http://www.christinaslattery.com/blog My endeavours with sticks and string... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:52:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Universe: Hey, Christina...whaaaat's happening? We need to talk about your socks. Me: The washing instructions, yeah, I know. TU: Yeah - did you get that memo? Me: Yeah: Me: And I understand the instructions- I just forgot the one time. I won't forget again, so it's ... http://www.christinaslattery.com/blog/2008/12/02/yeah/ Otherwise known as the post of shame. According to what I have *catalogued* on Ravelry, I have 9.281875 miles of yarn. Since I'm not anal about my stash there, none of my current projects are accounted for in that yardage, nor do I have most of my leftovers ... http://www.christinaslattery.com/blog/2008/11/13/the-straight-dope/ I'm giving the February Baby Sweater as a gift, as I may have mentioned before. I love giving handknits as gifts, and since this is going to be a bigger party I'm not guaranteed to see the mother-to-be open this particular gift. I'm not sure some people *get* ... http://www.christinaslattery.com/blog/2008/10/27/i-made-a-tag/ I don't have too much to say, but I have some pictures. Firstly, I finished sewing the buttons on to the February Baby Sweater: Next, I made a pair of booties this afternoon. They went so fast! And a close up of the buttons used on both projects: The buttons are so pearly, ... http://www.christinaslattery.com/blog/2008/10/26/photo-update/ Yesterday I went to the New York Sheep and Wool Festival. It was a gorgeous day and I had a great time! I am crap and forgot to bring my camera (again!) so no pictures of anything, except what I bought - which is not as much as ... http://www.christinaslattery.com/blog/2008/10/19/rhinebeck-2008/ I finished one Christmas Shawl! Love how it came out. It's light and airy, but so warm. I am afraid I might have to reblock it if only to attempt to make it a bit softer. It doesn't bother me, but other parties might think it's rough. I tried ... http://www.christinaslattery.com/blog/2008/10/12/one-down/ Manon is big. Manon is SO big, there's nothing that can be done. It's 6 balls worth of knitting to rip out, which is a lot, but it must happen. Not only was the size the wrong choice, but the yarn stretched quite a bit. This ... http://www.christinaslattery.com/blog/2008/09/19/argh/ And lots of it! The shawl yarn arrived yesterday, completely soaked through. I obviously couldn't leave them in balls, so I skeined them. I ordered them from Knit-Purl because she sold the yarn by the gram. I ordered 190g for each shawl. However, this system doesn't really ... http://www.christinaslattery.com/blog/2008/09/14/i-have-kauni/ I have indeed been knitting up a storm. I have been knitting so much, I haven't stopped to take any pictures. So the pictures will come later! I've knitted a February Baby Sweater from Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitter's Almanac. I also started on a Manon cardigan from the Norah ... http://www.christinaslattery.com/blog/2008/09/10/zoom/ I got home from England exactly a week ago. It took me a few days to be able to knit again, but I'm back in the swing and brimming with ideas and projects-to-be. Firstly, I mentioned in my last post that I was unhappy with my Leaf Kimono Top. ... http://www.christinaslattery.com/blog/2008/08/26/aaaand-were-back/