knitting life

On selfish stashing and trading

by Liz on February 21, 2009

A few weeks ago on the Ravelry forums, some users got into a debate regarding trading and selling yarns, most specifically desirable yarns such as Sundara and Wollmeise. People were complaining that these yarns are extremely difficult to find, which, yes, they are. They said It was frustrating that some users didn’t want to sell, [...]

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A knitter’s dilemma

November 16, 2008

I have a dilemma. What projects should I bring with me to work on while I’m in London visiting Cate? Of course, for the plane ride over, I will be working on Cate’s fingerless mitts, which are not yet finished but are dangerously close. I’ve gotten to the point where I need to start making [...]

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Cats + yarn = bad yarn barf

November 7, 2008

Three times this week I have had to untangle a mess of yarn that my cats have created with their vicious curiosity. Bastards. I love them, but they’re bastards. The first victim was boyfriend’s Malabrigo Chunky beanie, which was extremely easy to untangle, as it’s chunky yarn and there wasn’t much left for them to [...]

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What gets me through the days

October 19, 2008

Grad school is hard… and time consuming. My knitting and fun blogging has fallen by the wayside, my friendships are deteriorating, and I barely see my poor boyfriend and my cats – unless we’re sleeping. But you know what gets me through the day? Only 32 days until I’ll be sipping tea in London and [...]

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Gray matter

August 31, 2008

If I don’t cast on for something soon, or finishing knitting my Bacchus or Charade socks ASAP, I think my brain will explode and my poor boyfriend will have to clean the gray matter off of my iMac. I’ve been so busy moving and starting school that I haven’t picked up the needles in (gasp) [...]

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Halloween! (I refuse to believe this post is immature when people are already knitting holiday gifts.)

August 20, 2008

Some people are big holiday people. I’m not a big holiday person. The only two holidays I go all out for are Halloween and birthdays. I guess birthdays don’t really count as holidays, but for me they are. Maybe it is me grasping at straws, but those are my holidays. That’s it, that’s all I [...]

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Too fucking many WIPs

July 3, 2008

I don’t know what has gotten into me lately, I just keep casting on for stuff. Before this week’s rash of new projects, I was fairly content with having two projects on the needles: one pair of socks and one other item. I liked my system, I got things turned around pretty quickly so I [...]

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