Sure and begorra, 'tis a fine day!

The History of St. Patrick's Day


Not your standard shamrock . . .

I'm still alive

Really, I am. Things have been very, very busy at work and I've gotten in a reading mood so there hasn't been any crafting to speak off since I finished the last pair of socks.

I haven't taken any new pictures of the kittens who still all reside with me. We've been fighting a rather nasty bout of ringworm - which I've now managed to catch - and they were diagnosed with tapeworm just this last Friday. Since I've now got one splotch of ringworm on my palm, I'm definitely not going to do anything crafty until it clears up.

So, how's things with everybody else?

Hippo birdie two ewe, Prodigal Son!

Irish Moss Spiral Socks

Pattern: Irish Moss Spiral

Round 1: *k4, p, k, p, k, p, k, p, k*; repeat to end
Round 2: *k5, p, k, p, k, p, k, p*; repeat to end
Round 3: *p, k5, p, k, p, k, p, k*; repeat to end
Round 4: *k, p, k5, p, k, p, k, p*; repeat to end
Round 5: *p, k, p, k5, p, k, p, k*; repeat to end
Round 6: *k, p, k, p, k5, p, k, p*; repeat to end
Round 7: *p, k, p, k, p, k5, p, k*; repeat to end
Round 8: *k, p, k, p, k, p, k5, p*; repeat to end
Round 9: *p, k, p, k, p, k, p, k5*; repeat to end
Round 10: *k, p, k, p, k, p, k, p, k4*; repeat to end
Round 11: *k2, p, k, p, k, p, k, p, k3*; repeat to end
Round 12: *k3, p, k, p, k, p, k, p, k2; repeat to end

I made these socks for the daughter of the co-worker I gave these socks to. I finished the socks on Friday.

The socks were made of fingering weight superwash Merino wool using 48 stitches with the pattern consisting of 12 stitches. The pattern can be modified for larger sizes by simply adding an extra stitch to the moss pattern and an extra stitch to the stockinette pattern.

(The second photo links to a larger version of the picture which shows the spiral to marginally better effect.)

!! Happy New Year !!

May the best day of 2006 be the worst day of 2007!

Crocheting the Lorenz manifold

Crocheting the Lorenz manifold pdf instructions

I haven't a clue what a Lorenz manifold is and I don't really have any need to crochet one, but I kind of like odd stuff and this definitely qualifies as odd stuff.

Irish Moss Socks

These are a Christmas gift for the Prodigal Son's girlfriend. Simple socks using an Irish Moss stitch.





Pattern:

Round 1: *k1, p1*; repeat to end
Round 2: *p1, k1*; repeat to end
Round 3: *p1, k1*; repeat to end
Round 4: *k1, p1*; repeat to end

More kitten cuteness

All in a bunch and each one being held by the Prodigal Son.

The Winter Knitty is here!

I'll bet you can't guess what my favorite pattern is! Nope, it's not the socks. Give up? Check it out!

I ask you, who could resist?