Archive for January 2008
two years and going strong!
Posted by: amanda j on: January 31, 2008
- In: knitting
- 13 Comments
This week my two year ‘blogiversary’ comes to pass! It’s amazing to me that I have been writing semi-regularly for so long. I think most of it has to do with the sense of community that I get from blogging, reading blogs, commenting and receiving comments, emailing and every now and then meeting someone in [...]
it’s done!
Posted by: amanda j on: January 27, 2008
Unlike my hair or my housework! Central Park Hoodie, knitted with Cascade 220 in colourway 9465 which is somewhere between a dark grey and very dark brown. Cast on Thursday 17th January, cast off Saturday 26th January. I can’t believe I knitted this in just over a week! I must be freakin mad. Especially considering [...]
seams to me . . .
Posted by: amanda j on: January 25, 2008
- In: cardigan | knitting
- 7 Comments
. . . that the three needle bind off method combined with short row shaping for shoulders is my new favourite thing! I sat down yesterday, a bit wary, to have a go at finishing my shoulders (after a very lazy steam blocking session). And WA LA: So neat, so easy! I followed these instructions. [...]
super mega magic easy knitting
Posted by: amanda j on: January 22, 2008
- In: books | cardigan | kids | knitting
- 11 Comments
The title of my post today is a direct quote from my seven year old son, who learned how to knit today, along with his five year old sister. Tiny Madam has been wanting to learn to knit for about a year, but I thought she needed to be a bit older, so I told her [...]
very quickly . . .
Posted by: amanda j on: January 19, 2008
- In: cardigan
- 10 Comments
. . . here I am in my new cardigan that I finished this afternoon! It is not too bad – I think I will actually wear this one. Free pattern here. Sorry the photo is a bit blurry – Purl took it quickly as she was getting ready for work and now she is [...]
Mmm
Posted by: amanda j on: January 17, 2008
- In: cardigan
- 12 Comments
I have made a purchase! Yay! On Saturday last I downloaded the Central Park Hoodie (darn Ravelry had me oogling Central Park Hoodies late into Friday night!) pattern from Interweave (by the way, how easy is that?! Instant gratification) and then tried my darndest to get into the city to buy yarn, but of course [...]
blerk
Posted by: amanda j on: January 11, 2008
- In: books | KALs | knitting | socks | underappreciated artform
- 9 Comments
That’s a pretty good word to describe how I feel today. I am not sure why, just blerk. I have been out of sorts since waking up this morning incredibly HOT! We had planned another trip to the beach, but the son is coughing like a . . . well, like a boy with a bad [...]
another day in paradise
Posted by: amanda j on: January 4, 2008
- In: knitting | memories | socks
- 10 Comments
We have had so much hot (for us) weather in Tassie this last week or so, it has been absolutely amazing! We decided to take off to the beach for New Year’s Day. This beach is about an hour from our house. This is my bunion enjoying the sand. We all managed to get sunburnt [...]
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