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Moving….

No I’m not physically moving, we love our house and love being here in Seattle again. My blog is moving. Come on over and check it out www.ldymstmorn.com

Welcome to my new Blog home.

DH got me my own domain, so my blog has moved. Since I haven’t figured out how, or even if I can move my blogs from blogger, everything to date will remain there, until such a time as I can figure out how to move it, or maybe just reside there permenantly. We’ll [...]

Yarn and another quickie FO

The roving from my last post, spun up wonderfully quick. Now I wish I had more of it, because It came out beautifully. Long sections with the barber pole with intermittent sections of dark blue or light blue. Only 93 yards, but I’m sure I’ll find some use for it.
I went into [...]

Interview and carding

I had an interview yesterday for a contract position. I felt it went real well, so we’ll see what happens. I’ll know more about how it went from the hiring managers perspective on Monday or Tuesday. They want to make a quick decision and are looking to moving to the next step [...]

The thrill of an FO…the agony of ripping

First we have an FO
Pattern: Angora Magic Beret, Designed by Judy Russi, purchased as a kit in an LYSYarn: Heirloom Merino Magic Shade: 219 (Light Blue) Laines Fonty Coeur d’Angora Color 219 (light gray, almost white)Needles: Denise #8
This is in “training” for a future project, which I am waiting for [...]

FO and other things

Wow, I just realized that checked out of blogging for a week. Well while I wasn’t here, there has been some knitting going on at Chez ME
The Knitters Bowl in PS colors jumped on the needles then off again and…
Landed in the washer. It felted wonderfully and is basking in the afternoon (just [...]

Another FO and I fell off the wagon

So here’s a pair of socks… it’s just that a pair of socks. They were knitted toe up 2 socks at a time on a Magic Loop.
Yarn: Regia Jacquard ColorNeedles: Addi Turbo’s #3
I’m not particularly pleased with this pair of socks, it was a love hate knit all the way. Now that [...]

Wicked

I was inspired by Sknitty to knit this. I saw it on her blog looking so wondeful on her, I just had to have it. I dug into my stash, and voila, I have Wicked. Yes I’ve been on a Stash Bustin’ binge as of late, and I’m still going.
Pattern: Wicked by [...]

What kind of Knitter are you?

What Kind of Knitter Are You?

You appear to be a Knitting Purist. You are an accomplished knitter producing beautiful pieces with a classic feel. You sometimes lament losing half of your local yarn shop to garish novelty yarns. Perhaps you consider fun fur scarves the bane of knitting society and prefer to [...]

Project Spectrum Kick Off

Today is the first day of Project Spectrum II, and in honor of that one of my peg boards has changed colors to the blue white and gray of February/March.
I will be using these yarns in someting in the next 2 months, the 2 on the left are Cascade 220, and I’m thinking maybe they [...]