Category Archives: Knitting

FO: Peapod Baby Sweater

Posted on 14 August 2006 by Sika

One of my favorite coworkers up and had a baby girl a few months ago. Before she went on maternity leave, I was busy with knitting Josephine for Shannon’s wedding. So, I had planned to have a baby sweater done … Continue reading →

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from wednesday

Posted on 21 July 2006 by Sika

I keep thinking about when Lyss and I were having dinner and Etienne was sitting in a chair on the other side. Etienne was stabbing a knitting needle repeatedly into a skein of yarn. Says we, “Etienne, what are you … Continue reading →

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Various objects of the present nature (image heavy)

Posted on 11 June 2006 by Sika

I realized that I hadn’t  gotten Renu a birthday present, so I made for her one of Knitty’s Pocket Creatures and stuffed it with lavender that we got last year at the Sequim Lavender Festival. For Shannon and Walker’s wedding … Continue reading →

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LOOKY!

Posted on 14 March 2006 by Sika

Does my nephew LOOK like he’s only almost 3? (Those are the mittens I made him, btw.) After spending 2 days camped out at my parents’, writing 11 papers (most of them short), I borrowed Nomi’s computer from Saturday afternoon … Continue reading →

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Knitting!

Posted on 5 December 2005 by Sika

I did end up making the broadstreet mittens for my dad for Christmas. I even figured out how to reverse the pattern for myself. I also discovered that not doing a knit row before I ran the yarn through to … Continue reading →

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random bits of update

Posted on 17 November 2005 by Sika

James Marsters is in Smallville. He has dark hair and an American accent. It’s very very wrong. (I think he’s gotten even skinnier, and he’s starting to look his age, too.) I came home and the next door neighbor’s house … Continue reading →

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Posted on 21 September 2005 by Sika

y’know. If I wait to do the DNA scarf until I practice some intarsia, I could do an actual gene sequence with 4 colors (to represent A,T,C,G) and some other solid color for the background. Hrmm, I like to make … Continue reading →

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Posted on 20 September 2005 by Sika

Ok, this is enough to make me try cables and charting: www.twosheep.com/helix/ It’s DNA!!!!! ! ELEVENTY! 1! I love DNA. It makes me go.

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Help me fix a pattern!

Posted on 15 September 2005 by Sika

Apparently, I’m going to Chicago this weekend. Bought my ticket tonight and am going tomorrow afternoon. So, I have this pattern, it’s lacey and each rep of the lacey is 11 stitches. The pattern calls for cast on 90 stitches–so … Continue reading →

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Posted on 30 April 2005 by Sika

Tonight, I have to do my outline for the weekly papers my students have to give me. But instead, I’m being addicted to knitting. In the last week I’ve received http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8185220928&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1 and one of these:  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3885&item=7152190707&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW as well as some … Continue reading →

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In Critically important news . . .

Posted on 29 April 2005 by Sika

I have a fuzzy picture on my camera of my cat mischief wearing the headscarf I finished the other day. He looks very cute in blue.

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Hey!

Posted on 17 April 2005 by Sika

Thanks to Stitch n Bitch, I have finally learned how to purl. This was my 4th or 5th attempt to learn how, including run-ins with several “Knitting Made Easy” type books. I’m making a scarf with alternating blocks of stockinette … Continue reading →

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