I didn’t succumb to Single Sock Syndrome! As soon as I finished the first sock, I cast on the second – and I persevered through every teeny tiny microscopic stitch until I ended up with a pair of socks!

Check ’em out! I used the Sockology pattern (which contains some dubious translation from German, resulting in […]

Single Sock Syndrome is when you finish knitting the first sock and are so tired of it, you can’t bear to knit its mate right away. “I’ll do it later,” you tell yourself as you toss the single sock into the big bag of single socks.

You know you have Single Sock Synrome when […]

I’ve been a little derelict lately about both the knitting and the blogging of the knitting. Today I unpacked the needle I was looking for, which allowed me to FINALLY finish grafting the toe of the second sock of my first ever pair of socks.

LOOK! I MADE SOCKS!

TWO OF THEM!

I don’t think I’ve ever […]

I finished my third Inka hat by Cabin Fever (AKA earflap hat, peruvian hat, and Inca hat). Like the first two, this one was supposed to be for me, but the universe made a very compelling case for giving Inka hat #3 to my sister Kerry.

One of my New Year’s Resolutions was to remember […]

That crazy creative Yarn Harlot got this insane inspired idea that all the knitters should take on an Olympian challenge during the winter Olympics. We should cast on some herculean project during the opening ceremonies and then knit like fiends for 16 days.

I kid you not, in the very first day since the Knitting […]

The first pair of socks is coming along nicely. It’s going much faster than I expected (although it’s not exactly sock wool…and they are ankle socks…but even so).

The first part was easy (ribbing the leg section) – the only part that could be considered tricky is getting used to knitting with four double-pointed needles. […]

I’m knitting again. I’ve got two projects actively on the needles right now.

First is a hat with earflaps. Given that I froze my ear last weekend while out skating on the Rideau Canal, this is kind of like closing the barn door after the horse escapes…but better late than never, I suppose. I like making […]

Not to worry, I’m just taking a brief break from knitting after the Christmas knitting frenzy. I still have to knit myself an Inka hat (I’ve started one of the earflaps…I know, kinda sad really, I started it over a week ago). My sister’s birthday is coming up and she wants an Inka hat too. […]

After months of crazy-lady hat knitting, Christmas finally arrived and a number of hats were delivered to their intended heads. I’ve only got a few pictures so far, but will post more pictures of heads in hats in the coming days.

I originally intended these two hats to be mine…but fate intervened and they […]

I made another Inka hat – and this one fits me! It only took two days of knitting like a mad fiend…knitting through gnawing hunger pangs, knitting through the mind-wobbling ripples of sleep deprivation, knitting while walking the dog, knitting instead of going to work. Okay I’m kidding, I wasn’t quite that bad. But I […]