By Wendy on March 9, 2010
Yesterday was a very-little-knitting day, but it was a good book day!
Exhibit A:
I received a copy of Haapsalu Shawl, A Knitted Lace Tradition from Estonia. I purchased my copy from The Needle Arts Book Shop (here’s the link to the book for sale there). They are lovely to deal with — wonderful customer service and [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged aspiring writer, glass house, knitted lace, needle arts book shop, random number generator, shawl, shawls, stitch dictionary
By Wendy on January 11, 2010
Well, I sat down yesterday afternoon after posting to my blog to knit the first row of my Enchanted Woods shawl and after knitting across approximately 360 stitches (out of 375) discovered that there was an error in the first row of the pattern. I emailed The Unique Sheep and alerted them to it, and [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged colorway, first clue, shawls, silk blend, waiting in the wings, yesterday afternoon
By Wendy on September 21, 2009
Once a literature geek, always a literature geek.
In the comments Brit observed:
It seems that progress on the True Love stole is going more slowly than on your last two shawls. Is that because you aren’t finding as much time to knit? Or is it because it is a difficult pattern?
I was wondering when [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged blankie, impediments, shawls, tricky bits, yesterday afternoon
By Wendy on August 5, 2009
Here is the picture of the sky when I got to work this morning.
I love that the days are getting noticeably shorter. It gives me hope that the horror that is summer will end. Eventually.
However, knitting with hot pink laceweight makes everything better. See?
My pink blob is growing and starting to look like something.
Here is [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged faroese shawl, oomph, picture of the sky, pink blob, shawls
By Wendy on July 29, 2009
The blob has taken over my desk.
Eeeek! Run! Run!
That photo is slightly lighter than it is in reality.
Here’s a close-up that’s slightly darker than it actually is:
So if you look at both photos and squint, you might get an idea of the actual color.
I’m knitting along, knitting along. And knitting along. I’m close to 600 [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged etsy, friend michele, shawl pattern, shawls, squint
