Knitting on the Rogue River

I think I’ve finally spun enough of the BFL for this project. There’s still ~200 grams of dyed roving to spin but I’m hoping to spin that for another project. This is the first time I’ve measured and weighed everything before dyeing and spinning. All of the skeins of BFL weigh between 100-105 grams. The [...]

This month has been one crazy month! Too much work, not enough knitting, and no time for blogging. After looking at my computer all day long it just is too much to think of doing the same once I get home. Also, there’s family stuff to attend to. I joined the 50,000 stitches (National Knit [...]

A finished pair of socks for Soctoberfest 2006! The cuff is folded down because of the foreshortening caused by the camera angle. These are also part of my Halloween costume for today. I really look like a goof, but what fun. Hope everyone has a safe and fun halloween. I’ve also been busy spinning up [...]

More spinning and dyeing for the De Colores sweater. I dyed four 100 gram pieces of BFL for the sweater on Sunday and now have enough. All that’s left is to spin it up along with the rest of Jordan’s fleece. This is 200 grams of Merino that I’ve had for a few years. Another [...]

Way back when I posted about a sweater that I was knitting – De Colores by Ginger Luter. Well, that sweater didn’t get any further than that post. While I’ve bagged that particular incarnation of the sweater (I was afraid I would look like a giant box of crayons) the project itself has had new [...]

The term is finally coming to an end and I have a little room to breathe. I’m not teaching any CS classes next term because it takes too much out of me. Working a full-time job and teaching at night is too much. When do I have time to knit, cook dinner, or clean my [...]