Archive for the ‘Projects’ Category
I’ve been on a bit of a designing kick lately and have been charting, swatching, and writing like mad. Unfortunately, most of these projects will have to be kept to myself until closer to their release dates, but for now, here’s a peek at my latest swatch: Yarn is Knit Picks Stroll (75% Superwash Merino, [...]
We’ve been having wonderful weather lately. Slightly overcast and foggy mornings that slowly burn off into sunshine-filled afternoons, with a few short rain showers sprinkled in every few days. I’ve been really enjoying it and spending as much time outdoors as possible. The roses in our backyard have been soaking it all up, too, and [...]
I’ve been productive lately, although not much of it has been blog-worthy until fairly recently. Tonight, I finally finished my Sunshine socks: It took me just over a month of on-and-off knitting to finish them. Cookie A. writes wonderful and intriguing patterns, but it became a bit of a slog to complete the second sock. [...]
What little glimpse we’ve had of Spring in bloom here in central California has now been stomped on by a rather vigorous and long-lasting rain storm. I’m sure that once the rain finally stops, everything will recover and resume being bright and cheerful, but for now I’m stuck making my own sunshine. That’s exactly what [...]
I’ve been very busy knitting lately, but haven’t had much to show for it. Distributing your efforts between lots of projects makes for lots of industrious work, but not much in the way of results. Yesterday, however, I managed to finish two different projects – one that’s been on my needles for over a month [...]
A special package from Webs arrived earlier today which means that I can finally cast on for that Geodesic Cardigan I’ve been pining after since seeing the previews for the latest Knitscene. Is it just me or is Malabrigo Lace hard to find in large quantities, especially if you’re after one of the darker colorways? [...]
What an incredibly busy past three months it has been! Now that all of the holiday craziness is over and dealt with, I find I suddenly have the time to sit back and relax… at least for a little while. I know my shoulder certainly appreciates the down time! I didn’t realize just how much [...]
Things have been a bit quiet around here this last month and for good reason! I’ve been spending most of my free time knitting away in an attempt to get all of my Christmas gifts done on time. I am now mostly done, thankfully. Six scarves are finished with one left to go (it has [...]
October ended a while ago marking the completion of NaCraMaMo and I just haven’t had the time to summarize the month’s happenings before now. I’m happy to say that I was indeed able to meet my goal this year. Although my plan to craft a little each day wasn’t a very lofty goal, I did [...]
Last week we were subjected to a bit of a nasty surprise. We were hit by the residuals of typhoon Melor and had quite a bit of flooding in our house. At one point, our backyard was under about six inches of water and instead of draining out into the street, it came inside through [...]
After winding up that skein of Dream in Color Smooshy last night I was eager to cast on with it, so I spent some time browsing patterns on Ravely. Socks were out, since I don’t want to half hide the beautiful colors in my shoes, and so were scarves as I have enough of those [...]
October seems to be chugging along at a rapid pace and I feel like I’m having a hard time keeping up. The cold I am apparently developing is not helping, since it is wearing me out before I manage to get anything done. Thankfully, I have managed to accomplish a little bit of something each [...]
It’s time for National Craft Making Month again! I will, of course, be participating once again this year. Last year my focus was mainly on beading with a little kumihimo thrown in. This time around I’ve shifted interests into knitting and spinning, so my participation this time around will reflect that. I am planning on [...]
Things have been busy around here at Chez CDS. Aside from getting some work done on the main website, I packed up and shipped off a swap package, worked on a new pattern design, and restarted some of my Christmas knitting. Amidst all the hustle and bustle, my latest package from Knit Picks arrived. They [...]
