One question I ponder frequently is whether I’d knit as much or in as varied a fashion if I didn’t blog. It’s a bit of a conundrum: Do I blog because I knit, or do I knit because I blog?
You know the story of my stumble upon the knitblogging scene, with the now quaint notion [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Knitting w/ Nora’
June 16, 2008
Short row toes and close encounters of the knitterly kind…
June 9, 2008
“Join, Being Careful Not to Twist”
Remember the blue cotton cardi?
The darn thing was really bugging me. I had knit maybe six inches from the ribbing. It looked fine, but I absolutely hated the cast-on edge – I stupidly tried a quick cast-on method that resulted in a series of loops because I didn’t feel like casting on 180 stitches or [...]
June 2, 2008
Icarus in Progress
Yep. On and on it goes. I need to check in with the Icarus Meister to see what I’m supposed to do after this repeat. Turns out it’s the third repeat. Turns out I may have got a bit ahead of myself when I was talking smack about where I was last week. I think [...]
May 26, 2008
To Knit, Perchance to Dream.
Why yes, I can slaughter Shakespeare with the best of them. Thank you.
Thanks to Angie, I just discovered Cast-On, Brenda Dayne’s awesome podcasts. This would have been news to you veterans maybe 3 years ago when she started out. Remember, I just discovered the wizarding world recently and ya’ll are still letting me in on all [...]
May 19, 2008
Time for the Shouting.
Thank you for your patience while I slogged through the last repeats of Flower Basket, the second-to-last knit in the Knit with Nora trilogy. (I’ve got lots more lace in mind, but I think I’ll give up the knitalong reins after Icarus and let Helen take over with her Seasons of Lace project.)
I got it off [...]
May 12, 2008
Wouldya Stick a Fork in it Already??
In spite of my best intentions, my Flower Basket is not – quite – finished.
It was an action-packed weekend, you see. Saturday included a 5K run for the local civic foundation (and a beautiful day it was to run); a soccer game; and a gig in the audience of A Prairie Home Companion, which was [...]
May 5, 2008
It’s a Knit-Along, Not a Knit and Run!
This is what I told Joan when she showed her progress on Icarus the other day. Keep in mind that Joan has already finished Forest Canopy and Flower Basket, is about 40,000 stitches into Frost Flowers and Leaves, has made impressive progress on several sweaters, sewn a First Communion Gown, and -oh yeah – had [...]
April 21, 2008
Shower Gasket, Take Two.
After admitting to myself that lace weight does not lend itself to my ham-handed ways, I banished the Shimmer to the stash closet. It is dead to me.
Fickle knitter that I am, I found an excellent replacement within 24 hours of the Frogging Incident. I dithered a fair amount, but finally settled on Plymouth Buckingham Bristol, color 1016. And I’m [...]
April 16, 2008
What’s For Dinner Wednesday: Pasta with Creamy Artichoke Sauce
[**If you usually skip the cooking posts, and I know who you are, proceed to the last paragraph for a Knitting True Confession.]
I’ve shared with you my love of pasta, and today I’m going to share one of my favorite pasta dishes of all time. This recipe originally came from one of the early Moosewood [...]
April 7, 2008
Forest Canopy: Check.
I showed a little taste of what has been going on in the Forest Canopy Phase of the KAL on Saturday – a few others are knitting other shawl/lace projects as part of the fun, and I’d love to hear/see what’s going on with you.*
Here’s where I am:
Yep. Done. And although I only have the [...]
