Round 3 was pretty interesting this year. First off, there were the specs, which had everybody talking way back in February before we even knew in which round they were going to be used. Yarn: Knitting Goddess merino/nylon 2 x 50g, Knitting Goddess mini-skein set in Rainbow 7x10g (C1-C7) Needles: US1/2.25mm circular needles or dpns, […]
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Sock Madness 8, Round 2
I finished Round 2 of Sock Madness 8 last night. This was only the second time I’ve had to break out my size 1 needles (the smallest I really use) since switching to lever-style knitting. Not only was this sock knit very tightly, it also had cables. Lots of them. Doing knotwork at such a […]
Sock Madness 8, Round 1
For those who didn’t see this last year, Sock Madness is an annual speed knitting competition. They’ll tell you it’s not a competition, not really, but the first person to finish wins, and I call that a speed competition, or a race. Pattern designers, novice and seasoned, spend the preceding year(s) coming up with the […]
Finished!
Speaking of “getting things done,” my persistence is starting to pay off in the knitting department. I am down to only fourteen works-in-progress (WIPs). Yes, this is progress. I have severe Attention Deficit Knitting Disorder. It’s only by the skin of my teeth that I have avoided landing in the pit I found as a […]
Time to Reassess
We just spent a wonderful weekend at Michigan PaganFest with our friends. This was my second year to attend the festival, but the first time I’ve spent the whole weekend there, and the first time the rest of my family came along. My mother offered to come with us, so we were able to use […]
Sock Madness
Did you know that there is a world of competitive knitting? There is Sock Wars, a knitted version of the Assassin game where you “kill” your target by knitting and mailing them a pair of socks. This has been played online with lots of variations for a decade or more, as far as I can […]