Yarny Goodness!

Another super exciting fun knitblog

  • July Knit Goals

    I'm prone to being a scatterbrain, so I try to make a short list of things to accomplish each month (lest I have 27 different non matching socks).

    Finish Broken Rib Hat (really!)

    Frog upper front of Vintage Cardi; Re-knit

    Frog lower body of Simple Knit Bodice

    1 pair of socks/2 weeks for SOS'08

  • Sweater-a-Month 2008

    Cabled Hoodie: Cascade 220 - Needs seams

    Urban Aran

    Mariah: Ella Rae Classic

    Tricot

    Tubesque: Noro Garden + ???

    CeCe: Silky Wool

    Lucy in the Sky

    Rogue: Handspun - Needs seams

    Elizabeth Zimmermann's Bog Jacket

    Ribbi Cardi: Cotton Ease (Blue/White)

    Ruffled Surplice (spring 07 Interweave): Yard TBD

    Red Carpet Convertible

    Silk Corset Top: Alchemy Synchronicity

    Eyelet Rib Cardi (inspired by Spring 07 Interweave)

    Bella Paquita: Shelridge? Karabella? Sublime?

    A top down set in sleeve sweater (a la Barbara Walker)

    Giselle

    Vintage Pink (Raspberry) Cardigan

Durrow - Sleevey Goodness

Posted by Amber on June 22, 2006

So I figured out why I’ve been falling asleep on the couch every night at like, 8 PM.

I haven’t had coffee after noon in like 3 weeks (since I went to NYC, pretty much).

Today after work I went to Starbucks to work on Durrow. I’m now tired of knitting, and bouncing off the walls.

Speaking of Durrow…


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I screwed up the way the cables cross in the 3rd repeat, but I think I can use yarnharlot’s duplicate stitch method to fix them. I will pay more attention to which way the cable crosses for the rest of the sweater!

Also, a man came up to me and was telling me about how when he was growing up everyone, boys and girls, learned to crochet. He mentioned a lot of people think it’s odd for a man to crochet in the US. I said, no, it was pretty cool. Anyway. Then he says to me:
Guy: Where is a good yarn store around here?
Me: Well, in Virginia there’s Knit Happens, in Old Town Alexandria. And my favorite is Stitch DC, there’s one in Georgetown.
Guy: Do they sell Red Heart? I really like Red Heart.
Me: Well, in that case you might really like the AC Moore over in Bailey’s Crossroads…
Guy: Great! Thanks!

Call me a yarn snob, but I think “Good yarn store” and “Sells Red Heart” are mutually exclusive events.

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