Well, perhaps it does not make perfect French fries. But I was delighted to see this K-Tel Knitter on eBay, and I quickly put in my max bid of $0.99 US for it. No one else seemed to be as delighted as I was, so I won it! Back in my early teens (or maybe [...]
Socks have fairly been flying off the needles around here lately….
The latest are the Maidenhair Fern socks, done in Yarn Treehouse Melody, 100% wool. It took two 220 yard skeins. This is the same yarn I used for the Socks of Hideousness but I like the colours much better. They remind me of forest shadows, [...]
March 11, 2009 – 11:41 am
Time for another free pattern, this time honouring Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity and generosity, both material and spiritual. She is also the embodiment of beauty, purity, grace and charm.
The lace rib pattern in these socks reminded me of the stream of coins running from one of her hands (her four hands represent [...]
February 21, 2009 – 8:06 am
I have had so many suggestions, requests and even pleas that I not overdye the Socks of Hideousness that I had to sit back and re-think my plan. On the one hand, what level of spiritual negativity would I be drawing to myself if I went ahead and brazenly put my own desires for good-looking [...]
February 15, 2009 – 11:48 am
These are the Mockery socks, by Katie Grady (a free pattern on Ravelry; it used to be available at live2knit.com but seems to have disappeared there). Lovely, easy pattern with enough interest to keep one going. I knit them in some beautifully soft and cozy hand-dyed superwash merino that never found a buyer on eBay [...]
