Monthly Archives: April 2007

Gore Place Sheep Shearing Festival

I saw a sign in town a couple weeks ago. Apparently our town has an annual sheep shearing festival. For some reason, this did not click at first. I was picturing big burly men wrestling sheep to shear and not … Continue reading

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One Week

Cast on last Friday evening, finished a few hours ago while watching TV. A one-week knit, practically down to the hour. Color is closest to the photo taken from above. Yarn is 1.5 balls “Sublime” baby cashmere merino silk dk … Continue reading

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Yarn

This is the yarn I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a couple weeks ago. I’ve knit up a skein of it already, but yesterday I bought a ball winder and wound the other 3 into big, squishy center-pull … Continue reading

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Unseemly Behavior

Tabi is not what you would call the world’s most dignified cat. Case in point:

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Pink Lightning

I started these socks shortly after Christmas (when Santa, with his never failing good taste, gifted me with sock yarn reminiscent of Barbie and My Little Pony), and have been working on them half-heartedly since. Oh, the first sock went … Continue reading

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Tabi Assembles a Chair

I decided I wanted a comfortable chair to use for reading, knitting, etc. It would also be nice to have an extra seat when we have people over. So I trekked out to Ikea with Matt today (boy was it … Continue reading

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