By Wendy on November 24, 2009
Hey, guess where I went today?
If you said Fibre Space, you are right.
Fibre Space is a new-ish (opened last summer) yarn shop in my hometown — Alexandria, VA. And I finally made time for a visit. It’s located on North Fayette Street in Old Town. Great location — there was plenty of street parking within [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged alexandria va, ish, mitten pattern, old town, sock club, sock design, street view, yarn shop
By Wendy on November 18, 2009
A November day:
A Droid resting quietly (next to peppermints from The Loopy Ewe):
Still life with banana and pen:
A sock nearing completion:
Possible yarn choice for next sock design:
My supervisor:
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged loopy ewe, november day, peppermints, sock design, yarn choice
By Wendy on November 16, 2009
This is not a knitting trick, but a trick for the Droid phone, which is my new favorite toy.
I was all set to purchase the multimedia docking station for the Droid — the one that charges it while displaying weather, time, photos, etc. I figured I’d replace my alarm clock with this nifty little solution [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged alarm clock, going commando, multimedia mode, nightstand, random number generator, sock design, sock yarn, time photos
By Wendy on November 15, 2009
I’m happy to hear that I’m not the only one who finds the lack of a viewfinder on a point and shoot camera unacceptable. Yes, even with image stabilization, I find my photos too shaky. But most of my blog photos are taken with this:
That’s a Canon SLR camera. It’s an older model — I [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged canon slr camera, colorway, google, google search, sock design
By Wendy on August 24, 2009
Early Saturday morning I hopped in my car for the 90-minute drive down to Solomons Island, Maryland.
The private knitting retreat I mentioned last week was held in a beautiful Victorian house, owned by the organizer of the event. This is the front of the house.
Isn’t it gorgeous? Built in the 1880s, if I am remembering [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged sock design, solomons island maryland, spectacular sunset, sundae bar, wonderful weekend