns in this book are the reversible toys in the back. I couldn't stop thinking about them and had to look up the yarn they were knit with. It was O-wool <a href="http://www.knittersreview.com/article_yarn.asp?article=/review/product/070621_a.asp">Balance</a>, and it has been <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/vermont-organic-fiber-company-o-wool-balance">discontinued</a>! Boo! But is it <a href="http://o-wool.com/blog/?p=121">coming</a> <a href="http://o-wool.com/blog/?p=94">back</a>?<br />
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OMG, I just found a giveaway on <a href="http://icelandicgardener.blogspot.com/">Icelandicgardener.blogspot.com</a>!! It looks as if O-Wool Balance is still out there, whew.Monhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645790922127710391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37411586.post-32764292398058174062009-11-26T13:22:00.000-05:002009-11-26T13:22:41.837-05:00Miller's Hat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimL04h6-JNISTUCimsrLun13DEeEvlAR0Vi0lg2snL2_QmThGIkHYsltCt6SR973v5BXhIjYAmPB40O33WoR_7SAUseY1hsmZFlop3dc2uDTUCG8o8SDmPhILmk5NvUrCd_QBtPA/s1600/Old+Miller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimL04h6-JNISTUCimsrLun13DEeEvlAR0Vi0lg2snL2_QmThGIkHYsltCt6SR973v5BXhIjYAmPB40O33WoR_7SAUseY1hsmZFlop3dc2uDTUCG8o8SDmPhILmk5NvUrCd_QBtPA/s320/Old+Miller.jpg" /></a><br />
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This is a <a href="http://throughtheloops.typepad.com/through_the_loops/2009/10/millers-hat.html">pattern</a> that I bought immediately upon seeing Through the Loop's post. It is an awesome hat. However this pattern has tested me. Like the <a href="http://theaddknitter.blogspot.com/2009/11/millers-hat-test-knitting.html#links">A.D.D. Knitter</a> said, you've got to put away the iPhone, shut off Twitter and concentrate on the herringbone portion. And if you're me, every other part of the hat, too. It's worth it, though, for this fabulous design. <br />
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As you can see from the above photo, I almost finished this hat. Then I discovered that it was too small for my head. A sad moment that I am trying to quickly put behind me by re-knitting on larger needles (7 and 8 instead of 6 and 7).<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlpUSYMQQR_jgrJBn_4QfB0537kTG16elQBMzTRvWNENMbvFrmt7eLOFLiLJVjqqQPjQvv6n05DcMLV2LMoT0rDNqsa3RoiWsTit-fBxMokkP46ZszEBfD8zro06G9vEd4A9Pvw/s1600-h/yarn+mess2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlpUSYMQQR_jgrJBn_4QfB0537kTG16elQBMzTRvWNENMbvFrmt7eLOFLiLJVjqqQPjQvv6n05DcMLV2LMoT0rDNqsa3RoiWsTit-fBxMokkP46ZszEBfD8zro06G9vEd4A9Pvw/s320/yarn+mess2.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Reminds me of the <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/">Yarn Harlot's</a> comment about how knitters are the most impatient people around! </div>Monhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645790922127710391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37411586.post-22185607348428036292009-08-23T12:00:00.000-04:002009-08-23T12:00:04.576-04:00Blogging is really hard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-i2JMxMO6th9ppR2vqPA3qMz3hWNtW6RLOEs9FSFvYZuDN0b81szFC6v8MzofwTNy2FbOqTB4c9lOxlP_5LckqtVcTOx0zJ658-0kG2EEfOdySL0cqcm8P_YG_mlxJX4H2ZGyCQ/s1600-h/IMG_0386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-i2JMxMO6th9ppR2vqPA3qMz3hWNtW6RLOEs9FSFvYZuDN0b81szFC6v8MzofwTNy2FbOqTB4c9lOxlP_5LckqtVcTOx0zJ658-0kG2EEfOdySL0cqcm8P_YG_mlxJX4H2ZGyCQ/s320/IMG_0386.JPG" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been struggling to post pictures from flickr. Why in God's name doesn't this work?? Whew, anyway, for now, I adding pics from the computer and to hell with it. </div>This isn't the first time I've been utterly stymied by Blogger.Monhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645790922127710391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37411586.post-69082960845269233442007-04-02T21:46:00.000-04:002007-04-02T22:01:36.728-04:00The sweater that started it all<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqdqQqpuInMVE5_zzcLsjQQP9uZhumbDo4v3zlEHjnM_ayPHfmtrSX_oNOJ8PqumzGAu49MD9b2jLsmHt57JaWKywRGVG7c6lelGlExB1N-SuhMP6yGKU4HLBAyMQqd9rhJDpwA/s1600-h/Debbie+Bliss+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqdqQqpuInMVE5_zzcLsjQQP9uZhumbDo4v3zlEHjnM_ayPHfmtrSX_oNOJ8PqumzGAu49MD9b2jLsmHt57JaWKywRGVG7c6lelGlExB1N-SuhMP6yGKU4HLBAyMQqd9rhJDpwA/s320/Debbie+Bliss+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049012791983362562" border="0" /></a><br />Last year I started this Debbie Bliss sweater:<br />Everything was fine and dandy until the fateful moment when I had to start putting it together. I knew this would be a major hurdle, so I signed up for an advanced knitting class at Cooper Union (they just started offering knitting and crochet classes last year). Well, needless to say, the thing still isn't finished. Though in my defense, the pattern has a big error (omission) in it. More on that later.<br /><br />Through the knitting class I discovered Grumperina's blog and became really addicted to it. Through her blog I found Domesticat, which is what brought me to the knitterly letter swap.<br /><br />Today I bought my stationary, so my letter will be in the mail in the next couple of days.<br /><br />Over the past months I also started knitting the backyard leaves scarf pattern from Scarf Style:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSWSvbugUV6jC3cRp9nCeGmGeoNUa18m_pFAkQ0-WOOdZ1puUjWkcZASAHkRTPZ5ULZzbozITLirwh18a2g6dMq4fmlyrPHFB1-S6t9Yl8GrU2WkLx4KVZfuKhG5QqDR5_0u8LlQ/s1600-h/Backyard+leaves.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSWSvbugUV6jC3cRp9nCeGmGeoNUa18m_pFAkQ0-WOOdZ1puUjWkcZASAHkRTPZ5ULZzbozITLirwh18a2g6dMq4fmlyrPHFB1-S6t9Yl8GrU2WkLx4KVZfuKhG5QqDR5_0u8LlQ/s320/Backyard+leaves.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049015308834198034" border="0" /></a><br />I like it! I think this designer, Annie Modesitt, is fantastic. I'm about 3/4 of the way finished.Monhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645790922127710391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37411586.post-1174496183693342752007-03-21T13:41:00.000-04:002007-03-21T13:56:23.703-04:00Knitterly Letter SwapI just emailed <a href="http://www.catduck.com/Clog/">Domesticat</a> to join this penpal group. I found her blog through <a href="http://www.grumperina.com/knitblog/">Grumperina</a> and was immediately smitten with her banner. The banner is no more, but suffice to say it contained a picture of one her cats with a scarf (hand-knitted) wrapped around it's neck. My cat would never go for that.<br /><br />I'm also a stationary slave and I spend a lot of time in the fancy stationary stores of NYC. Now I have a very good excuse to spend money on expensive stationary. Oh dear. Also, tonight I will dig out all my accutrements -- pretty sure I have sealing wax somewhere.<br /><br />More soon.Monhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645790922127710391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37411586.post-1164222495893193572006-11-22T14:04:00.000-05:002006-11-22T14:08:15.903-05:00Lost & FoundI can't believe it's been 13 days since my last post. OK, my excuse, I've been knitting. I'm in the final stretch of my sweater, knitting the hood. In order to start this I had to join the shoulder seams and this was the first time I've ever done finishing work. It was scary, but the outcome looks great. I used the directions in Stitch 'n Bitch, by Debbie Stoller. In my knitting class one of the women always laughs when I say stitch 'n bitch--I'm so used to it, I'm not sure what's funny about it!<br /><br />I just had to go and buy a #7 circular needle for this ribbed hood. I had one, but it was lost when I lost an entire bag of knitting on the subway. The bag included an almost-completed sleeve, (about four weeks of slow knitting) a whole skein of yarn (Lamb's pride, not too expensive) and the instructions I'd been using up until then. I xeroxed the instructions out of the book I bought, but they also had all my chicken scratch from previous pieces. In doing the hood, I've missed having those notes. The upside of this horrible loss was that it made me dive in, more determined to finish after this setback.<br /><br />I bought the needles at "The Point" a knew knitting cafe on Bedford Street here in Greenwich Village (my office is nearby). A woman in the cafe had also lost her knitting on the subway once a long time ago. Somebody found it and took it home, and when they saw her again on the subway, they returned it to her! Amazing. However this was a long time ago when there were less people in New York. She also told me that the MTA has a lost and found. I looked it up on their website and it's located in the 34th Street and 8th Ave. station. I have to go just to see it. I can't imagine I'll actually find my knitting. . . but you never know. Apparently they sell all the stuff once a year. I am so there!Monhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645790922127710391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37411586.post-1163086282716225242006-11-09T10:26:00.000-05:002006-11-09T10:31:22.726-05:00Birth of a BlogOK. Here I am. I am blogging. This blog is about knitting and all the people and places it leads me to. This morning I was thinking that, if I had a car, I'd have to get a bumper sticker that said "I'd rather be knitting". Because almost all the time lately I want to be knitting. But alas, I live in New York City and don't own a car. Shit. Maybe I'll get a t-shirt that says it!<br /><br />I can't post in detail at this moment, but coming up will be posts on the sweater I'm finishing, the knitting class I'm taking, and my godforsaken christmas projects. More soon!Monhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645790922127710391noreply@blogger.com0