Leslie | April 8, 2010
This week has whizzed by so fast, and now Spring Fling is in 2 weeks! I’m very excited to go, and now Sarah is going! w00t! There are still tons of people I’m going to miss – Jane, Timmie, Liz, Annie, and so very many more. I’m going to miss you guys like crazy. In [...]
Leslie | April 5, 2010
A few weeks ago, on a trip to Jasper, I decided to cast on for a pair of sideways knit socks in one of my favorite colorways of Lala’s Knits yarn, “Into Thin Air”. The pattern itself wasn’t too difficult, but in the end it just doesn’t fit the way I would like for it [...]
Leslie | March 26, 2009
So I decided to knit another of Cookie A’s patterns, Django. I’m a huge Cookie fan – her socks are gorgeous and appear to be very intricate, but in most cases are a lot easier to knit than you’d think. I whipped out a second pair of Twisted Flower during spring break – after gauge [...]
Leslie | September 5, 2008
Really, they are. I love knitting socks, but when it comes time for the gusset decreases, I can’t help but groan. On my current project, Digitessa, the gusset construction was unusual for two reasons. First, it’s a toe up sock. Second, the gusset had it’s own pattern construction (i.e., not just stockingette). I figured I’d [...]
LaLa | August 18, 2008
Here are some socks that I knit for Becky earlier in the summer and gave to her on the trip to Philly. They are Ashabee’s Fiber Oasis Bamboo Blend. This was one of the first skeins of hand-dyed sock yarn that I had ever bought, and it knit up like a dream. I love bamboo [...]
Leslie | July 31, 2008
After signing my name on about 300 pieces of paper yesterday, my signature went from mostly legible to nearly incomprehensible. On the plus side, we closed on our house!!!! yayness! I am a first time homeowner. I have so much to learn about keeping up an entire house in regards to cleaning, gardening, entertaining, etc, [...]
LaLa | July 14, 2008
You thought I was having an unproductive summer. This is what I’ve been up to the last few weeks: I have another pair of socks to photo and half a pair of Noro socks done also. I’m in both Summer of Socks 2008 and Tour de Fleece. On the plus side, 90% of what I’ve [...]
LaLa | May 9, 2008
Not a ton of stuff is being acomplished at Chez LaLa right now. I can’t hear out of my left ear at all and it hurts, but there’s no way that I can miss work at this time of the year. So I work, and then I sleep. I’m hoping the sleep part will help [...]