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Patience

Patience is something I have a lot of apparently. In the last post, I was gushing about how much I love fair isle. Well, it changed a little when I got to chart 2. I managed to push myself last week and finish up 2 repeats. The good news is, I thought I had 5 [...]

Guess Who Dropped In…..

to the Spiders on Friday? None other than the code monkey and mama rav themselves! Jess and Casey were visiting Maya and Steve in NYC and they decided to swing by The Point for a visit. They even came bearing gifts, a few previews of some goodies that I think will be in the shop [...]

Scattered Projects

Now I know why I don’t work on more than one thing at a time. My brain is having a hard time lately switching between 3 projects I’m working on. I think maybe the main problem is that my brain just can’t deal with having free time to work on non-deadline projects and it doesn’t [...]

Gretel

Finished up Gretel tonight and I absolutely love it! I never used to be much of a hat person, but I also didn’t have to walk around on the cold, windy streets of New York back then either! Gretel by Ysolda TeagueYarn: Rowan Kid Classic Shade 852Needles: US size 9 and 7Size: Regular This was [...]

I Heart Cables

I have a tendency to knit and design lacey patterns, but I think I have a secret love for cables! Something about the little stitches winding here and there – they are just so interesting to knit. My cable love has been officially realized with Gretel. I started her right away on Monday after my [...]

Good Karma

When we were on honeymoon in Florida, we were out shopping one day and I came across a yarn shop. There was even a book store right next door to keep my husband occupied while I checked out the yarny goodness. I took a peek: some Noro, Rowan, ooh Lantern Moon needles…… “Wait a minute, [...]