Peggy Stuart's Blog – March 2010 Archive (6)

Update on Knitting and Quilting

Busy week! In knitting news, I'm making progress on the second BSJ--

I'll be posting my progress at the BSJ KAL here. I'm using the pattern in The Opinionated Knitter. My yarn is Comfy Sport in Creme Brulee and… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on March 31, 2010 at 9:07am — 69 Comments

Eek, Steek and a Peek at Some Other Things...

The big news this week is (drumroll, please) I finally steeked DH's Fair Isle sleeveless cardi! Ta-da!

Before I could do that, I had to graft the shoulders. It was just like doing the toe of a sock, only more sts.

Then I had to give the extra sts a haircut on the inside. Here's… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on March 24, 2010 at 12:00pm — 16 Comments

Busy, Busy...This and That

Between cleaning the fiber studio, finishing up Ravelympics stuff and normal activities, it's been a busy week.

Above is what the fiber studio looks like today, after nearly two days of work. The piles of finished projects and the bags of projects in my pipeline or queue are still lurking. The white shrouded thing on the back counter is my serger. The pink mass peeking out from under the table that looks like cotton candy is some… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on March 18, 2010 at 4:36pm — 18 Comments

Progress!

This has been a productive week in terms of UFOs and WIPs! First, I finished my Oregon Socks, which I began in May, 2008, during a trip to Oregon.

The yarn is KP's Gloss in "Parsley." The pattern is Ariel Barton's Cable Net Socks from…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on March 10, 2010 at 10:00am — 19 Comments

Back to Real Life!

My medal for "Fleece to FO Long Track" is official, so time to get back to real life. My fiber studio yesterday morning looked like this--

I organized my yarn stash. Here's what the sock and fingering section looks like:

I…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on March 4, 2010 at 1:32pm — 25 Comments

Finish Line Crossed, Medals Awarded!

Most of you probably saw my FO in my last blog, in the comments. I didn't really think I could finish a whole Landscape Shawl in fingering weight yarn AND spin the required 4 oz of the yarn needed for it. I still can't believe I finished it!!! I'm still waiting for…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on March 2, 2010 at 6:42am — 15 Comments