By Wendy on February 17, 2010
That is the question.
In the photo of my shawl in progress yesterday, you may have noticed that I have the pattern repeats marked with stitchmarkers. I have since removed the markers.
Most of the time, I prefer to knit lace without stitchmarkers. I put them in this project, because I took it with me to work [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged dotted lines, knitting, lace pattern, maneuver, mid row, shawl, yarn shop
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 July 26, 2009
I returned home from my trip to Loop in Philadelphia last night, totally exhausted but very happy.
If you find yourself in Philadelphia, don’t pass up a chance to visit Loop. It’s a great shop filled with wonderful yarns and friendly people. Craig and his staff are great.
I traveled up via Amtrak on Friday — and [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged colorful yarn, hot lips, semi solids, sock yarn, yarn shop
By Wendy on July 23, 2009
Last night I knit the rest of the edging on The Exonumist’s Shawl. Today I steam-blocked it with my iron. (Click on the photos to see the enlarged versions — much better detail in those shots!)
And may I just say that prednisone rocks? I’ve been taking pretty high doses of it this week (for the [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged dream in color, party tomorrow, steam iron, weight yarn, yarn shop
