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mobarger — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:18:13 +0000

Yesterday, I took advantage of the nice fall day to take some stash pictures. This skein is from Hazel Knits October Sock Club (I know, another sock club!) and the colorway is “Cascade Canopy.” It’s so pretty. The green just glows.

Here is the other skein. This color is “Path To The Peaks.” The wind blew that bottom leaf right on top of the yarn just as I snapped, I thought it was perfect.

I quickly had an audience!

No one was sure what I was doing, or more importantly, if it involved food.

Everyone had to take a look.

Even Murphy, and he’s an old pro.

All About Chickens

mobarger — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:03:09 +0000

You may have guessed it if you read my farm blog, but I think about chickens a lot. A lot. So much I think it has affected by buying habits.
For example, over the holidays I did a little shopping.

Here is some lovely merino yarn from jilldrapermakesstuff.etsy.com and it is as soft and squishy as it looks. She’s a fast shipper and has lots of nice yarn. I think these will make up some quick socks for me.

Did you know Offhand Designs was having a fundraiser? All purchases benefit the Alameda food bank. This is a Stella Bella bag, something out of character for me but it’s cute and I think it will make a great project bag. And the pattern? It’s called “Chicks In a Row.”

And these boots from PiperLime complete with little chickens (they called them Fat Birds, but to me they are chickens). I won’t be wearing them until spring but I have a feeling the real chickens (and turkeys!) will really get a kick out of them.

These scarves have nothing to do with chickens. I finished up some Christmas knitting and will be sending these out. They are in Lion Brand Moonlight Mohair, a yarn I have always wanted to try. Guess I got that out of my system.

I still have 2 socks to finish up and I will be done with Christmas 2008. Does anyone ever finish Christmas knitting by Christmas?

Especially when Noro can be *so* distracting!

Time Stands Still

mobarger — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:13:48 +0000

First Magic Loop

Originally uploaded by MoBarger

I had heard that knitting 2 socks at a time using Magic Loop might be faster.

WRONG!

This is taking forever. And a day. Plus I think I could be using larger needles – I am currently using Addi Lace 24″. The extra length would probably make a difference. Instead of knitting, I spend most of my time shifting the stitches around the needles.

Using a project bag is helping the yarn keep from tangling too much. This is a sock back from ZigZag Stitches. Yarn is JL Yarn Vinca in color 551.

KR Holiday Swap 2007

mobarger — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:15:54 +0000

I had an absolutely horrible day today – I won’t bore you with the details. We do have quite a snowstorm today, snow is still coming down. But the mail brought me a wonderful package from a incredibly thoughtful KnitFool Claudia from KR forums.

Here’s the rundown:

Fiber Trends pattern for chickens! Complete with Cascade 220 and Nature’s Palette for creating Henrietta and her brood.

A mug with a rooster on it! Scone mix (and I had been thinking about learning how to make scones and biscotti over Christmas break!). Coffee, a mini chibi darning needle set, a cool device for colorwork: a Norwegian Knitting thimble, very clever, Virginia peanut soup mix (that;s a new one on me and I read all about George Washington Carver as a kid) 3 samples of SOAK, some funky Skacel Juliet yarn, and

These beauties! They fit great! I am trying to type with them on now. So bad day, but a great ending. Thank you Claudia!