http://iknitthis.com Knitting, and then maybe some more knitting. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:46:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Seems I'm on a bit of a kick. It's just so easy to avoid other things when you've got little tchotchkeys to crochet. Pattern: Birds of a Feather by Hannah Kaminsky. Hook: 4 mm/G Yarn: Classic Elite Yarns Fresco, color #5367, blue turquoise. This little guy was a gift for friend Tuko, who's birthday ... http://iknitthis.com/?p=28 Meet my grandmother, the person who taught me how to crochet and knit, how to dance, which fork to use, how to play cards, and, by example, that you can figure out how to do almost anything, and do it well. She's insanely capable, I've seen her fix everything from ... http://iknitthis.com/?p=27 I'm thinking of Iceland and good ol' E.Z. Yes? Or should the yellow be a little more citron than mustard? http://iknitthis.com/?p=26  ...and kinda sad too. Moths. That's my best guess at least. Ugh. I started Oblique back in September, hoping to have it done in nine days, just in time to accompany me to San Francisco. The 90 degree autumn we enjoy in Austin makes it easy to get excited about visiting a ... http://iknitthis.com/?p=25 Hello! Sorry for the long delay, but thanks very much for saying nice things about my hat. I'm actually reaching near total happiness with it. And look! I haz a pom! It's scraggidy and a wee bit more oblong than round, but it's as cheerful and charming as a pom can be ... http://iknitthis.com/?p=24 I think I'm pleased. I'm certainly not ashamed to wear it in public, and at least it doesn't remind me of, uh, used pizza, but I'm not totally in love either. It is very useful for keeping my ears warm and disguising bed head though. And I'm thinking that the addition of ... http://iknitthis.com/?p=23 Button choices, patterns for problematic yarn, sometimes it's nice to have friendly people around who will point out when you're being a bit of an idiot and overlooking something completely obvious. So thank you Winnie and Lin. Of course My So-Called Scarf! The long established, and rightly popular, savior of ker-azy yarns everywhere. And as good a reason ... http://iknitthis.com/?p=22 A few years ago I bought one skein of wildly variegated, thick and thin,  Araucania Magallanes.  If I'd been shopping for myself I never would have bought something where texture and color were having such a wild party together.  But I wasn't, I was actually looking to make a scarf ... http://iknitthis.com/?p=21 Like a year ago.  In fact here it is making its debut at last year's Thanksgiving. Since then it's seen a lot of wear.  My intent was to make a sweater that was warm and blankety enough for lounging and pretty enough to class up the pyjama pants and soup stained ... http://iknitthis.com/?p=10 Its a new day, and I'm feeling good. "If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is ... http://iknitthis.com/?p=20