tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26784176764296341452024-03-14T02:07:31.671-04:00Running StitchesIn which I discuss yarn-related and running-related endeavors.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.comBlogger301125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-90363668481671761302012-03-31T19:34:00.003-04:002012-03-31T19:39:55.304-04:00My affection for colorWhen I saw Color Affection, I had to have it. I just did.A few yarn purchases later ... and a month later ... I had this:Main color: Madeline Tosh Merino Light in Steam AgeFirst contrasting color: Madeline Tosh Merino Light in Sugar PlumSecond contrasting color: Cascade Heritage Sock in a teal colorway that lacked any pretty, descriptive nameThe above photo is my new professional headshot, so Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-10184136256945000102012-03-09T09:45:00.002-05:002012-03-09T10:05:29.591-05:00a round-up of FOsGreetings!Though my knitting time has abated since I started my new job, I'm still making stuff. It's just not as frequent as it used to be. Knitting 24 pairs of socks this year? It's not gonna happen.) Still, though, when I finish something nowadays, I have a greater sense of satisfaction.First up in the parade is a sweater for Lennis' baby girl (who has since been born! Welcome, M!)There isLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-59546224936520816492012-01-19T10:01:00.002-05:002012-01-19T10:10:28.595-05:00first socks of the year!I solemnly swear ... I'm going to try to keep up with blogging FOs this year!These are the first pair of socks I finished this year. I knit them a lot while we were in Colorado last month skiing. And the yarn came from my trip to St. Louis with my mom last year, so it holds special memories that way, too.The yarn is Dyeabolical Strong Arm, which Ravelry tells me is now discontinued. Bummer, asLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-68143266127407064062012-01-09T00:24:00.002-05:002012-01-09T00:37:01.892-05:002011 in knittingHi, y'all!I thought I had blogged my year in knitting, but a quick check told me that nope, 'twasn't the case. I blame it on my new job (a promotion to assistant copy desk chief! Yay!), which is keeping me busier these days.Without further ado ...Plus a pair of socks I finished after I made the mosaic but before the end of the year:That is:24 pairs of socks (15 for others, nine for me)10 hats (Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-10215596808153691292011-12-24T10:55:00.001-05:002011-12-24T10:56:32.356-05:00still crocheting away ...Josh's blanket isn't done yet. But I'm getting close!I'm putting it on hold so that I can knit on a secret project with a deadline looming. I told Josh that his blanket might be a birthday present instead of a Christmas present! (His birthday is in about six weeks.)Merry Christmas to you and yours!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-9049140536216103852011-12-10T06:35:00.002-05:002011-12-10T06:45:49.688-05:00I got an iPhone!Oh, how I have been counting the days until my Verizon contract was eligible for renewal. The weekend after Thanksgiving, it was time, and I made two trips to the Apple store in order to find an iPhone in stock. Since then, I've barely put the phone down!I'm afraid I'm a little obsessed with Instagram and Hipstamatic.I brought it on a walk with Josh and Gracie ...To work (that's our Christmas Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-29883098403895626432011-12-02T12:47:00.003-05:002011-12-02T12:59:09.497-05:00knits for friendsOh hai.Things have been busy 'round these parts.Especially my knitting needles. I've got something like a dozen FOs since August + am going to do my best to blog about them. Tiffany is doing a blog-post-a-day thing in December, and while I clearly missed the boat on that, as it's Dec. 2, I'm going to do my best to post less sporadically this month.Speaking of Tiffany ...I knit her some socks (Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-59035728037368911002011-08-09T12:54:00.003-04:002011-08-09T12:59:23.681-04:00a knitter's rite of passageI've just finished my first chemo cap. (Thankfully, my dad never needed chemo so I never had to knit him one. I just knit him lots of socks for his cold feet!)
(Green is Neighborhood Fiber Co. Studio Sock in Edgewood. Tan is remnants from a shawl I knit a few years ago from an Etsy shop that has since closed.)
This is for Kevin, a friend of my parents'. He is a homebuilder -- he built my Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-21000653656635522732011-08-01T09:51:00.001-04:002011-08-01T09:51:52.118-04:00other recent knits!I promised I'd be back!Here's what else I've been up to, knitting-wise ...I knit yet another Sockhead Hat (a third!) -- this one for my college BFF's birthday:A confession: This was going to be for me. It is Koigu, and dammit, I deserve something knit from the only Koigu in my stash. But then I was daydreaming, and I thought, "BOY, J would love this." And once I visualize a possible recipient Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-16172004747110568162011-07-31T14:00:00.003-04:002011-07-31T14:21:11.464-04:00recent socksAhem, let's pretend I didn't take off the past two months from blogging ... instead, I'll show you what I've been up to, knitting-wise! This post is all about the socks ...First up is a pair of 2x2 rib socks I last blogged about in March ... This is yarn I got at Maryland Sheep & Wool last year -- Autumn House Farms Strideaway Twist sock yarn in colorway Montego Bay. It's really lovely yarn, Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-22618003484976721502011-05-27T12:39:00.003-04:002011-05-27T12:51:54.325-04:00yarny spoilsSo, about Maryland Sheep & Wool.I bought yarn. (Duh.)Not as much as in years past, but I definitely got a lot of goodies!My first stop was at Spirit Trail Fiberworks. They were just opening their booth and I ended up being the first customer of the day!I got a skein of Frija (a merino-cashmere-nylon blend) in this beautiful blue-gray colorway:I have knit with Frija before (these cabled socks) Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-26110634245725580812011-05-18T12:57:00.002-04:002011-05-18T13:19:59.667-04:00MDS&W recap!I have been an absent blogger as of late, but I'm back with a fiber festival update! Maryland Sheep & Wool has come and gone, and once again, my pals Lennis, Tiffany and I made the trip from our corner of Virginia. This year we were joined by the lovely Caysie, a longtime friend of Tiffany's. I've gotten to know Caysie over the past few months on Twitter and was so so glad to meet her!We were Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-62776133855432794842011-04-14T10:31:00.003-04:002011-04-14T10:35:33.184-04:00410 Cables410 cables -- that's how many are in the Habitat hat I knit last week.I picked up two skeins of Shelter on my visit to Fibre Space in northern Virginia a couple weeks ago, knowing I wanted to knit this pattern.I couldn't put this down - I knit it in five days. The crown decreases are so smart and pretty. I haven't looked too closely at my cables to see where I might have made a mistake and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-54281562667769851252011-04-10T13:23:00.006-04:002011-04-10T13:34:08.241-04:00birthday socks for my brotherThe last pair of socks I made for my brother took more than two years (yikes). The most recent pair of socks took 13 days!Yarn: Wisdom Yarns Endurance sock yarn in Meteorite colorway (about 90% of a skein), Loopy Ewe Solid Series in strawberry for the heelsUS 2 needlesKnit: March 18-March 31, 2011Rav linkI picked up this yarn at the newest LYS in Virginia Beach because it reminded me of Ohio Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-59512759235804482142011-03-19T10:16:00.003-04:002011-03-19T10:32:19.228-04:00Roger ThatIt's my second blog post in a week ... what is going on here?!I have yet another FO to share ... some socks for me.Rav linkI started these way back in September -- it took me four months to knit the first one and about two and a half to knit the second. (I'm normally a pretty monogamous knitter, but my work on this second sock was interspersed with all the socks for my dad during his cancer Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-30170572249179259732011-03-16T10:25:00.004-04:002011-03-16T10:39:54.899-04:00playing catch-upWhew. Where have I been the past month and a half? Doing lots of knitting, and unfortunately, not a lot of blogging. It seems that Twitter has become the site I use to keep in touch with pals + share my newly finished knitted items. A sense of balance is always a "work in progress' (ha. ha. See what I did there?).So without further ado, here's a round-up of everything I've been knitting Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-31672411933150336182011-02-09T16:13:00.003-05:002011-02-09T16:24:42.882-05:00Crabby McCancerPants socksIn my last post, I shared my black-and-gold socks and skipped over the last set of socks I knit for my dad! I got these 75% done when we were visiting my parents in Ohio and finished them by the time we made it back to Virginia. (Gotta love road trips where your significant other does ALL the driving.)This yarn just called out to me as being perfect for my dad. It's Socks that Rock Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-8343220555110353152011-02-06T16:31:00.002-05:002011-02-06T16:34:54.767-05:00Here we go, Steelers!I am very excited to cheer on my beloved hometown Pittsburgh Steelers today. Two weeks ago, after they beat the Jets for the AFC title, I decided to knit a pair of socks for the Super Bowl. And I came up with these, finished with less than 48 hours to spare.These were knit from far less than a skein each of Loopy Ewe Solid Series sock yarn in Sunshine Yellow and Black. Here's a Rav link.Now if Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-50796747019872520722011-01-20T15:36:00.005-05:002011-01-20T15:44:39.198-05:00a new diagnosisLast month, I blogged about an awesome Christmas gift -- an early biopsy found my dad was cancer-free (after a mass was found during a colonoscopy). He had surgery on Jan. 5, and, weeeeeelllllll.....The more comprehensive post-surgery biopsy found that he actually has/had colon cancer. The surgeon is confident she got all of it out and that he won't need chemo, but we will see what's next after Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-23086127983964279622011-01-11T11:00:00.002-05:002011-01-11T11:25:59.862-05:00first FO of the yearThese are some 2x2 rib socks for my dad -- he just got a pair at Christmas, but after I heard how cold he's been from his anemia, I had to make him another pair right away. The yarn is Jojoland Melody. It certainly looks lovely knit up, but the lack of nylon content leaves me a little worried about how they'll hold up. The twist on the yarn just isn't as tight as I'd like it. So we'll see ...Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-31570538307779962042010-12-29T11:02:00.003-05:002010-12-29T11:13:42.812-05:002010: A year in knittingThis year, I knit a total of 23 things:16 pairs of socks (15 pair adult-sized, 1 baby-sized) (9 for me, 7 gifts)5 hats (3 adult-sized, 2 infant-sized) (2 for me, 3 gifts)2 little shawls (both gifts)All of this means ... I met my knitting goals for this year! I wanted to knit 12 pairs of socks, and I most definitely topped that. I also wanted to make a shawl for my grandma, and I did that.It'd beLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-16662831574054368592010-12-22T11:33:00.005-05:002010-12-22T11:50:16.592-05:00Christmas knitting ... and a Christmas miracleIt's been done for weeks, and the recipients have received them, so it's time to blog about them!Knit out of a hair over two skeins of Regia Tweed (thank goodness I bought three!), these socks were started in August 2008. Yes, I know. Embarrassing! It was a visit from my brother in October that kicked my butt into gear and got the first sock finished, and the second one followed soon after. Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-2517347337917526062010-11-25T12:45:00.001-05:002010-11-25T14:16:26.045-05:00Happy Thanksgiving!Wishing my American friends lots of happiness on Thanksgiving!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-36288750130591161012010-11-21T14:39:00.004-05:002010-11-21T14:56:03.516-05:00road trip to the Outer BanksI nearly forgot to blog about the trip I took a week ago! My pals Tiffany, Tasha and I took a road trip to the Outer Banks to visit Knitting Addiction in Kill Devil Hills. I had been to the store's old location but this was my first visit to their new spot. I have to say, it is REALLY nice! The store was abuzz with activity when we were there, but the employees were helpful. It's a really Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678417676429634145.post-85883312388992036302010-11-18T11:47:00.002-05:002010-11-18T12:03:26.993-05:00Thankful Thursday No. 2The astute among you might've realized that I missed Thankful Thursday last week. Oops! In my defense, I had a 12-hour day at work so my blogging time was slim to none. So here are some things I am thankful for:1. Fall weather. I've been taking advantage of these cool, crisp, not-a-cloud in the sky days as much as possible. Today, Josh and I took Gracie to the dog park and threw a ball for Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960396482815007757noreply@blogger.com0