Archive for June, 2009
I’ve had a bit of knitting ADHD lately. I find myself jumping from project to project with no focus or goal in mind. Things are cast on and worked for a bit, only to be frogged or set aside and forgotten. I did find some time to do my first dyeing experiment. A while back, [...]
Cattle Dog Studios now has its own domain! Currently only the blog is available, but I hope to have an actual, viable website up shortly. Previous URLs will automatically direct here, but please update your links and bookmarks anyway. Thank you!
Pattern: Noro Striped Scarf Yarn: Wisdom Yarns Poems #172 & #576 (2 balls of each) Needles: Us7 / 4.5mm Finished Dimensions: 4″ x 84″ / 10cm x 214cm Started: June 12, 2009 Finished: June 22, 2009 I’m so glad to finally have this scarf finished. It took me a great amount of willpower to slog [...]
I’ve decided to take the plunge this year and make hand-crafted gifts for family and friends. It seems like the past few years, my husband and I have slipped into the rut of giving mostly gift cards. It would be nice to mix things up and give something a little more meaningful and special than [...]
Tomorrow is World Wide Knit in Public Day, the day when all of us knitters take to the outdoors in droves, armed with needles and yarn, in order to educate the public about the awesomeness that is knitting. My LYS is hosting an event, so I am planning to pop by there for a while, [...]
I have had a lot of knitting time lately. My husband’s car bit the dust a week or so ago, so he’s been using my car to get back and forth from school. I also let my World of Warcraft account lapse into unpaid status in an experiment to see if I would really miss [...]
I got around to retaking the final photos of the Hanikamu Scarf today, so I was finally able to finish off the pattern pdf. I am very fond of Japanese textiles, especially kimonos and obi. They have such lovely geometric patterns and designs (in addition to all the floral and animal designs). I thought this [...]
I am now the owner of my very own knitting machine. A Studio SK-321 Cardomatic, to be exact. It is a two hundred needle machine that utilizes punch-cards to form a pattern. Originally, it belonged to my grandmother. When she passed away a number of years ago, it got packed away and forgotten. It was [...]
