Justine MacKechnie's Page

It has been so long!!!  I am blogging furiously here...  I am working on some projects and have been expanding my repertoire (techniques, yarns, patterns) but have some questions:

How much does blocking really matter?  and where do I get the stuff to block with (the liquid)?

Thanks and Happy Knitting!

Justine

Hi everyone!  I am so excited with my completed sock I had to share it with people who would truly understand!!! LOL

Here is the completed sock for my hubby:

It's pretty good, right?  For the first one, anyway!  I can't wait to finish up the pair so I can make a pair for…

Hi everyone!  Well this week has left me with a cold, time off from work, a sore bottom (I'll explain in a bit) and a new addiction!  Where do I start?  OK.  Monday was a holiday from school and a friend from college invited me to her knitting group at a delicious coffee shop in Warren (mmmmmmmm peppermint tea- out of the CUTEST little tea pot... so adorable!).  I went to learn how to knit socks... I have been dying to try them out, but got scared!  So, I go to the group and low and behold-…

Happy New Year, everyone!  I hope you were able to spend the holidays with all your loved ones and friends like I was!  For me (and I'm sure you all too), December is such a rushed time... with presents to buy and wrap, baking to get done and delivered, meals to get prepared, decorations to be set up, lights to be hung, diets to be forgotten... that there is little time (unless its simply rushing) to spend knitting.  And boy did I rush...  I finished 2 scarves, 3 wash clothes, and 5…