Elka Knits
Where I go on and on about my knitting, my life and my kids.
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12 Nov 2007~ last yarn purchase: 12 balls of various fingering weight yarns to play with color and try. Because I had no yarn just sitting at home ;^>
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Monday, November 12, 2007
Ravelry
Other than the abfantabulous news that my divorce is final there isn’t much going on at Casa D’Elka. Barely any knitting. So of course I decided to play with my ravelry membership. I have ‘belonged’ for about 6 weeks but never did anything with adding projects, pictures, books or friends. I can see why people consider it a time sucker to begin with. Erm that came out wrong~ it sucks up a lot of time when you first join... at least that is what I have heard. I also joined Flickr so
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
ketchup
So I haven’t exactly disappeared off the face of the earth. Just a mini break while I fiddle with my knitting. I have cast on both of these socks more times than I care to think about. The Jays are too narrow and the Fancy Checkerboards are a wee bit too wide. Still I am tired of changing needle sizes on them so have decided to finish the Jays to give to my DD for Christmas. Because they are intended as a gift I am at loss on how long to make the foot. I mean if I measured her foot
Thursday, September 27, 2007
yay?
Just a fast note today~ last night as I wound some sock yarn to relieve myself of war duties I realized it was almost Socktober time. Why have I not heard any rumblings about this annual event so far? We are talking next week people. Not that I really participate. I so do not play nice with others. I join an along and thats it kaput! I’m out. I always have good intentions but I really just need somebody to crack the whip and keep me good. And, woe is me, there are no whip crackers
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Casualties Of War
Casualties of War seems a strange phrase~ are there any who are not affected by War? Even the so called victors must surely miss the presence of those lost in battle. At least I think so. But this is not a political blog so we will get right down to analyzing strategies used in the Sock Yarn Wars.
It goes without saying that all were assembled into the same area~ how could the yarns duke it out for stay vs going status without side by side comparisons? And right away the PTB
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Sock Yarn Wars
It all started simply enough. Way, way, way back in the beginning the powers that be, that’s me!, decided that a harmless pick me up would be sock yarn. Such lovely bundles of color. So little yarn needed for a project. A minor indulgence really. Why if one thinks about it for any length of time one could easily justify purchasing a handpainted/hand dyed & hand spun sock yarn for way less money than one would need for any other project. Walking into a yarn store, especially a new to
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