Shawls
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Finished Slippers
Don’t you stay at home of evenings? Don’t you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet? Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. I have finished my pair of Simple Garter Stitch Slippers and have to share, I ran out of yarn on the second slipper on the last… Continue reading
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Wednesday WIPs
I truly don’t feel like much knitting is getting done these days due to busy work days and weekends that seem to go so quickly leaving me wondering where time goes. I have started my sweater for the Woolly Thistle KAL, and switched gears a bit. After receiving the order of Retrosaria Rosa Pomar’s Munga worsted weight… Continue reading
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Wednesday WIPs
As mentioned in an earlier post I decided to say goodbye to the shawl I was knitting and was trying to decide what I wanted to knit with the yarn. While I love the Sunshine on the Path Shawl and the Be Simple Shawl, there were design elements in each that just wasn’t grabbing me… Continue reading
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Hello August
Time moves quickly these days and with a snap of a finger July has ended and August has begun. For some reason July seems to be a bit of a blur and I feel like I did not accomplish a single thing. I did however manage to finish a pair of socks and a skein… Continue reading
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Friday Catch Up
It has been extremely hot the past few days here in Phoenix with record breaking temperatures, which means I have been staying indoors to keep cool. I will definitely be reading more, knitting more and spinning more over the next few weeks in hopes that the monsoon rains will come and cool things down enough… Continue reading
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Yarn Love … Is That Possible?
Is it possible to love a certain yarn so much that you simply cannot buy enough of it? I do have fondness for Brooklyn Tweed Shelter and my stash is overflowing with skeins of Shelter, but I have recently discovered a yarn that I am now head over heels in love with. That yarn is… Continue reading
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A Life With Wool 