I haven’t really been a shorts person in my adult life. Not sure why, but I will say that it’s hard sometimes, when you have a bit more junk in your trunk, to find cute shorts that fit well. I still (and will likely always) have that riding-up-in-the-center situation, but I think that has more to do with my thighs …
Pomona Pants, wide-legged version. How many is too many?
I was in a sewing rut a few months ago, and I kept trying to kick-start myself out of it. Of course, it was pandemic-related. Everything is so heavy and hard, and I could not muster the everything I needed to deep-dive into sewing again. But then I got the Pomona Pants pattern by Anna Allen Clothing, and everything just …
Socks on Vacay/Staycay upate
Oooooh, this year. OOOOOOOH THIS YEAR. 2020 started out a certain way, and then, WHAM. It’s not the same year it was in January, I can tell you that. Even February, it seemed like it was going to be one way. But here we are in the unique hellscape that is the actual 2020, and there’s not much of an …
Reading is FUNdamental: June 2020
My goal is to share the books I’ve read/listened to in any given month, with a short synopsis or my take on them.. We’ll see how long it lasts, heehe. Cheeky King (Royals Undercover, #2): Nana Malone The second book in a fun romance series. Royal Bastard (Royals Undone #1): Nana Malone Basically the 3rd book in the series above… …
Reading is FUNdamental: first half of 2020
From this point forward, I’ll try to do monthly lists of books read, and maybe go into further depth about them. For the first half of the year, I’ll mostly list them out, but if something is a stand-out, I’ll shout it out. 25 books total for the first half of the year. My goal, per my Goodreads Reading Challenge, …
Socks in progress
Ok, so I decided to share the actual socks I have in actual progress, too, in the hopes that it will inspire (guilt?) me into getting them worked on… My take-away message from this? I need to get more first socks DONE so I am over that hump. I also need to cast on an entire baskets-worth of Parks socks …
Hazelwood KAL update & Zoom
I spent a goodly amount of time these last 2 weeks actually working on my Hazelwood sweater, and guess what? IT GOT BIGGER! Strange how that works, isn’t it? This week, we are hosting a Zoom call for Hazelwood sweater KAL-ers, so join us if you can! It’ll be tomorrow, Thursday, July 9th, at 12:30pm PT. The link is here: …
Some fave recent reads by Black authors
With the Black Lives Matter movement happening right now, and folks talking about anti-racism books they are reading, I’ve seen lots of discussion about the importance of making sure we are all reading books in all genres by Black folks, too. To that end, I wanted to share some of my favorite fiction books by Black authors, mostly Black women. …
Socks on Vacay/Staycay 2020 check in
Well, this summer is sure a different beast than the one we thought we’d be having when we started planning for our Summertime Sock Knitting Extravaganza this year. So much has happened, and the world is such a fundamentally different place than it was this Spring, and everything is different. I for one have not done the amount of sock …
Euanthe
Euanthe is one of Jupiter’s irregular moons in the Ananke group of moons (Jupiter has a whopping 53 named moons, and many unnamed ones, to boot). The moon is classified as eccentric and retrograde, which is a fantastic way to describe this shawl: a bit off the beaten path, but not too far, it’s both fun to work and toasty …
In Season
You’ll be In Season no matter the temperature with this fabulous cowlette. It’ll keep you warm when it gets a bit cool out, and the patterning and excuses for colorplay are so enticing! MaterialsFinished Measurements: Circumference at neck: 34″/86.5 cm; depth at center front: 17″/43 cm; depth at center back: 7″/18 cm, measured after blocking.Yarn: approximately 645 yds/590 m total …
Slip-n-Slide
These fun two-color socks are a blast to knit, and the German Short-Row Heel ensures your pattern is not interrupted by heel increasing. Grab two highly-contrasting skeins, and get to slipping! MaterialsFinished Measurements: Small (Medium, Large): 6.5 (8, 9)“/16.5 (20.5, 23) cm foot circumference. 46 (58, 70) sts total. Leg length is measured from top of heel and is completely …