Entries from May 2007

May 11, 2007

Spring Fresh Shrug – Finished

Yarn: Lion Brand Romance in Lavender
Pattern: Spring Fresh Shrug by Lion Brand
Needles: Denise size 15, 17, and 19
Gauge: 8 sts = 4″ in garter, as stated in pattern
I finally finished the shrug! It had taken me only 2 days to knit up half of it, but then another 2 months to finish it! [...]

May 8, 2007

Exam Knitting

I just got done with my exams today, which means two things: I now have time to knit, and I had lots of time to knit while I read my textbooks (thus the name of my blog). Unfortunately, knitting while reading generally limits my knitting to pretty mindless stuff – straight stockinette for a [...]

May 8, 2007

Frogging…in a good way

As a poor college student, I usually try to find my yarn for fairly cheap. One day, while surfing around mindlessly, I found this website about recycling yarn from thrift store sweaters. I was hooked! There’s a Goodwill really close to where I live, so I went shopping.
As was my luck, the [...]