http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ where blue is for knitting en-us alison@knitsmiths.us 2010-07-29T11:24:11-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003162.html I'm having some foot problems. With the trip to Germany scheduled for next week, I'm off to see a podiatrist this afternoon to get it dealt with asap. Meanwhile, I'm thinking happy foot thoughts by doing a little sock knitting. While teaching a sock class this month, I surprised myself... 3162@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ a little knitting 2010-07-29T11:24:11-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003160.html We're just back from a fabulous weekend in NYC visiting Grandma. We took advantage of the gorgeous weather and went to the Top of the Rock, which has the best views of New York City that I've ever seen. And since we were already at Rockefeller Center, we had... 3160@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ vacation 2010 2010-07-22T10:40:17-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003159.html I've been on a bit of a Goldilocks roller coaster ride with wee's Flap Happy Hat. First, it was too big. Then, it was too blue. After I changed the original red to pink (for my pink-loving princess), I found that the original blue was too... too... too something. It... 3159@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ spud and chloe 2010-06-18T09:12:16-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003158.html Wee one spent a half hour this morning making this little lego scene. When I asked her what everything was, she pointed out the house you go to when your car gets bumped and the other house your car gets brought to to get fixed and the house you... 3158@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ spud and chloe 2010-06-08T13:52:04-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003157.html The puppy dog sweater from Roo Designs is underway for reals! After making a swatch of the intarsia design with students in my knitting class, I discovered that a friend will be having a baby boy, soooo.... A little navy blue Phildar superwash and some leftovers from the stash and... 3157@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ ra ra roo 2010-06-02T10:19:21-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003156.html For all my fellow Harry Potter fans, here's a fun link my husband spotted that lists a bunch of hilarious fake Harry Potter books from China, like "Harry Potter and the Filler of Big", and whatever the heck this is: Harry Potter and Beaker and Burn And, in other HP... 3156@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ just blogging 2010 2010-05-24T09:55:35-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003155.html I just had the pleasure of teaching a new class at my lys: an intarsia sweater from Roo Designs. These designs are so adorable! They have nearly forty fun motifs, each paired with different neck, edge and sleeve details that make the sweaters even cuter. In our class we had... 3155@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ store knits 2010-05-19T09:46:46-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003154.html 3154@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ just blogging 2010 2010-05-13T22:11:17-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003153.html If you have a little girl, you've probably heard of Pinkalicious. My daughter loves Pinkalicious because she and Pinkalicious share a love of all things pink. If you don't know the stories, everything Pinkalicious owns is pink. This pretty much makes her my daughter's hero. In fact, it's hard... 3153@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ recycling 2010-05-10T10:24:37-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003151.html The miracle wip is a work-in-progress no more! The miracle yarn (rowan all seasons cotton) held out until the last few rounds of the last tier. So instead of having to knit a whole tier in the dark navy, I just used it to work the little picot edging at... 3151@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ skirt love 2010-04-26T09:06:07-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003150.html Last week I got to go on a field trip with my boys and their classes to walk Boston's Freedom Trail, a red-brick path that takes you past some of the great historical sites in Boston. We started at Boston Common where we were greeted by dozens of Tea... 3150@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ just blogging 2010 2010-04-19T11:02:22-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003149.html After a month of illness, I had my first full pain-free day yesterday and could finally get back to knitting wee's blue twirly skirt. Since I'd made one of these for her before, and used like seven balls of Rowan handknit dk, I was sure that my four balls... 3149@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ skirt love 2010-04-12T10:10:24-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003147.html Pack wee one into stroller with her sippy cup, bubble juice and favorite pink things. Grab B's swimming bag and sling S's guitar over shoulder. Walk to school. Pick up boys. Walk with everything and everyone to music school. Drop off S with guitar. Put S's backpack over one shoulder... 3147@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ just blogging 2010 2010-04-05T11:50:19-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003145.html Recently I have been reading about some big names: the Yarn Harlot, Ann & Kay, Clara Parkes, Amy Singer, and even She Who Must Not Be Named (shhhh, come closer... it's... Alice Starmore). I've also been reading about someone just like us, someone who loves to knit and was overcome... 3145@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ blogging about reading about knitting 2010-04-02T09:14:15-05:00 http://alison.knitsmiths.us/003146.html I'm so excited about this!! If only the kids and I can stay healthy, I'm going to get back to my quilts. (Admission: I've actually been using my ugly picnic quilt - made from my homelier fat quarters - to sleep under while I've been sick, despite the fact... 3146@http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ resume quilting 2010-03-30T14:04:24-05:00