• Blather,  Personal Knitting

    Yarn Pop has great totes

    I find it a great deal of fun when blogs I enjoy have contests. You’ve probably seen them.” Leave a comment, and we will use a random number generator to pick one of you to get this cool stuff”. I always leave kind words. I have never gotten anything. This morning, however, was different. Lori from Yarn Pop gave me a very wonderful message. “Your comment number was chosen using random.org and you are the winner of the Yarn Pop pack! I am so excited! I could really use some nicer knitting bags for my perpetual, revolving project collection. And I get these! This has definitely been Katie’s Happy Month.…

  • Personal Knitting,  Process

    Getting Stuff Done

    This has been a great weekend for getting things finished, organized, and prioritized. It feels great. Two of the items have photos to share. The rest, though more boring, is necessary and in progress. I present to you, the newborn Batman hat. It worked out pretty well, and I think it should do pretty much what it was supposed to do. I am popping it in the mail tomorrow. 60 stitches, size 5 needles, a bit taller than necessary so that the ears don’t get pulled in, and short-row ears which are knit over 12 stitches, reducing one stitch each row. It is seamed flat at the top. I hope…

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    The Deep Fall Knitty is up

    And I am in it! My first published pattern. Be still my heart. I have a great deal of intense happy happening right now, and a bit of work to do to get it properly linked. But first, the happy dance. No video attached, just use your imagination (or not, if what comes to your mind is too scary). Leaves of Grass is found here.

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    I did it!

    My website is now up as a self-hosted WordPress site. I love Lynda.com tutorials! I am not completely in love with the layout, but that is an easy fix. Experiencing great relief and a great need for sleep. Goodnight!

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    I may just make it!

    I completed the knitting and felting of the gifts I intended my Mother take to Norway months ago. I need to embroider them. Of course, that meant that I had to let them…age…a few months before finishing. Now that her flight is just a week away, perhaps I better get cracking. I will make it! I have eight more to embroider (very simply I might add) and then I need to add hangers to the whole set. They make me happy.