Just Knitting Around

I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
~Oscar Wilde

I wanted to knit a scarf with some of this gorgeous Noro Silk Garden I got on sale this summer. It had to be reversible, show off the yarn and not be too difficult to do when you have 4 kids. […]

I made a whole crop of these in all sizes last fall (5, I think). I whipped this out on Sunday evening and have a new baby gift for the toddler 10 pounder that my friend had in July. I hope this fits, unlike the kimono I knit originally. My nephew is […]

I finally completed my Trekking socks. The Trek Along With Me KAL is so far over, I think I may be the last to finish. If I had spent all this time actually Trekking who knows how many socks I could have completed. I only took one hike, waaaay back in June. […]

My first newborn knitting! I made the Mason-Dixon Knitting Kimono for the baby of a friend, modified to a sort of Cardigan using these directions wich I found when I saw her entry on the MD KAL blog. I used less than one ball of Cottontots (leftovers from 2 MD washcloths […]

Well, these socks belong in the jungle but since I am not a season ticket holder they probably won’t get to a Bengals game. Since they are playing so well, tickets are hard to come by. I really like how they turned out. I think the Jaywalker pattern looks really good […]

While on my vacation this summer, I spent some of the time knitting dishcloths with Peaches and Cream I got at the walmarts. It was nice mindless knitting that produced something useful. I left 2 finished dishcloths with relatives we visited and finished these at home. The red and white […]