Ignore the revision I was actually doing today

So I made progress on the Saroyawn yesterday (folded so it fits in the photo, but its 20" long now) I've almost finished the first of three skeins of the blue stuff, so I wound the next last night. You can see its in a painted peanut container as it just so happens to be…

Finished: Improvised Cowl – Pattern Pending

So today I am preparing to finish have finished this! (Picture taken before I finished, will update at some point!) A cowl that starts off a bit loose around the neck with decreases and a change in needle size so it hugs the face a bit by the time you've finished casting off. I'm always struggling…

[Day After] Lunar Birthday

(This was supposed to be posted yesterday, but completely slipped my mind. Some of it was written on the actual day, and some today.) Chúc Mừng Năm Mới! Happy Lunar New Year! The text above is in Vietnamese, if you were wondering. I think it's wonderful to have a birthday today (and theoretically it also means double…

Tank Tops and Trouble

It was Friday, the end of a Free Study Period (we are forbidden from calling them frees, but nobody ever calls them study periods) and I was returning a giant Gross (name of the dude, not an adjective) Psychology textbook when something caught my eye. It was a book. Not just any book - there…

Covering All Bases

Since I started knitting about two years ago, I've amassed a small yarn stash, or Yarnstache, as I like to call it (in one of the two storage boxes in my wardrobe. The other is my notebook collection stash). I've also gathered up a bunch of knitting needles, cheaply bought at LYS's or charity shops…