november-y
huh. in my mind it hadn't been a whole month since i updated here. i guess my mind was wrong. this time of year always starts to feel nuts for me and so i've been trying my best to take it slowly.  (the  long and beautiful fall we've been having has been a big help!) i've been knitting small things.  simple and easy stuff that's good for gift giving, good for (

here's some lazy ...
here's some lazy halloween decorating.  they are pretty self-explanatory. natasha and i raided the recycling yesterday and started a spo

FO: little sister's dress
i made greta a dress.  she  wore it to our friends' wedding last weekend.  she is at a life phase where dresses make absolutely no sense whatsoever.  she crawls.  she gets picked up a lot.  dresses aren't super compatible with either of these realities.  luckily, this dress will make a nice vest for her, once she's a little taller and she toddling about on her own two feet.  the pattern is

this made me so happy
i try to send out little sample skeins with all of my yarn orders.  i don't often know what becomes of these mini skeins, and so i was really, really excited to hear from stacey last night.  she has been saving up sample skeins that i have sent to her, and she made her daughter this incredible hat!  i

FO: milkweed shawl, + other stuff
pattern: milkweed shawl by laura chau (ravelry link) yarn: lulubeans handpainted sock needle: US 4 totally embarrassing confession: while i was knitting this, i kept getting