Squid Knits

This is the busy season here ... concerts, proms, awards ... and, of course, knitting. Saturday night Mike is taking me to his high school p...

At this year's New York State Sheep and Wool Festival I encouraged the kids to choose fiber for new sweaters. Squidette chose a really ...

I may have been on vacation this week but that doesn't mean that I haven't been busy. The week before the break Little Squid's f...

Earlier today I predicted a long, cold winter. Having thus predicted, it was imperative to make sure that the apartment was fully provisio...

Done! All of the goals that I posted at the start of break have been accomplished. Little Squid now has new, warm mittens Papa Squid has a b...

This was not one of my goals. Nor was it executed by my nimble fingers. What is it? It's the mascot of the Stuyvesant Computer Science...

Here are the first* of my winter break "want to finish" projects: Mittens for Little Squid, who joined his mother in denial last y...

To prevent Cookie from turning blue, I am providing some pictures ... Keep in mind that the finished product pictured here was not produced ...

Yup, I've managed to spin almost every night this week. Still haven't finished the yarn for Mike's sweater and I really don...

Earlier today I bumped into Penny who was happy to see that I was still alive and interested in fibery pursuits. I appoligize to her much ...

It's amazing how dry my skin gets given that it spends hours and hours each day slathered in greasy sunscreen. Squidette like humming Sc...

Yesterday was the first breakfast ride of the year. We traversed the Brooklyn Bridge, rode along the Brooklyn waterfront and dined in full v...

Finished: 11/13/08 Started: Somewhere around 11/1/08 for the knitting. Handspun, Blue faced Leicester from Blue Moon Fibers. Yarn is roug...

I've been wanting to do a Coney Island ride for several weeks now and so, this week, I set my mind to do it. Saturday was the perfect s...

I thought about making the day all about finishing but decided against it. Instead, I finished one knitting project and one spinning projec...

Inspired by Dave, who seems to predraft all of bump of roving before spinning it, I decided to finish up the first bump, designated to beco...

Two weekends ago , with the laundry done a day early, Squidette and I spent a lovely morning crafting while Little Squid was off at hebrew s...