Archive for June 2007
when will i be cured
Posted by: amanda j on: June 24, 2007
of my shocking procrastinating tendencies? Faithful readers and internet friends may have noticed it has been five days since my last post and that my comments on blogs have been scarce. In that time I have done very very little knitting. Why? Because I had to write two huge honking assignments that were due some [...]
you make me feel like dancin’
Posted by: amanda j on: June 19, 2007
We were so keen to start ballroom dancing that we turned up a day early! We prepared the children, ate an early dinner, rugged up and set off last night to the church hall. We arrived promptly at 6:30 only to find that there were three people in the hall, our dance teacher and a [...]
done and dusted
Posted by: amanda j on: June 15, 2007
- In: KALs| books| knitting| socks
- 11 Comments
Here is the finished Sockapalooza pair!
What do you think? I am very very happy with them. I really really need to get myself one of those foots.
Here are some pictures of our day at the beach. Purl is missing because she needed to take the pictures.
Last night I was both productive and unproductive. I cast [...]
trawling, shopping, knitting, learning, giving, eating
Posted by: amanda j on: June 13, 2007
- In: knitting| socks
- 6 Comments
Guess what? I was trawling some blogs the other day and I found a reference to Magic Loop. Click. Read. AHA! Suddenly it all made perfect sense to me. I managed to cast on, split, pinch and knit without even looking at the instructions again! Isn’t it amazing how that can happen sometimes. It’s called [...]
another sock down
Posted by: amanda j on: June 10, 2007
- In: knitting| socks
- 9 Comments
I finished the first Sockapalooza Embossed Leaves sock and cast on the second!
and like magic she flipped the world upside down to better show off the sock
I am very pleased with it, and love the toe! It is quite different to any I have done before (what am I talking about, I have only ever [...]
hallelujah! we have socks!
Posted by: amanda j on: June 7, 2007
- In: KALs| exchanges| knitting
- 16 Comments
Here are my Sockapalooza socks!
They are working! And they are so lovely! This is Embossed Leaves from Favourite Socks in merino cashmere ‘Strawberry’ from The Knittery. I have to say it is one of the most intuitive patterns I have ever knit – I am having no trouble with it whatsoever and the leaves just [...]
friday night knitting club review
Posted by: amanda j on: June 6, 2007
- In: books
- 4 Comments
review written by Purl, who no longer knits or blogs but still reads a lot!
“The Friday Night Knitting Club – it’s fun to stitch and bitch” by Kate Jacobs
A well written book that runs a thread – literally – through the lives of many different women who are mostly lonely, avid knitters.
The main character, Georgia, [...]
i refuse to be a sockapaloser
Posted by: amanda j on: June 4, 2007
My sockapalooza yarn arrived and looks lovely. Since she asked for not blue, they will be red!
I am going to make the Embossed Leaves (scroll down a bit) pattern because it is pretty and looks not too hard. I know I said I wasn’t going to talk about these socks until they were done, but I decided that I believe more in [...]
my saturday
Posted by: amanda j on: June 2, 2007
- In: knitting| socks
- 13 Comments
Well, it has been a day of knitting, listening to my ipod and staying home. The Spunk is not at work for a change on a Saturday night which is a rarity. It has been a quiet day. In fact, when I think about it, I have not stepped outside! Here is what I have been [...]
into the groove
Posted by: amanda j on: June 1, 2007
I am now on holidays for two whole weeks and two days! Yay! In that time I will:
Relax and recover from a very busy school term
Knit at least four pairs of socks. I am counting the two pairs I am knitting – so these will be finished and so will two more pairs
Attempt to spend [...]
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