Category Archives: FO

Knitter’s (Orthodox) Festivus

By monnibo | Published: January 24, 2013

For the past four years, the Terminal City Yarn Wranglers on Ravelry have had a secret Santa-style gift exchange. We originally called it “Festivus Miracle Swap-o-Rama” and I’ve participated every year (2009, 2010, 2011). I wear my gifts with pride and constantly get compliments on them. However, each year we’ve experienced scheduling constraints as December is such a busy month for people. So this year, we decided to follow the example of Orthodox Christmas which is celebrated in January (December 25 in the Julian calendar corresponds to January 7 in the current Gregorian calendar). Thus, Knitter’s Festivus Year4 was celebrated Continue Reading »

Also posted in Knitting, Out & About, Swap | 1 Response

Bite the Bullet and Block It

By monnibo | Published: November 5, 2012

A couple weeks ago at knitting meetup (gosh, has it been that long?) Jenn chastized me for not fixing the dropped stitch in my Multnomah and blocking it, despite having cast off the sucker more than a month earlier. She urged me to “take the five minutes” and fix the stitch. To be honest, what was stopping me was that I didn’t know how and didn’t want to screw it up. Basically it was a dropped stitch that I didn’t notice, but I must have realized a few rows later I was short one stitch, so I fudged it. I Continue Reading »

Also posted in Knitting | Tagged block, finished object, FO, huckleberry knits, knit shawl, Knitting, multnomah | 1 Response

Knitter’s Festivus (Belated Wrap-up)

By monnibo | Published: January 13, 2012

Back in December we had our annual Knitter’s Holiday Swap. This is the third year our local knit group (via Ravelry) has celebrated the holidays with handknits. Louise (aka ladybugaloo) spoiled me rotten! She knit me the Broadstreet Mittens out of Malabrigo and gave me a package full of goodies including a gingerbread man soap, a button that says “chinchillin’” and has a picture of a chinchilla, sticker that says “knitters have balls” now adorning my laptop, lipbalm from Rocky Mountain Soap Company, and a polka dot project bag. I spoiled Jesse (aka canadiantreefrog) and because I kept unravelling and Continue Reading »

Also posted in Crafts, Knitting, Swap | Tagged christmas, festivus, Knitting, knitting swap, swap, vancouver fibre swap | 2 Responses

Category Archives: FO

Knitter’s (Orthodox) Festivus

Bite the Bullet and Block It

Knitter’s Festivus (Belated Wrap-up)

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