Finally, we’re back up and running. And hopefully the computer will be happy for a long while. I was sad while I wasn’t able to blog, but I did get some knitting done which was totally great.
Ecuador bag being blocked. Then I need to add tassels and the cord to close it.
Sock I started yesterday. Plain foot, haven’t decided what I’m gonna do with the leg yet.
This, after the other one I tanked on-almost had it completely done when I realized I hadn’t knitted the gusset?? That’s the second time that’s happened in the last two years…after the dozens of socks I’ve knitted I don’t get how that can happen. That’s the way Knit messes with me sometimes. So I tore it out and put that yarn away (cuz I was ticked and couldn’t stand to look at it anymore) and grabbed the prettiest yarn in my stash. This company doesn’t name it’s yarn, they just assign numbers, which is a shame. I think this one looks like Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake.
This is the latest from the Andean Folk Knits book-the fish coin purse from Peru.
I couldn’t figure out the first part to save my life. In spite of the Gusset Incident above, I don’t think it’s me, I think it’s the pattern. If anyone out there knows how to make the scallops for the opening, will you contact me? Otherwise I’m fine with the improv that I’m doing with it, though I waited too long to purl a round so it’s turning back on itself too much, which means, yes, I’m going to rip it out and do it again. Just because it’s totally bugging me…NOT because I think things hafta be perfect. I want it to look more like a fish mouth, and right now it just doesn’t.
What projects are you working on? How I’d love to see!
laugh. dance. learn. create. knit.
Last year, after pouting about the fact that I did not have near enough money to join a Sock of the Month Club, I did a Sock of the Month thing of my own, wherein I took all the sock yarn in my stash and paired it with all the sock patterns I was dying to knit, stuck them each in a ziplock bag and pulled one each month for a year. This brilliant and satisfying idea I totally stole from The Yarn Harlot, bless her. This year I was going to use the same idea and apply it to mittens, so much it is that I am in love with them, but alas, I cannot stop knitting socks. It’s like a sickness. I. Can’t. Stop. I am easing up a bit, so I’ve given myself permission to knit a pair of socks over 2 months instead of one. Amazing, aren’t I?
May/June sock complete
(pair of green socks for Pay It Forward project.)
July/August sock with Molly
I have no idea who these socks are for, only that I am compelled to knit them.
Question: What is your favorite Knit Stitch Encyclopedia?
I am seriously looking to buy one. (or two) I had two of them years ago. Back when I 1st began knitting and the only thing I was knitting were hats in the round, I inherited a bunch of old looking knitting stuff from a friend and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why I needed TWO books of assorted knitting stitches. I dumped them. Totally stupid, I know. Now I want to find a great one and invest whatever it takes. Any suggestions?
laugh. dance. learn. create. knit.
Back in January during that gutsy (idiotic) time of New Year’s Resolutions, a cool thing went ’round facebook that was a take on the movie Pay It Forward. The idea was that person A would agree to take the first 5 people that commented on their status and give something they made themselves during the 2011 year. In return, those 5 people agreed to repost it on their own status, each taking 5 of their own. So you don’t get something if you don’t agree to give 5 somethings so the thing grows exponentially. Yeah, that’s about clear as mud. But it’s pretty cool. Trust me.
There are no rules. You can give anything you’ve made: bake cookies, take a meal, sew pot holders, weave a basket-whatever makes you happy. Presently, I’m knitting these socks for one of my peeps. Secretly, I had hoped to be finished before it was officially summer but summer happened when I wasn’t looking the other day, so my goal is by the end of June…only 7 days away.
And just look at this! Doesn’t it make you want to find a yarn in these variegated colors and knit a baby sweater?!
This rose bloomed in my backyard with no help from me-(a gardener I am decidedly not) the plant was here when we moved in and made this flower all by itself. I think it’s just lovely with its imperfect petals and glowing color.
laugh. dance. learn. create. knit.
June 6, 2011
by Marie
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Presently, I’m taking a knitting course. Not the fun kind that teaches you a new technique you’ve always wanted to learn but the basic knitting 101 kind that just establishes that you can actually knit and that you can tell … Continue reading →
