jenifleur | January 25, 2010
I’m struggling to even remember what I’ve finished since my last post. Thank goodness for Ravelry, where I do vaguely keep up with my knitting. There was Wandering the Moor by Celeste Glassel, knit in Plain and Fancy Wool “Lichen”. There was Egg to Bluebird and a Little Nest, Too by Susan B. Anderson (various [...]
jenifleur | August 19, 2009
Because I actually did what I said I would do and wrote another post in a timely fashion. By the way, it’ll likely be me that hits the floor. Pattern: The Fleur Wrap by Sharon Miller. $6 internet download. See the second link for interesting ways in which this fichu can be worn. Yarn: Rowan [...]
jenifleur | August 18, 2009
I can’t help it, blame Ravelry for the fact that I can’t seem to write a post anymore. (shakes fist at Ravelry) This is going to be one big FO catch-up post so I can talk about the stuff I really want to talk about without feeling guilty about leaving the knitting off the knitting [...]
jenifleur | March 4, 2009
I’m not a natural farmer. I grew up in a suburb and then lived in cities until three and a half years ago, when we decided in Oliver Wendell style that farm living was the life for us. I’m not that far removed from the rural life, both my parents grew up on farms, but [...]
jenifleur | November 23, 2008
Pattern: Swiss Cheese Scarf by Winnie Shih Yarn: Jojoland Melody color ms12 (50g, 220 yards per ball), 2 balls Needles: US 4 Knitpicks fixed circs Mods: I made it narrower than the original pattern by reducing the stitch count to 82. Comments: I love Jojoland, and have been wanting some for ages. If you buy [...]
jenifleur | September 30, 2008
This should have been posted yesterday, but eh. Inertia. What are you gonna do, you know? All in all, the second anniversary of Mom’s death could have been a lot worse. I got up at 2:45 to be at work at a ridiculous 4 am only to sit in the parking lot until my regularly [...]
jenifleur | August 28, 2008
Pattern: Zetor Scarf by Jatta Soheltaa. Yarn: handpaintedyarn.com merino lace in black, a gift from Hockeymom. Needles: Addi Lace size US 2 Other: Knit for the Team Rubberneckers and Team Mission:Possible Ravelympics Notes/Mods: This project started off as the Veil of Isis, but I couldn’t for the life of me follow the complexities of the [...]
jenifleur | August 1, 2008
Pattern: Toe-Up Monkey Sock by Zhenya Lavy (pattern is on Ravelry, aren’t you?) Yarn: Miss Bab’s fingering weight, in the Watermelon colorway. I purchased this at SAFF for someone else, but I couldn’t bear to part with it. I should feel more shame than I do. I LOVE THIS YARN! Needles: US 1 Knitpicks fixed [...]
jenifleur | July 3, 2008
Pattern: Tuscany, by Amy Singer from the book, “No Sheep For You” (ravel it) Yarn: Brook’s Farm ACero 60% Super Wash Wool/20% Silk/20% Viscose, approximately 420 yd/skein. Two skeins used. The company calls this ‘fingering weight’, but I’d call it just under worsted myself. The light outside today refuses to give me pictures that don’t [...]
jenifleur | June 24, 2008
How do you even begin to comfort someone in a loss of this magnitude? My dear friend, Claudia, was working in her native country of Germany and couldn’t reach her husband. Now she has to return to a house and life without him. The shock in her group of friends is a palpable thing. I [...]
