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That long post about new things and what have I been working on? The oldest FO in the bunch.

Northern Lights Mittens, in progress since January of 2006 (thank you Ravelry!)
For some reason, during the hottest week of the summer, I decided it was a good idea to work on fair isle using an extremely […]

After so many FO posts, I find myself reconsidering my WIPS.  I have some projects that have been languishing in baskets, tucked away in closets, for far longer than I care to admit.  I’ve been thinking about a large scale movement to get rid of these WIPS once and for all (either finish or rip).  […]

These took way, way, way longer than they should have. I cast on as a quick project in December and (sigh) two months later, here they are:

Pattern: Dashing (from Knitty, Spring 2007)
Yarn: Malabrigo Worsted Delight, in “Frost Gray” (under a skein… this stuff has wonder-yardage)
Needles: US 5 and US 4 dpns

Thoughts: Well… other than […]

Today is the perfect first day of February — gloomy, dark, rainy, and generally kind of miserable. A day to foreshadow what will inevitably be the weather for the rest of the month. But because we’ve only had cold-and-incredibly-sunny lately, and it’s only the first of february so I haven’t had time to […]

Ask and you shall receive:
THANKSGIVING DAY MITTS

Materials:
less than a skein of worsted weight (I used a mystery wool similar to Cascade 220)
3.75 mm, US 5 dpns or needles required for preferred method of knitting in the round
Cable Needle (although I highly suggest cabling without one)
Tapestry Needle
Gauge:
Because these mitts are ribbed, gauge is not terribly important. […]

Recently, D and I decided to merge our households– namely, I will be moving in to his (now almost totally renovated) house (Stella, I totally owe you pictures!). There are many things I do not like about moving, especially when I have to do it twice in one year. I don’t like packing. […]

… but i’ve been drowning a little.  I haven’t blogged in forever.  I’m behind on bloglines.  I’ve stopped commenting on the blogs I do manage to read.  I haven’t gotten more than 6 hours of sleep at night in over a week.  I’m falling into the pit of mid-semester.
I’m pulling myself out of it and […]

When I was in highschool, I was in a modern dance company.  The director of the company was this wonderful woman — very calm, very patient, wonderful choreographer.  When we were rehearsing and working up pieces, she would break each dance into sections and we would run through them one at a time.  When she […]

Mittens!

Pattern: Target Wave Mittens, by Norah Gaughn (from Interweave Fall ‘06, although it’s also in Knitting Nature)
Yarn: Malabrigo worsted in “Frost Gray” and “Red Mahogany” (not even half a skein of either color)
Needles: Clover US 5 and Latern Moon US 8, straights for both
Thoughts:  Well… A good, serious blocking did the trick with these.  They […]

 Sigh.  These were meant to be a quick knit.

Remember how my year began — with the complete inability to follow directions?  Well, it looks like I’m keeping with this trend.  I finished mitten number two this afternoon, only to find that a) the second thumb is longer than the first and b) apparently I didn’t […]