The first Ithilien sleeve has started to take shape: Both cuffs are done, and I picked up 73 stitches and started knitting upward in the leaf pattern. It took a while before the pattern started to appear, so I felt overly dependent on the charts for the first inch or so. Actually, this is my second effort – I got… Continue Reading Ithilien sleeve, inside and out
Continue reading →I’m taking two whole weeks of vacation!! Vacating work, that is, not home. Everyone else is working as usual, so I’ll have time at home to get some things done. Like sleeping in, knitting, working in my neglected flower and herb garden, building some back steps, finally replacing the carding cloth on my drum carder, getting an electrician to wire… Continue Reading Vacation
Continue reading →I’ve been knitting swatches obsessively diligently with this Ithilien design, and it occurs to me that perhaps I’m staving off the next level of commitment. You know, figuring the precise number of stitches to cast on and then just doing it. I have all the pieces in my head or on paper or in yarn, but keep thinking things like,… Continue Reading Swatching is kind of like dating
Continue reading →It’s odd, how the fictional world created by J.R.R. Tolkien can seem so much closer to real life than the artificiality of the Las Vegas strip. I’ve been walking around that part of Las Vegas the past few days, and must say I can’t wait to get home! I know there is a more or less normal city just a… Continue Reading Ithilien meets Las Vegas
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