knit 'n lit

We all have seen how I dealt with the kitchen stress this summer. School stress has been at severe levels for the past two weeks or so (r...

Home from the yarn crawl/shop hop, and moderately caught up with school work, so here's a quick look at my goodies from the weekend. We ...

After a spectacularly awful week, I'm looking forward to running away for the weekend to the Hill Country Shop Hop. Lots of knitters on ...

It's not all socks around here these days - several scarves have jumped on the needles this past week. Out of the frogged Claudia's ...

Just a quick peek at what's on the needles sock-wise. I've got two single socks, and about 5 pairs of half done single socks. There ...

One of my favorite things about fall is the new fall yarns. Especially the sock yarns (aren't y'all surprised?). I may have had to b...

I know I really shouldn't be complaining, after the mild summer we had, but can fall hurry up and get here already? It's been over 9...

The moment you all have been waiting for. The kitchen is (almost) done. I apologize for the lack of pictures sooner, but we were having cont...

There has been almost zero knitting progress this week, owing to the enormous amounts of schoolwork I've been doing. However, I did run ...

I've finished another bag, and another Christmas present! Yay! Pattern: Sophie, from Magknits Yarn: Paton's Classic Merino in their ...

Time to chime in people! I started this scarf several weeks ago in the full-on chevron scarf frenzy. I wanted to not knit an entire scarf in...

I may have started a few new socks. In my defense, I did rip a few out this weekend as well. Ripped: Knee High to a Grasshopper - I was tryi...

Just a quickie tonight.... I seem to have finally conquered the gauge monster on mom's sweater, and it is moving along. Now I just hope ...

I'm on a mission this year. A mission to try new sock yarns. OK, at least BUY new sock yarns. I've been scouring The Loopy Ewe, snat...

Pattern: Generic top-down over 72 stitches Yarn: Madelinetosh Sock in Ginsing Needles: ChiaGoo 2.25mm DPNs Dates: July-September 1, 2007 Mod...

Picture this: It is 8:15 Wednesday morning. I'm standing at my Elmo (it's this really cool thing like a combo digital camera and ove...

A tardy birthday gift arrived today, but it was worth the wait. The Vogue Knitting "Ultimate Sock Book." Candy for the eyes. The b...

I had three (mostly) wonderful packages in the past few days. From Scout - Zuluknitty sock yarn (Love the colors!), from The Loopy Ewe - S...

I've had this finished with only the ends to weave in for over a week. I finally got around to it. Pattern: Fetching from Knitty Yarn: R...

Pattern: Rusted Root from Zephyr Style. Yarn: Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece - 2 3/4 skeins Needles: Sz US 4 Susan Bates and Sz US 6 Clover Bamb...