Confessions of a skull-obsessed knitter

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

bracket fungus socks


bracket fungus socks
Originally uploaded by celestine_e2
These beauties are a gift for my sister, who has only ever received a scarf from me before now.

The pattern is a prototype from the lovely Jane Lithgow, which I volunteered to test. It wasn't an especially selfless act, I loved the pattern as soon as I saw it, and couldn't wait to give it a whirl!

The first one took me a week, the second took a day and a half. Second sock syndrome does not live in my house.

I'm off to visit the family tomorrow, and I'm hoping the receipient will be as pleased with them as I am. No worries if she isn't though, it'll save me making a second pair for myself.

Monday, September 03, 2007

Ravelry

Not since the discovery of Scrabulous has the internet shown such potential for draining evert minute of my free time.

My invite arrived while I had a house guest, so I snuck online when she went to bed and played for 2 hours.

THen I went away for a few days.

I'm really hoping that this week at work is a quiet one.

(I'm purlpirate there too btw)