I stumbled upon a really cool idea today. Sign up to be a Secret Santa to some undetermined as yet person, and get a Secret Santa for yourself. All you have to do is post some general information about yourself, include an email address, get an Amazon.com wishlist going, and your gold. I really hate knowing everthing I’m getting for Christmas, so this should be pretty cool. Link: Secret Santa 2004
Archive for November, 2004
FOs–who cares? What’s on the needles? Also not important. What is important is this: there’s a new yarn store in town. Well, Canonsburg to be specific.
It’s called the Knit Shoppe, and it’s located at 61 W. Pike Street, in Canonsburg, and they are celebrating their grand opening this weekend! They have designer yarns in yummy colorways, lots of needles and notions, books, gifts, bags and more! They are also offering some classes in knitting and crocheting. I never realized how[...]
I had some leftover Noro Kureyon from my Booga J Bag, so I decided to knit Kate, or me, a skinny scarf. It turned out so nice, I decided to try a pair of fingerless gloves to match.
The scarf was a simple garter stitch, 12 stitches wide, knit till I nearly ran out, then fringed.
The fingerless gloves are a pattern I picked up from the Midnight Knitter.Here’s what mine, er, hers, look like so far. Keep in mind[...]
I finally finished Katie’s poncho. Actually, I, like other kindred spirits, finished it on election day. So wait a minute…is it a poncho? Or a shroud? Hmmmm….
Anyway, she seems to like it just fine. It’s an adaptation of a Lion Brand pattern, but I fringed it and left off the hood. And I didn’t check my gauge (cardinal sin!) so the size is a little smaller than it should be, but works fine for a ten year old. I used[...]
