http://fallensun.net/springplum A Knitting Blog--Now With More Crochet! Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:58:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every knitter is familiar with the siren song of Start-itis.  But this month, I have heard the swan song of Complete-itis.  Yes, it is true dear knitters--I have finished Boy Blue, a pair of  hibernating socks, and now my Simon Tam. I started this hat back ... http://fallensun.net/springplum/?p=201 All over the blogosphere--specifically the crafting blogosphere--are posts about how knitters turn on the TV as background noise while they knit or to make row after row of fingering weight stockinette more bearable.  My mother would always turn on Victor/Victoria while working on a long sewing project.  Or they knit ... http://fallensun.net/springplum/?p=187 The Ravelympics start in 10 days.  I am competing in the Sock Hockey and the Designer Original Dance.  My socks will be toe-up anklets with a crocheted ruffle--all of my own design.  Swatching is finished although I am still wiffle-waffling on the stitch pattern to use.  I am also a ... http://fallensun.net/springplum/?p=183 My work on Boy Blue continues swiftly--so swiftly that even Matt commented on its size.  I love the colors that I chose even though I had to order more of the dark brown. While crocheting this, I noticed that I crochet just as tightly as I knit.  The center of the ... http://fallensun.net/springplum/?p=175 I started a new project (yes, I know I haven't finished those socks yet--don't judge me).  Take a look-- Wait, what?!?  That's not knitting!  No, indeed.  I appear to have become one of those most befuddling and envied of knitters: the duel crafter.  How's that for a comic book character?  Duel ... http://fallensun.net/springplum/?p=173 So Matt calls cross-stitching "knitting".  That's okay--as long as he doesn't complain when I spend money on it, he can call it whatever he wants.  The knitter/crocheter animosity runs so deep that I'm more offended when people get those confused even though they are at least both yarn arts.  I've ... http://fallensun.net/springplum/?p=166 When you call Gas and Electric Company X and say, "I'd like to turn the gas and electric on in our new house," you would expect them tell you if they are not able to supply gas to your house; that's Company Y's job.  Nope.  The lady just said sure, ... http://fallensun.net/springplum/?p=164 Halloween has been a dud holiday for several years now--people tend to frown on adults trick-or-treating with no kids and no trick-or-treaters ever came to our apartment.  Don't even get me started on how pathetic it was, eating all that leftover candy that I bought even though no kids came ... http://fallensun.net/springplum/?p=158 No knitting has been getting done because I have her to play with. This lovely little face belongs to my golden retriever/mutt mix.  She's 12 weeks old and is my and her daddy's darling. http://fallensun.net/springplum/?p=155 Dear Knitting, I know that I have neglected you recently, but do two wrongs make a right?  Sure, I only picked up my sock project because my video game wasn't working.  I thought that you would be there for me, faithfull and true.  So imagine my dismay when I discovered your ... http://fallensun.net/springplum/?p=152