Miscellaneous Design Studio

Category: knitting

  • Summer Friday

    Well. It appears I’m back at the pool with the children. I’m not a pool kinda gal. I love swimming in the ocean, and that’s about it. Last week I gave myself some truly AWFUL sunburn by neglecting to sunblock. I was in the shade of a tree the whole time. Not enough. Today I’m…

  • This Chilly Life

    The generally temperate winter temperatures of Maryland have briefly abandoned us. Our usual high is in the 40s this time of year, and we are experiencing a bit of a cold snap, that brought SNOW! This past week I suspect we have gotten more snow than in the past 2 years combined. The kids already…

  • YOP: Y13-W7 thru 11

    OH. I blinked and its now September. Back to school has turned into our daily routine. This year is looking a bit different, I was offered, and accepted, a long-term substitute secretarial position (until roughly mid-November) in the counseling office at my favorite high school. I love interacting with the students outside of class; and…

  • YOP: Y13-W6

    I almost didn’t bother with a YOP update on my Stormy Skies sweater. I finished the 2nd sleeve, and started the remainder of the body with the last full ball. Baring catastrophe, I should finish up this week (so my week 7 update SHOULD have a FO). I didn’t take a picture of both sleeves,…

  • YOP: Y13-W5

    HI. Its Monday here. Yes, YOP is a Sunday event. Last week we were out of town Wednesday-Sunday. We went CAMPING. In a TENT. In Virginia. Yes. It WAS in the 90s. And HUMID. But we had a fan in the tent, so it was ok. We braved the heat and did Busch Gardens Williamsburg…

  • YOP: Y13-W4

    This week I worked on a non-YOP knitting project (a GIANT scrappy shawl) while I found the emotional fortitude to start the sleeves on my sweater. Which when it comes down to it, aren’t difficult, but getting them started means gathering the proper tools and supplies. I started them Friday afternoon, when I decided I…

  • Greeting From the Far Side.

    Hi. I’m alive. And quite well. I’ve decided today was the day to write a blog. I had some guilt about my hiatus, thereby extending it further. Which is all absurd, because blogging is not compulsory. And the guilt was misplaced. As it happens I’ve been not really doing a lot of social media posting.…

  • YOP 2023: 5-7/52

    It seems like those first four consecutive weekly posts were a fluke! Last weekend I had a stomach thing, I think food poisoning. So that shot last weekend. But honestly, 2023 has been pretty slow to FINISH stuff. UNTIL TODAY. Today I finished the knitting of this massive scarf, including undoing all 292 cast-off stitches…

  • YOP 2023: 4/52

    I was going to write this tomorrow, on MONDAY, but here I am on Sunday night clickity clacking away on my keyboard. Its been a weird week that has put me in a weird headspace. Last week was a “short week” here, complete with internet connectivity issues (that resulted in a ISP tech visit and…

  • Free Pattern- Giant Squishy Scarf of DOOM

    I feel guilty calling it a pattern; its so easy. Its not a pattern. Not really. Its literally garter stitch. ALL GARTER stitch. But I’ve done the work so I can tell you the finished dimensions, needle sizes, and how much yarn you need. NO guessing. Project Backstory Because this is the internet and bloggers…