Tag Archives: socks

bad …

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Kathie

… blogger … somewhat bad knitter. Life got busy with a new job and somehow 6 months or so just flew by.  The new job is great, but I just haven’t had the mental energy to keep up with everything. … Continue reading →

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11in11 update

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Kathie

Well, I continue to mess with the master list of eleven cabled items and eleven pairs of socks, buy hey, it’s my list so I can do whatever I want. For cables, it occurred to me that two hats finished … Continue reading →

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idio(m)t

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Kathie

“Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.” I wonder what the knitting queue equivalent to this idiom is  … “Your imagined spare time is bigger than your reality” perhaps? Revisiting the 11in11 idea, I’ve had to apply a little common … Continue reading →

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carolinas part 2

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Kathie

What would a vacation be without some knitting?  Yes, I’ll admit it, I packed my knitting before anything else.  Knowing that I’d have six or seven days in the car was a good motivation! Project 1: finish Zach’s basic ribbed … Continue reading →

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eleven in eleven

Posted on January 1, 2011 by syb

(aka the “Happy New Year’s” post) The first knitting plan for 2011 is to do a self-imposed sock club (a la the Yarn Harlot’s of 2010) to finish 11 pairs of socks in the year.  Mine will be a little … Continue reading →

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javascript & venus de milo …

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Kathie

… are  kicking my butt. I’m having nasty flashbacks about getting to Calculus in high school and just. not. getting. it.  JavaScript seems like it should be logical and comprehensible, but so far it’s like a language that I just … Continue reading →

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all work and no play

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Kathie

makes the handknit librarian a very dull girl indeed. I’m on day six of what is scheduled to be thirteen straight days of work and in combination with a lot to do for both classes it really isn’t very good for … Continue reading →

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End of "summer" update

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Kathie

In Vino Wisteria is underway and I’m loving it! (well, apart from a few tense moments when I screwed up the count on the chart and had to tink back through some complicated cabling).  The Dream in Color Classy is … Continue reading →

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WIP update

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Kathie

A rethink is in order for several wips – some strategizing, some knitting maths, some sweating, some graph paper, and probably much swearing. First: LS 502: First Toe-Ups – the combined factors of working out how toe-up socks happen and … Continue reading →

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Getting underway

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Kathie

with some summer knitting to-dos from my list: Publish free patterns on Ravelry Reverse engineer the bumblebee booties Get some patterns up for sale on Ravelry and etsy Learn to do toe-up socks Clean up some of the hibernating wips … Continue reading →

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