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

  • What’s Going On

    Freaking AMAZING photography right here. Click and be blown away. I especially like how he enhances wrinkles and pores, rather than erasing them. I read that Alexis Cohen, a young contestant from American Idol died over the weekend while crossing the street. Given past events, stories like this catch my eye. I didn’t know who…

  • Crafty Monday: One sock down.

    I finally finished this Noro Silk Garden sock that I started last week. I actually knit this up to the point where I turned the heel and started on the leg and decided to frog and start over. It was too big. I’ve really enjoyed the easy stockinette knitting with this. I’ve been able to…

  • Crafty Monday: Socks

    I’ve been working on toe-up socks with some Silk Garden Sock yarn I bought at that lovely yarn store in Seaside, Oregon I visited last month. Can I just say? I love this yarn. I am thinking of knitting knee-high socks with this yarn. The pattern I’m using is the basic gusset-heel pattern from Wendy…

  • Entrelac bag

    I finished the knitting part of this last week but didn’t get it lined until Saturday. I had some fabric in my stash that was going to be used for a circle skirt that I used to line it. I also made pockets on the lining to make it easy to stash my phone and…

  • Crafty Monday: Another diversion

    I meant to have a picture taken and uploaded this morning but that didn’t happen. We went on vacation last week and I visited a couple of yarn stores (as I generally do when I visit a new town. The public library and the local yarn shop are always on my agenda. God, I sound…