Knitting Through

Jamie Formanek is a girl with a fascination for anything horrifying or out of the ordinary. While most kids shy away from scary things, Jamie revels in them. Currently she is a student at Watertown High School, and has been for the last two years. She is originally from Minot…

  J-camp welcomes Pine Ridge resident       In South Dakota many people share a love of fishing, hunting, swimming, hiking or any other imaginable outdoor adventure. Edward TwoHawk is no exception to this tradition.   TwoHawk was born in Torrington, Wyo. When he was three years old he…

Should you be a queen by the time you’re six? Probably not, however, Queen Ashlynn of the Southern Smiths requested that a red sweater be knit by one of her most faithful servants (me) and so it is. Granted, she asked for the sweater in November and got it in…

A person was just in my office telling me about a tweet he made today, chronicling the fact that he wished his car smelled like the taste of orange Tic-Tacs. This is going to be my answer from now on to “why should I get up in the morning.” Obviously,…

which I plan to glue on pine cones, after crocheting each of the heads a little hat. I will then attach some ribbon to the pine cone and use it to make an ornament. This will involve a reunion with my glue gun. I hope it isn’t too put out…

I counted my Ravelry projects before the New Year arrived and discovered I had finished at least one project a month in 2010. Not a bad total for someone who works full time, is pursuing a master’s degree and manages to log a lot of road miles. So far 2011…

In order to get some things put together for a fall open house, I managed to finish something. This is a set of three small scarves that can double as cowls. They originated as sharply reduced yarn on Lion Brand. The ruffle texture is fun to create although a little…

And here we have the little striped vest that restored my faith in knitting after various attempts at sweaters for Susan turned up a bust. This I think is a delightful knit. It is from the Barnes and Noble Basics series for knitting and crochet. It includes some cool patterns…

These socks definitely do rock. They also fit as you can see by the lovely foot modeling pictured above. While I was typing modeling I was thinking that it would be funny to type foot yodeling. What would that sound like? Probably pretty quiet. My feet speak, but it’s in…