Wednesdays: Works in Progress

First up:  Boston Terrier Mittens.  This pattern is fun, fun, fun.   I had lusted over these mittens on Lorette’s blog for quite some time.   One reason is that this little miss entered our lives in December.  Her name is Kinsey, she spent her entire life in a puppy mill and has many health […]

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Magic Loop

After finishing the Jaywalkers of Doom, I jumped right in and cast on another sock.  I don’t know what got into me but I decided to try magic loop like RIGHT NOW.   And, initially, I completely hated it.   It was way too fiddly and fussy and such.   And, much of the first […]

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Do I Look Familiar?

Remember me… loony knitter that had 2 more children in 2 years… all while being over 40?  Sound familiar? Well, let me get things caught back up. The Drawer:   In my last post I discussed the idea of cleaning out a drawer of little jewelry boxes and my fear that if I did that, […]

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Fannie Socks

Fannie Socks Farmhouse Fannie’s Fingeringweight Yarn Color: Unknown (Tag lost loooooong ago) You wouldn’t know it by looking at them but these socks were knit from the exact same skein of yarn.  Fraternal much?  That’s the fun of hand dyed yarn.  I love the variations.

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