Hello my knitting peeps! (heh – I always wanted to use that phrase) I bet all three of you were beginning to wonder what had happened to me. A romantic European tour with George Clooney? Piloting the space shuttle? On the run from the Mob? No! I’ll tell you what happened to me – May! [...]
Archive for the ‘Flowers’ Category
It’s not George Clooney’s Fault
Posted in Flowers, Socks on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunshine on a Winter’s Day
Posted in Flowers, Knitting, Mittens on March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Spring officially arrives in a few days but winter is not really paying much attention to the calendar. And although we’ve got lovely temperatures in the 60s today (for a couple days), it’s still very brown and drab outside. Time to knit up some color.
Pattern: Breathe Deep mittens by Kirsten Kapur
Yarn: Malabrigo worsted, colorway “Sauterne”
Notes: [...]
Flower Power
Posted in Flowers, Socks on April 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
At last – at last – the world is filled with spring flowers. After the long, snowy winter we’ve had here, and after the nightmare late freeze last year (which was particularly hard on the daffodils) I’m enjoying the miracle of spring doubly. Or triply.
The day was so glorious today that Twisted Tulip Sock had [...]
Knitting progress
Posted in Flowers, Knitting on March 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
About this time of year I begin looking for new clothes for the spring and summer. I’m pretty tired of my winter browns and blacks, and looking forward to lighter clothes and colors. Browsing through the stores and catalogs I see an awful lot of the sweaters seem to be very similar to knitting patterns [...]
Easter Colors
Posted in Flowers, Yarn on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It was like Easter-in-a-Box the other day when I opened my order from Webs (This is not a violation of my Knitting Resolutions which made an exception for buying yarn for summer sweaters. It is, however, a violation of all reason since this represents yarn for four sweaters and come on, who are we kidding? [...]
Bits and Bobs
Posted in Flowers, Socks, Sweaters on February 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There’s a bit of this and a bit of that going on knitting-wise around here – halfway through a pair of socks, swatching for the next sweater and some follow-up on my Central Park Hoodie.
First of all, since it’s been so cold and snowy here, I’m starting off with some eye candy – a lacy [...]




