2 things before all others: 1. Thank you for all the well-wishes for my brother. He’s finally in his own room, so when I call him tonight I’ll let him know all the well-wishes from knitters. I think he’ll be shocked. 2. Pop on over to Fickleknitter and see Michelle’s brand new FO. Maya Abigail […]
Miriam Felton
Category Archives: Knitting
Pompons!
I finished Amanda’s socks, and they are cute and silly and I’m sure she’ll love them! Yarn: Lang Jawoll in Gray and Pink (too lazy to look up the color numbers) purchased from Black Sheep Wool Company. Needles: US Size 1, 7″ cClover bamboo dpns. Pattern: None… Basic slipped stitch heel flap, I knitted them […]
Shawl Kits available through The Knitting Hutch
Jackie at the Knitting Hutch has put together kits for the Icarus Shawl and the Hidcote Garden Shawl! The kit includes the pattern in hard copy and your choice of lovely yarns; Claudia Handpaints Mohair or Silk Lace in your choice of colors. I think the shawls would be beautiful in either of these yarns! […]
FO, almost FO and spun fluff!
The FO (hat): Pattern: Susan‘s Live Dangerously, Don’t Swatch hat with a k3p1 rib and an attached I-cord bind-off. You can glean the pattern for free from her November Archives, or she’s now got it as a pdf for $3.00. Yarn: Plymoth Galway Worsted Wool (not sure what color any more) Needles: Size 6 Brittany […]
Argh… Monday!
I seem to have a hard time getting it together to post on Mondays. I’ve been working like a fiend on the website for work, hoping that I can get it done BEFORE my end-of-the-week deadline so that I can take a half day on Friday or Thursday, or something… I just want a bit […]
That Crazy Brigham Young.
So I was checking out the new Winter Knitty and thought this Binary scarf by Christine Dumoulin was totally geeky, therefore I loved it. But I was reading through the pattern and noticed that she suggests that you could knit up a message in Unicode with a link to this page which contains charts of […]
10 Things for Thursday
I’m totally yoinking this format from Dis. Hope you don’t mind! 1. We ate out with my parents last night at Rodizio Grill. Holy crap! This is a fabulous place! The food was excellent and the service was great. I managed to pack away more food than the any one else. This is typical and […]
Plea for help!
In hopes of still making it to TNNA in January, I am now filling out my application (doh!). Are there any retail or wholesale TNNA members out there who would be willing to write me a letter of introduction? Miriam
Weekend Report and FO
For navel gazing, click on the cut. For the knitting content, here you go: Apologies for the crap photo… not a lot of light yet. Plus Dark Gray socks are notoriously hard to photograph. Anyway, these are Gift socks for a good friend. He has proven himself a worthy recipient of handknits (one half of […]
Icarus Shawl pattern Available! and SALE!
A few of housecleaning bits: Thought you all might like to know, that the Icarus Shawl pattern is FINALLY available as a download! You can find more information here as it is now in the shop. The link has also been added to the sidebar under “Design Portfolio”. I understand that issue of Interweave has […]





