So, one of the ladies on one of my knitting/spinning blogs was asking for a quick and dirty tensioned Lazy Kate. I uploaded pics to the Yahoo group but they’re hard to find so I’m putting them here. I call mine Ugly Kate, but she works just fine. I used fishing line on a darning needle, dowels that would fit all my bobbins, paper “straws” on my drop spindles that would fit on the same dowels, a phillips screwdriver to...

First…I’m thrilled b/c I knit some Aplaca up rather fine (for me) and rather regular (for me) on the Louet S10.Second, my son and I space dyed it with KoolAid (may he never drink that…stuff. Puh puh) and I couldn’t be happier with the results.Just had to share.

So I have the (fab) Queen Kahuna sock book (which you can get here). But I can’t get a decent toe. Look:Now the good news is, when you put these ON, they look GREAT. But I’d like something more esthetically pleasing during construction. I’ve also GOT to get some sock blockers.Herm.

OH MY GOD! LOOK! Clear Clogs!!!Joy!Rapture!Fun for the whole family!

American Flag-ish Chullo HatI’m ecstatic! I found a printout of the missing chart!I also have the American Flag chart!I hope Flor doesn’t mind…wherever she got to…If you use the chart, realize that as you do the top-down increases, the chart is showing half of the hat…but not EXACTLY half. There are four gores, eight stitches…but the chart is showing you FIVE stitches. If you don’t “see”...