Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from February, 2009
So Eric showed me this cool banner thing in Photoshop today, and I've been playing around with that.
Here's an update to the Entrelac scarf: I can't believe how much this scarf reminds me of neopolitan ice cream. I just added the second skein so I suppose I'm about halfway through. It's 70 degrees out, this sunny windy February day, so that possibly justifies getting ice cream.. Also, I randomly found a couple more knitting related charities I wanted to add: warmupamerica.com - Accepting knitted or crocheted afghans, or afghan parts, i.e. blocks that you haven't assembled into a full fledged blanket. I love this because not only does it promote keeping donations local, but there are no (as far as I could tell) stipulations to what types of yarn or blankets they want. savethechildren.org - This charity collects tiny knitted caps to be given to premature babies worldwide. They also ask that the contributor write a letter to Barack Obama asking him to consider women's and babies' health on a larger scale. Though I care about both women and babies, I'm

Well now your back's going to hurt because you just pulled lawn duty..

Two weeks?! Geez, I didn't realize how unproductive I've been. Here's what I started yesterday at work: The pattern can be found here , and is surprisingly easy. It feels like knitting something M.C. Escher would have drawn. I'm now in hardcore efforts to use up old/unwanted yarn. My goal is to get rid of about an 18 gallon sized storage container of yarn before I move in July. The ways I propose to do this are as follows: warmwoolies.org - Takes various knitted items in wool, and only non-white acrylic baby blankets. A weird combination sure, but appealing because I have a lot of non-white acrylic yarn, and baby blankets are or can be essentially..large squares. Bad news is I would have to mail donations. h4ha.org - (Hugs for Homeless Animals, noobs.) This one is great; you can pretty much knit any blanket out of anything, and deliver it to a local participating shelter. You can search for local shelters on their website, which is the jam because you can keep your lo