http://knitpagan.today.com Knit like nobody's watching... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:39:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To date, I've knit five Everlasting Bagstoppers.  Well, four from the pattern and one that I tried to modify and OMG what a mess.  They're awesome, and they don't fill up landfills like those damn plastic bags.  I get all kinds of compliments on my bags when I take them ... http://knitpagan.today.com/2008/09/15/good-lord-more-bags/ Theo wanted some things knit.  She went to the yarn store in Lansing (ThreadBear FiberArts) and got some amazing Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in the Seaside colorway -- greens and blues and whites and sand -- which I made into a shawl for her (that still needs to be ... http://knitpagan.today.com/2008/09/13/pullover-poncho/ This is going to become a theme, I think.  And maybe I'll get these out of the way first to make it look a little less flaky. My friend Melissa asked for a shawl.  I had a ball of Knitpicks Shadow in the Jewels colorway, and it's a fantastic yarn and ... http://knitpagan.today.com/2008/09/11/kiri/ I've wanted to create Cheesy Puffs since this issue (Winter 2005) of Knitty came out.  I loved the texture, I loved the color and dear sweet zombie jebus, that model was HAWT.  Plus?  Bulky yarn = fast knit. So when a friend of mine asked me what it would take ... http://knitpagan.today.com/2008/09/09/cheesy-puffs/ The Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmerman is shockingly one of the easiest things I've ever knit.  I bought the pattern for it from Schoolhouse Press and despaired.  The pattern was written in the 1960s and the language of knitting has changed drastically since then.  I barely understood the ... http://knitpagan.today.com/2008/09/07/surprise-baby/ You know what I hate? I have a project that I'm working on that's classified in my knitting projects as the Super Secret Gift Project. There are very few people who know about the project, and I desperately want to show off my progress. Sadly, though, I can't, because the ... http://knitpagan.today.com/2008/09/05/super-secret/ Currently on the needles: Baby Surprise Jacket in Opal Rainforest, Flamingo colorway Cheesy Puffs sweater in Knitpicks Cadena, Coal colorway Kiri shawl in Knitpicks Shadow, Jewels colorway Super Secret Gift Project in Knitpicks Pallette, blue, green, yellow, white and black Koolhaas in Plymouth Tweed, lovely green Galway Guy in Plymouth Galway Highland ... http://knitpagan.today.com/2008/09/01/so-many-projects-so-little-time/ Sometimes, all the inspiration I need to knit something comes from looking at yarn.  Such was the case last night when I looked at the new colors of Cascade 220.  Colorway number 9544, the red-and-black, reminded me so instantly of my friend Grey that I immediately posted to my LJ ... http://knitpagan.today.com/2008/08/28/yarn-synchronicity/ It's been rough the last week or so.  I'm not in a happy headspace, so I don't think about knitting or blogging. What usually turns it around, though, is Wednesday nights.  I have a knitting group that turns my entire mood around, even if it's just for a few hours.  These ... http://knitpagan.today.com/2008/08/27/still-trying/ I think that knitters have come into their own.  Ten years ago, mostly the only people you saw knitting or heard of knitting were the 55+ crowd of women.  These days, everyone from age 4 up is knitting, and men and women alike are enjoying the needles. This is not, however, ... http://knitpagan.today.com/2008/08/22/knitting-golf/