Archive for October, 2006

And a scarf

This is the lace rib scarf, aka the Cashmere Scarf from the Australian Creative Knitting issue 17. I used just 1 ball (plus a tiny bit) of Filatura Di Crosa Zara yarn, leftover from a previous project. I finished it a couple of weeks ago, and had been gifted for a friend's birthday since. Unfortunately, [...]

Another Sock

Here's a riddle for you. What can wear a sock, even though it has no feet at all? … An iPod! Hahaha! (Bad joke, sorry…) One of hubby's brothers asked me to knit him an iPod sock for his iPod Nano. I hardly ever have anyone ask me to knit something for them (hubby himself [...]

A rocky beginning

At the moment I'm finding myself in a very rare situation where I really love all the WIPs that I'm working on right now, and I want to work on all of them all the time! Hmm, odd, huh? If only I had the time to knit all the time… So I've been trying to [...]

Joining In

I don't often join knitalongs. Not because I don't like them, but because I'm usually late to the party. By the time I get the yarn I need and ready to start, everybody else have finished theirs. So I just work at my own pace. But this past week I couldn't resist joining, not one, [...]

Purchases

Yarn purchases! Went to Tapestry Craft yesterday to get these yarns… That's Debbie Bliss Cashmerino in olive colour for making another pair of Fetching, this time for me, and the black ones are Grinasco Bambi, for making Serrano from Knitty. I've been wanting a lacy cardigan for a long time, and Serrano looks very appealing [...]