Posted in Entertainment on Feb 28th, 2007
I just ready something totally unrelated to knitting that could turn out to be pretty awesome (or it could end up sucking really bad). It seems that J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof, creators of Lost (my favorite TV show) have purchased the film rights to Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series (for the whopping sum [...]
I feel like I’ve been running around going crazy all day. I spent entirely too much time trying to get an action shot of Arwen that I don’t hate. I ended up with these and while they aren’t perfect, they’ll do. I’m super super super critical of myself and I cannot stand to look at [...]
Here’s the Arwen shot for today. I grafted the hood this morning, dunked her in the sink and laid her out on the bed to dry, which she almost is which is why she’s not pinned down. I blocked the back yesterday so tonight I’m going to start sewing. Mine came out a little [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2007
Today I had planned to post tons of pictures, a shot of the nearly finished Arwen (five more rows!), of the needlepoint sampler I’m working on now, of the Amish Friendship Bread that is taking over my kitchen, of the terrific latte I made this morning. But, alas, the camera batteries are dead so no [...]
Posted in Cross Stitch, Knitting on Feb 16th, 2007
Here’s the finished needlepoint piece that I showed Wednesday. It is, again, DMC embroidery floss on 18 ct. Aida and the pattern is here. It was fun to do something different and now I’m back to working on Arwen.
And here’s where I am on the cardigan. I’ve already knit the back and left front, this [...]
