I need your help! Which one is better, cap (left) or flutter (right)?

(Variation instructions here!)
If you’re knitting the collared version, there’s a nice stabilizing trick here.

Last weekend, I embroidered four western shirts, one for each of the boys in Kid Congo and the Pink Monkeybirds. They’re playing the Scion Garage Shows with Hunx and his Punx at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn tomorrow & Mohawk in Austin on the 29th (free w/ RSVP!). Yay, embroidery! Look! Of […]

I’m having a ball procrastinating this week! I have TWO, yes, TWO excellent diversions to keep me off track.
First, there’s the That Girl! KAL. I’m very much enjoying my collarless, ultra-short-sleeve/longer torso variation. I don’t have to decide for a while, because I still have a whole ball to knit onto the torso before starting […]

(much more yellow in real life; like below)

Spinning: Art Club Succulent Wool/Nylon hand dyed & combed top
Watching: Mad Men Season 2 Best-of Marathon
Notes: Man, I love the combed top Zeilingers makes. It totally spins itself, no prep at all necessary. I had to work to go thicker on this one, because I keep wanting […]

Finished: Laura’s Pygoras Natural-Dyed Local Merino Roving
Notes: Navajo plied

Still spinning: Laura’s Pygoras Natural-Dyed Local Merino Roving
Watching: Terminator Salvation + the first half of My Sister Eileen
Notes: I zapped some with the hair dryer, and while that does make it easier to spin, it’s impractical because it cools off too quickly and I’m not going to spin with a hair dryer in my lap.

Spinning: Laura’s Pygoras Natural-Dyed Local Merino Roving
Watching: Mad Men “The Wheel” + The Daily Show
Notes: Apparently I can only spin fine now. It’s a little irritating. I think I’ll Navajo ply this mess when it’s done. This roving still has a fair amount of lanolin, but it’s older, so it’s kind of sticky. Maybe I’ll […]

Craftzine is hosting a That Girl KAL, yay! We’re getting started next week, and I’ll be posting variation ideas and casting on a version with collar and sleeve variations. I’m very excited–I haven’t do a KAL in ages, and this project works up quickly. If you want to join, cast on in ravelry:

Natalie’s even sending […]

I’ve done a few more on the list…. I actually have some banana yarn that Ellen sent me. I should use that right away so I can check that one off, too. Hm. Maybe I’ll make a hair accessory with domino knitting and kill 3 with one rock…
Afghan/Blanket
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: […]

As predicted, a good deal of hard labor and sweat worked wonders beating back the blahs.
Yesterday afternoon, after I was done whining, I hauled my sulky carcass out to the sheep shed and spent the afternoon finally mucking out the rest of the barn. I don’t even know how many wheelbarrows full of crap and […]