http://yarnification.daisywreath.net playing with yarn in the middle of the night Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:57:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I need a blog-reading amnesty here. The last time I posted, there were those 1400 or so unread posts, though Jess kindly pointed out that part of that was Bloglines randomly resetting entire feeds as unread. But now? Now there are over 2300 unread posts. I give. ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/08/14/well/ I opened Bloglines just now and saw this: I think I've gotten a little behind on things. http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/07/19/oh-dear/ A while back, I saw Deneen and Megan—and probably other folks but have lost track—post their high school yearbook photos along with a current photo. I thought that was a pretty cool idea but at the time I was still very much not unpacked from the move and couldn't ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/07/05/such-a-joiner/ Speaking of socks, look at the UFO I found while unpacking (the colors are washed out by the flash, so you'll have to use your imagination there—it was sort of a spur of the moment, middle of the night kind of thing): Ooh, that matches my skirt ever so well, doesn't ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/06/30/found-while-unpacking/ Y'know, it occurred to me earlier that I haven't put any of my finished object photos into the gallery for ages, possibly since I moved the blog to its current home early this year. I'm thinking about setting up a new gallery altogether and starting fresh, just import the ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/06/21/my-first-summer-of-socks-socks-are-started/ I'm starting to have a few concerns about the Seraphina, mainly that I'm going to run out of yarn any time now and it still isn't as big as I'd like it to be, about 17" from the center top to the bottom point and something like 38" or 39" ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/06/12/the-seraphina-progress-report/ Do you still love me even though I talk about knitting all the time and haven't crocheted anything in months? How about if I quit talking about the knitting for a bit and show you this swatch? I became frustrated with the lace shawl—okay, I know I was going to ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/06/07/seraphina-2/ It's WIP Wednesday: The Wish-Me-Luck ('cause I sure need it!) Edition This is the latest attempt at the candle flame shawl. One more row of garter stitch before I get to the lace pattern. Doesn't look like much yet, but I have hopes. I'm using a much ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/06/06/wip-wednesday-3/ First a note: I am way behind on reading email and blogs and things of that nature. If I was supposed to write you back about something and haven't, it's because of that. This morning I'm suffering from severe caffeine deprivation. I'm wandering around in a ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/06/05/olive-stripe-socks/ Before I flit off for the weekend, I thought I'd show you what I did last night. (Otherwise known as crafting under the influence/flitting around the house in my bra because this is the t-shirt I was wearing yesterday when I got inspired.) I got this idea out ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/05/25/t-shirt-makeover/ I'm knitting the second sock after arriving at a compromise between perfectionist and reasonable: I cast on, knit ribbing for a while, saw that I might possibly be just one stripe off from having matching socks, and started over in hopes that it would match. We'll see—I think ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/05/24/compromise-and-confusion/ I planned to make these identical twin socks, but I'm not sure if it's a happening thing here. Here's the first one: The problem? This colorway has a wickedly long repeat, and it's a single 100g ball, not two 50g balls, so I don't know if I can start at the ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/05/22/what-would-you-do/ Let's not talk about the lace shawl today, okay? I am having a fundamental disagreement with the shawl in that it's supposed to have 97 stitches and I keep ending up with only 95. Maybe I should be following the chart instead of trying to follow the written ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/05/15/and-more-socks/ I've healed up from the fall, no more freaky nerve pain, and am back to my projects again. I have a doily in mind that I think I'm going to start tonight. I'm starting to miss crocheting with all the knitting I've been doing lately, but I did need to ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/05/10/lace-underway/ Hey, look: (They are the same length. I don't know what's going on in that photo.) I'm much happier with the toes now. They don't match perfectly, but what I ended up with is fine by me. The first time they looked very silly next to each other with ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/05/07/finished-socks/ I was up to the end of the sock and about to cut the yarn and graft the toe when I held it up to the other sock for comparison. They were near-identical twin socks right up to the toe, where I'd started the decreases a couple of rounds ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/05/06/almost-there/ In a display of project monogamy that's wildly uncharacteristic of me, I'm still working on the second sock. Just finished the gusset decreases now and wow, do they ever look better than the ones on the first sock. Remember what I was saying about how it's not possible ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/05/04/getting-there/ I heeded Wendy's advice to cast on the second stock straight away and am about four inches in. I'm not going to post five hundred progress photos this time, though. You all were very patient and enthusiastic the first time around, but I'm not going to push it ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/05/02/musings-on-socks-and-lace/ Look, I finished the first sock—many, many thanks to everyone who was cheering me on while I worked on it! I hope you will not be struck blind by the terrifying paleness of my leg. I will still be that pale in August. I have learned to live ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/04/30/half-an-fo/ Almost didn't have time to post it, but here's today's photo. (I promise I won't do this daily sock photo thing with the second sock, honest.) It looks a little funky because of the needles forcing it to fold—by the next time I post I should be far enough along ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/04/28/socky/ Okay, so if I can't post a sock photo I gotta post a photo of something. So here ya go: It's a relief knowing I can use my phone without opening it ever so very carefully so as not to disturb the glue/crack or break the hinge any more than ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/04/27/shiny/ I was just about to get out the sock for its daily photo. (I don't think I've ever taken this many photos of a something-in-progress, ever. I am ridiculously and inordinately proud of this sock.) Then I realized: My knitting bag is in the car because ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/04/27/photoless/ Daily sock photo: This is really moving along much faster than I thought it would. I'm reading about what to do next after the heel flap. I read it once already last night, but I've learned that it's not possible to read the directions too many times when it ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/04/26/flappy/ Why, yes, I do plan to post daily photos of how the sock looks now that it's ever so slightly longer than it was yesterday. Lighting is wonky, no sunshine today. That's all, gotta run around and do some errands. http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/04/25/stripey/ Yeah, so I was knitting a tank top. I ripped it out again yesterday due to a combination of profound annoyance, a nagging suspicion that I was still making it the wrong size, and the fact that I found two fairly large mistakes. I wasn't that far into ... http://yarnification.daisywreath.net/2007/04/24/proto-sock/