I know this is a few days late, but last Wednesday I went to the Ottawa SnB Knit Night for the first time. Who knew there were so many fun knitters in Ottawa? I had a fabulous time and will definitely be going back. Although I took my camera, I didn’t take [...]
I have three finished objects to show today – two have been done for a while, and the other is more recently completed. I was waiting for a sunny day to take nicer pictures, but seeing as though we haven’t seen the sun in weeks here in Ottawa (it’s yellow, right? kinda orangish sometimes? I [...]
Three years ago today, on November 11, 2003, I quit smoking. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done, and I am still incredibly proud of myself for this.
If you smoke and want to quit, or have recently quit and are struggling, do yourself a favour and go visit QuitSmokingSupport.com, and even [...]
Yesterday evening the Yarn Harlot herself spoke at Yarn Forward in Kanata. Now, I don’t get out to the ‘burbs very often (in the 6 years I’ve lived in Ottawa, this was my first time in Kanata), but she was worth the trip. I headed out after work, spent almost an hour on the bus [...]
Muhahahaha So today during my lunchtime knitting club at work, I took out the messy grafting job from yesterday and started again. Having finally figured out which way the yarn needed to go to graft garter stitch, it was like I was channelling Elizabeth Zimmermann herself. Without hesitation the needle went in and out [...]
I haven’t had a lot of knitting-related stuff to blog about lately. I have a couple of new FOs (a hat for me and a hat for Rabbitch’s Hat Challenge, but one still needs blocking and both need to be photographed, and I haven’t gotten to that yet.
I still haven’t been inspired about any major [...]
Smiley Face Dishcloth
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Diagonal Ripple Dishcloth
Written Instructions
Charted Instructions (.pdf)
