Monthly Archives: November, 2009
Ravelry to the rescue!
I always forget just how much yarn sleeves use. To me, they’re always an afterthought. They’re just little tubes after all, right? Wrong. They take up a lot of yarn. And you have to make two of them. I was reminded of this as I started knitting sleeve #1 for Starsky this week: I started [...]
Going green
I haven’t been able to do any knitting in the last 48 hours, but I have been quite the little eco-friendly person. Last night, I went on a hike to see the Leonid meteor shower. It was pretty chilly out there, so I brought along my entrelac scarf, fake isle hat, and miracle mitts to [...]
I feel a distance growing between us…
The back and sides of Starsky (pattern | Ravelry) are now blocking. Unfortunately, they’re blocking on a mattress over 200 miles away. I’ll explain: I went to Fresno for a hometown visit this weekend, and got the brilliant idea that I’d block my pieces while I was there. My mom has all these spare beds [...]
Red Dwarf
No, not that kind of red dwarf. This kind: The star reference is a bit more obvious during blocking: I made this little blanket for a friend’s newborn a few months back (Ravelry). I used some Nashua Creative Focus Worsted (Ravelry) I had lying around, and while the color was gorgeous, I felt the yarn [...]
Kitten Mittens – the full commercial!
Or should I say, “Kitten Mittons!!” I’ve gotta get cracking on my own set!
Major milestone, long in the making
Well, this took a while. I got the yarn in the mail on Halloween 2007, and more than 2 years later I can finally say I’ve gotten the majority of work finished on Starsky (pattern | Ravelry). To be fair, I didn’t cast on for this project until March 2008. I worked on it furiously [...]
Introducing Nocturnalknits.com!
Welcome to nocturnalknits.com! I’ve been planning on moving my blog to its own domain for a long while now, but other projects and the daily grind have gotten in the way. I hope you like the new design! When I’m not knitting or writing, I work as a web developer, so I wanted to make [...]
