Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: Knitting

  • Crafty Monday: Slouchy Hat

    So I finished my stripey scarf, the one I was working on last week (thank god). Here’s a picture of me wearing it. You can see where I messed up the pattern but was too lazy to rip back and fix it. If you are interested in the particulars you can find them on my…

  • Crafty Monday: Fingerless Mitts

    Welcome to day two of NaBloPoMo 2009! My new job has been fabulous. However, my office is really chilly. I am planning on bringing in a little space heater but I decided that I also needed some fingerless mitts to keep my hands warm while I typed. I found some alpaca in my stash and…

  • A Crafty Post

    A couple of months ago when I interviewed for this job, I stopped into the little yarn shop across the street from the library, Designer Yarns. They had a wonderful selection of spinning fiber from local places. I saw this alpaca/silk blend and had to have it. Rafael, when he saw it, said it looks…

  • Crafty Monday: WIPS

    I just thought I’d post really quickly on the projects I’m currently working on. The first are the heel flap basic socks from “Socks from the toe up” by Wendy Johnson. I’m knitting these with the last of that ghastly Knit Picks yarn I bought, originally, for a Clapotis. If you’ve read my knitting blog,…

  • In knitting news: New Socks!

    I finished my Silk Garden socks about a week ago when we were on our little mini-vacay at Timberline Lodge (which I still need to write about). I knitted on these everywhere and got lots of knitting done in the car on the way up the mountain. I have really been enjoying knitting regular-old stockinette…