http://www.crafty.greenkri.com A Knitter's Journal Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:24:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I'm very nearly finished with my mom's birthday shawl, and I've completed all my deadline knitting for the store. This has gotten me to thinking about the [Sage Cardigan](http://lilygo.blogspot.com/2007/02/sage-cardigan-details.html) pattern that I bought a few months ago. I've been itching to start this sweater, and even have the yarn ... http://www.crafty.greenkri.com/dissecting-a-pattern-sage-cardigan For those of you that knit for gift giving, you know the minor stress of that deadline. I know a lot of gift giving knitters create a list of gifts they want to knit for Christmas, often find they've overestimated what they can do, stress close to Christmas, and probably ... http://www.crafty.greenkri.com/someone-elses-deadline This is a very unexciting spinning project in a very unexciting color. However, I'm plodding through fairly well because it's an easy quick spin. I bought this Romney fiber a few months back to give this new fiber a try, and I have a feeling this isn't what Romney is ... http://www.crafty.greenkri.com/romney I've been really busy lately, and I've learned that my old method of posting just isn't going to work. Instead of taking photos and posting when I'm completed or sufficiently excited about a new project, I'm going to have to batch process photos on the weekend, and slowly post about ... http://www.crafty.greenkri.com/ply-as-you-go I've been meaning to post about this for a while, but what with the new job I have less time in the evenings to take photos. Plus, the light isn't very good except during the very middle of the day. This is about the New Hampshire Sheep and Wool festival ... http://www.crafty.greenkri.com/new-spindles After having finished the scarves for this pattern quite a while ago, I've finally formalized the pattern and am ready to post it. I'm really happy with how these came out. They're really simple garter stitch scarves, but the border adds a little detail that keeps them from being boring. ... http://www.crafty.greenkri.com/vintage-lace I've been in a bit of a funk for the past week or so, and I think it's because I've yet to find a new job. A few weeks ago I left my job, and after my last day we went on a long planned vacation to visit my in-laws. ... http://www.crafty.greenkri.com/progress-as-usual The first time I ever knit with Southwest Trading Company's Tofutsies I really fell in love. Since then I've worn the socks many times, and they have worn up much better than all the rest of my handknit socks. I've come to the conclusion that merino is not for socks ... http://www.crafty.greenkri.com/tofutsies-vine-lace Today I've got just a quick post on something that I finished a couple of weeks ago. When I went on my birthday trip to buy fiber with my husband I saw some linen yarn at the store. I've been wanting to knit with linen yarn for the longest time, ... http://www.crafty.greenkri.com/hand-towel I've got a lot of things to catch up on that I've been working on but haven't yet written about, so I think what I'm going to do is write several posts in the next few days. I finally took the time to take some pictures today while listening to ... http://www.crafty.greenkri.com/a-day-for-dyeing