Yearly Archive: 2009

I was busy in July. When I saw Simona Merchant-Dests lace cardigan from Vogue Knitting Spring/Summer 2008 knit in Lara, I shopped my stash found enough Lara and got started. I was sure it...

It was a busy Tigard Knitting Guild meeting for me.  It was my month to arrive early to help with set up.  It was my month to do a small presentation on lace, the...

A girl can’t have too many skirts I’ve worn this skirt several time since finishing it in May. It was one of several pieces I cut from stash fabric to coordinate and it is...

What better thing to do on my birthday than acknowledge a friend’s day? Early in the month, Tom and I took a quick trip south to help Amy celebrate her 30th. I’ve finally pulled...

On Monday, I popped down to the Bay Area to spend a little time with Fiberly Friend, Diane. We started with lunch at Caffe 817, a nice little cafe in downtown Oakland. Next it...

Before the summer Interweave Knits arrived a couple of weeks ago, I had already picked out a “must-knit” pattern–Annie Modesitt’s Luminarie skirt. KnitPicks CotLin yarn was ordered for another skirt project, but this one...

April was the month for starting more thing than I finished. I spent several days deciding on patterns and fabric, laying out fabric and cutting patterns – the part of the sewing process I...

February was a bust for finishing projects because I just wasn’t in any one place long enough to focus on anything. But March was a different story: in addition to the birthday gifts and...

With so much traveling, February was a bust for getting anything completed. I’ve done much better this month. Of course, I had incentives, since it’s birthday month for Tom and Dianne. Three – no,...

My last post was all words. This will be a few words with pictures, to continue on February. What I bought Generally on trips, Tom and I stimulate the local economy, but I’ve been...