Christmas Smock Top Socks
Just (barely) in time for Christmas knitting, I have finished designing the Christmas Smock Top Socks. This is what the Mystery Sock decided it wanted to become. I love the way the smocking stitch lends a quilted, cozy look to the sock's cuff. It [...]
Mystery Sock Goes Green
...and red. I just love Christmas, which may explain the Mystery Sock's morphing into a holiday design. Jimmy the Vicious Attack Cat doesn't care about seasonal matters. He's just glad to have a project to curl up near.
Vicious Attack Cat
Looking at our cat Jimmy D, you'd never guess he can intimidate an entire animal clinic's full of grown humans. His sweet countenance is matched by a placid nature. But only at home. I recently had to drop the cat off at the vet's. I [...]
Mystery Sock Changes Gauge
So I’m working on a new sock pattern. For now I’m just calling it the Mystery Sock, since it’s a mystery to me why I can’t get the design written faster. I’m using Regia 4-Ply. I am SUCH a stickler for sock soles, I [...]
Mary’s Garden Sock
This is where it all started. I suppose I could have put an end to it at the first hint that I was going to get obsessed. Again. But I ignored that inner voice which cried “Stop while you can!” Three skeins of Lorna’s [...]
Major League Afghan
I’m on the home stretch of my Make It Mitered Afghan (from Creative Knitting, November 2007). This is the project I like to work on while keeping my husband company during baseball season. I serenely knit while he yells at the television. If this [...]
Wool on Four Feet
The shepherd has brought his flock to nearby fields, as he does every year at this time. I wanted to ask him whether these sheep made wool, thinking I'd be meeting my next yarn stash early. But he doesn't speak English. I'm going to [...]