The Most Elaborate Ornaments

The Most Elaborate Ornaments

  These ornaments are on display every Christmas at the Museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago. They have an atrium FULL of Christmas trees from all over the world. Of course, I only took pictures of the knit ornaments and this is only a taste of what they...
The Rubber-necking continues...

The Rubber-necking continues…

This is me. The hat I am wearing was knit for me by a woman named Debbie. I have never met Debbie, but she knit this Star Crossed Beret (designed by Natalie Larson) for ME! I have that syndrome where everything I knit goes to someone else so I was...
Hello world! Welcome to the Knitted Galaxy!

Hello world! Welcome to the Knitted Galaxy!

This is my friend Lindsay. She is a new friend of mine. For those of you who know us, you might remember our little brush with fame. Lindsay is my first post because I’m so impressed with her knitting skills. She never had done color work until November 2010. She...
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I have three siblings. My youngest sister will be 19 in a couple of weeks. She is 15 years younger than I am and sometimes I feel more like an aunt than a big sister. She’s basically my mini-me. She likes all the same things I like. I can get her into all the nerdy...

I had a little turtle…..or four

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New feature????

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And what do we have here…..

I have reflected on my past year in knitting. I have counted the projects that I have to do before all these March babies show up…. 22 projects. YIKES! So, I have figured out that I have to knit for about 2 hours every night in order to get this stuff done. On my march...

Happy New Year!

I’ll try to get on to normal blogging this year. I’ll make it a resolution. I’ve joined back up with Nerd Wars so that will give me something knitting related to write about. Currently, I’m working the Aviator cap that is in the new Vogue Ultimate Hats book. I picked it up at Vogue Knitting...

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How Moving

This is currently my living room. We are moving in a week. I’m going just a little crazy. I can’t figure out when I should pack my yarn. I’m packing everything else but my yarn…but my yarn is everywhere. I feel like maybe I should pack my yarn so at least things will be a...

Tools Part 1

Dear Friends, I’ve been thinking a lot about tools and how I feel about them. My mom is a real sucker for tools. She loves tools. I think that’s why she really like her hobby, Stamping is all about tools. Here is what has been on my mind for while, what is your relationship with...

So simple it’s hard.

My Darling Friends, I have been having such a hard time with this pattern. I’m working on Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Baby Surprise Jacket #2. The first one looked great! I’m not sure how long he could wear it cuz he grew super fast. But I decided to knit another one for one of the 6 women...

Renewed Interest

Today brings a renewed interest. I’ve been sitting next to Barnaby for 6 months. Feeling guilty because I was gifted this beautiful wheel by my darling boyfriend. Barnaby is still naked as I have no idea what to put on him. Any ideas? My first spinning project was fiber given to be by my dear friend....