Oh look…I knit a pair of socks
Pattern: Cascading Leaves by Jean TownsendYarn: Socks that Rock Carnelite (a kind gift from Em)Needles: 2mm Crystal Palace bamboo dpnsModel: Oscar “Thanks for the 2mm bamboo toothpicks” Madison
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The only thing powerful enough to distract me from the endless sock knitting
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. I’m a bit past the halfway mark and…it’s brilliant. Frighteningly good. The kind of book that half the time makes me insanely proud to be a novelist and inspires me to write and …
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Socks Like Rocks
The River Rapids socks are finished. They’re my new favorite socks. Don’t let the title alarm you–the socks are quite soft. (They’re Koigu, after all.) The colorway (Koigu KPPPM #P315L) reminds me of river stones. I couldn’t manage to take …
The belly at 32 weeks
…and a seriously distorted tattoo. Here you can see what the tattoo used to look like, before Thumper’s renovations. Not just the wings, but the entire dragonfly has stretched out. (I guess I should have expected that.) It’ll be interesting …
Socks Socks Socks
This is a great book. A really great book. I love it. And somehow I’ve managed to own two copies. One more than any knitter needs, certainly. Anyone interested in swapping a brand new copy of Socks Socks Socks for…say…some …
Things that are true today…bearing in mind that it’s all subject to change tomorrow
1. It now takes me thirteen moves to get out of bed, assuming I’m starting from my left side. (I have to first roll to the right to get my feet on the floor.) Each move is accompanied by a …
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Two finished footwear objects do not necessarily a pair make
One Eleanora legwarmer (okay…anklewarmer. It reaches mid-calf, which is, I believe, the most flattering length for a legwarmer) and one Child’s First Sock. One more of each to come.
Lessons from the pregnant body
It’s a gorgeous spring day today, and this morning I wanted to dress accordingly. For the most part, since the belly popped I’ve been living in maternity jeans and knit tops and my very favorite maternity camo pants while out …
Eleanora and I come to terms with our unique relationship
As absolutely beautiful as the Eleanora Sock is, the pattern can’t be all things to all knitters, right? Okay. Revise that. As beautiful as the Eleanora Sock is, sometimes a knitter is led to make a yarn substitution based on …
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Sometimes the cat’s just not that cute
Exhibit A Ladies and gentlemen, I apologize for having to share such carnage. What you are looking at is a partially eaten Crystal Palace 2mm bamboo dpn. It formerly belonged to a set of five needles. The remaining four are …