Archive for December, 2009

The Alluring Call of Tunisian Crochet

The new issue of Interweave Crochet arrived in my mail box on Christmas Eve…what a fantastic Christmas present!  On the first pass through the issue, however, I was a bit apathetic.  Nothing really jumped out at me.  Lucky for me, that’s sort of how my brain works; things need to grow on me sometimes. And [...]

December 29, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Tunisian Crochet  No Comments

Carrying It All

December is a pretty busy month for my family.  My father-in-law and I both have birthdays at the beginning of the month, and my husband and I have a close friend with a birthday at the end of the month.  Our wedding anniversary is just two days before Christmas, then we have several family gatherings [...]

December 28, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Vacation means knitting time!

My vacation has just begun and already I’m enjoying the additional time to knit and crochet.  I finally got the second overlapping leaves sock finished.  They are a little large just about everywhere, but I still have the problem of the leg being a little too snug to slip easily over my heel to get [...]

December 22, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Crochet, Knitting  No Comments

Let’s lose the placket.

I managed to finish the curried cable jacket without using another skein, and I’m pleased with the results!  I took apart the placket like I talked about in my previous post.  With the yarn, I was able to finish seaming the sleeves and set them into the armscye.  Plus, I still had enough yarn to [...]

December 10, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Crochet, Knitting  3 Comments

New Photos!

I don’t really have too much to post about today, but I do have a couple of photos to share of projects that are now finished. Let’s start with the fun stuff, shall we… As far as actual progress goes, I’ve sort of been piddling around with stuff.  I did manage to finish the first [...]

December 3, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Crochet, Knitting  No Comments

Sock Distractions

I think I’ve decided that one of the ultimate indulgences in life is a pair of wool socks.  Okay, yeah, so I’ve only ever knit one pair, but now that the cold weather is here, let me tell ya, they are the bomb!  My tootsies stay all nice and toasty, even though my husband and [...]

December 1, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Knitting  No Comments