Like a siren from the sea Klaralund is calling me Damn is that ever a pretty sweater! I wasn’t too crazy about it when I just saw the pattern from the book, but now that Alison (of the Blue Blog Alisons) has finished hers, I do believe I need a Klaralund in my life. I love the shape, the back, the texture, the colors, the name. Just loverly. I’d like to wait until more people in the Klaralund-Along finish theirs[...]

Well, I have joined my first “-Along” and I’m very excited! It’s Knit-o-Rama’s Man-Along! My entry is the Manly Sweater from Stitch n’ Bitch. I’m making it with an 80% Merino Wool/20% Cashmere blend in a tweedy Olive. No stripe, please. The Man-Along is also a contest. There will be a prize for the best-looking sweater AND the best-looking sweater wearer. Oh the primping we will do! I’m going to make hubby look like he’s just spent a week in[...]

I finally got my act together and put up my gallery! It’s not exactly finished, I’d like to fix it up a little, make it look nicer, maybe put it on a separate page so I can describe the project and the yarn used. But at least it’s something. There were also some pictures that I simply had to add, even though they aren’t knitting/crochet-related. I like the idea of having a “Random Stuff” wing in my gallery. They’re pictures[...]

This is my favorite thing today! Check out the fiber content on this yarn! I got 2 Latte and 2 Almond – how could I resist? (9/6/04 – damn, I jut noticed that they must be out of stock so the link doesn’t work right. It was linking to baby camel yarn. The fiber content said “100% One Hump Camel”.)

It’s a gorgeous Ostrich Plume Triangle Shawl from Wool and Fiber Originals. Got the pattern, got the yarn, got the needles, even got pretty little beaded stitch markers. So why haven’t I started? Because I’m afraid of the chart. Isn’t that goofy? I’ve used charts in filet crochet tons of times, but this one is a little more complicated. I usually like to zone out when I knit, but I’m really going to have to pay attention to this one.[...]