Category Archives: knitting Did you know that you can study and knit? I discovered that as the spring semester rolled into play last month and so while the books are cracked, it has only slightly dampened the knitting obsession… I’m nearing the end of this Polar Opposites cowl, which I began on the eve of the Super Bowl […]  I’ve been knitting up a storm lately and thought I’d share my projects from the last few months! Last night I finished up my “weihnacht socken”–the Christmas socks I knit mainly in Germany and Austria over our Christmas trip. I had run out of the green yarn that I used at the contrast color but […]  It’s always nice to forget a hobby for a bit and then get back into it and remember why you loved it in the first play. I’ve gone a little off the deep end with the knitting. Not sure if it’s the weather, or the fact that I can do it while snuggling a sick […]  At the end of last winter I started knitting the Burton Bear Cowl for Ellie. It was a fun knit and I had it almost finished…when I looked ahead and saw that I’d need to crochet the ears. Ugh. I hate crochet. I never feel like I’m actually doing it correctly. So I procrastinated on […]  It made my dad worry that he was on some sort of Make a Wish tour, but my sister and I asked if we could get our boxes of childhood stuff down from above the garage, sort through them, and take most of it home. I was in search of my American Girl doll, since […]  Last year I was doing a bunch of knitting in anticipation of Ellie’s arrival. This sweater is one of the crowning achievements–a Debbie Bliss sweater from a cotton yarn (that I’d purchased a bunch of with the intent of knitting Will a sweater that I ended up chickening out of). After I finished this, it […] |
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