Floss and Yarn

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• Spring Break Vacation

  April 3, 2008 in Life

  Welcome to my site! I use this blog to post my progress on the cross stitch and knitting projects that I am working on. You can find out more about me, check out more details about my projects, or check out a random post. You can also subscribe to my RSS Feed [...]

• Scrolls Socks

  March 10, 2008 in Knitting, Knitting Completed, Scrolls Sock

  Knitting this second sock of the pair was a breeze for me. I was amazed at how fast I knit each pattern repeat. The regularity with which the decreases occur at each side of the pattern coupled with the movement of the yarn overs across the pattern was almost hypnotic. It seemed [...]

• Jack’s Cardigan as of 4 March 2008

  March 4, 2008 in Jack's Cardigan, Knitting, Knitting in Progress

  In the last week or so I have been bitten by a knitting bug and I have renewed interest in working on this cardigan. I especially like the lattice cable running up both sides of this piece. While it looks nice, it is kind of a pain to knit because cabling is required [...]

• Finished Christmas Stockings

  March 3, 2008 in Crochet

  I have finally finished working on these stockings and can now forget about them until next December. As I was finishing up the last stocking it felt like I spent as much time weaving in ends as it to to actually crochet all of the pieces. Seeing these stockings complete is satisfying and [...]

• Starting the Blue Star Afghan

  February 25, 2008 in Crochet

  I recently received and invitation to join the Ravelry beta. I really like the site. I especially like seeing other people’s interpretations of projects that I am working on or would like to work on. In fact, browsing the site has given me a terrible case of startitis that I am having [...]