About Silverlotus
Mother, Wife, Daughter, Needleworker, Knitter, Want-to-be-WriterToronto, Canada
Birthday: May 10
Interests: crafts, ancient history, Tarot, sleep
Site: The Lotus Pond
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2013 Yarn Stash-Down
Bottom Line: +50 yards
Tag Archives: Knitting
Taking a Rest
I don’t have too much progress to share this week because I’ve been forced to take another break from stitching and knitting. My tennis elbow is acting up again. I think, perhaps, I’d really better go to physiotherapy this time. … Continue reading
Sock Madness – Round 3
First off, I’d like to say thank you for all the kind words and good wishes yesterday. I consider our family extremely lucky, especially since the person affected is back to normal and back to work already. Thank goodness for … Continue reading
Sock Madness!!! – Flying Dutchman
Whew! I knit a pair of sort-of-complicated socks in just over three days! The pattern is Flying Dutchman and it is was the Round 2 pattern for Sock Madness 7. The sailboat motif is achieved through a technique called intarsa … Continue reading
Sock Madness – Round 1
The socks are done!! I cast on the evening of March 6th, and finished up the Kitchener stitch on the second toe at about 7:30 this morning. The pattern is Sockdolager, and will eventually be available for free on Ravelry. … Continue reading
Hudson Cowl
Have you every seen the movie Hudson Hawk? If you haven’t, don’t bother. It isn’t one of Bruce Willis’ masterpieces. But, thanks to my high school job as a movie store clerk (the stories I could tell!), I’ve seen it … Continue reading
The Madness
March marks the beginning of Sock Madness. You know for a sock knitter like me this is only a good thing. The whole point, essentially, is to knit seven pairs of socks as quickly after the pattern is released as … Continue reading
More Temperatures
Look, my Temperature Scarf is still growing! It is complete up to March 2nd, including all the ends being woven in. Amazing, isn’t it? Not the scarf, but the fact that I am keeping up with it. I don’t knit … Continue reading