Socks I have not forgotten

Today is my dissertation defense at 2:00pm!  I’m nervous, excited, and so ready to be done! Think good thoughts for me, y’all.  There is power in the collective unconsciousness… As for knitting content, while I’m working on larger projects,...

My anniversary lovelies

I fell in love with some gradient kits from Black Trillium Fibres awhile back, and Matt was sweet enough to give me a couple for our anniversary. I LOVE them. The first is called Shire:Each skein has 127 yards of fingering weight yarn, for a total of 635 yards...

Oh, you pretty things!

Happy Wednesday! That video is of one of my very favorite David Bowie songs. I thought I would share it. That’s basically how I feel about this yarn: EEEEEEE! I’ve definitely been on a purple kick lately. See evidence here and here. I read about this yarn...

New yarn!

I got a lovely little skein of yarn for my birthday from my friend Kathleen. It’s gorgeous and delicious. Of course, it’s merino/cashmere/silk…so why wouldn’t it be? It’s from an indie dyer, Vice Yarns. The color is Corpses Christi and...

Fraternal twins.

I have had these socks on the needles since the beginning of December. I was perusing WEBS for some hard-wearing self-striping yarn for another pair of socks for Matt, and I stumbled upon (or went looking, rather) for more yarns for me, since the yarn I found for him...