March 2007
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Recovering
Thank you all very much for all your good wishes for Lucy’s speedy recovery!
She is, actually, taking it easy. Being the little busybody she is, she wants to be with me whatever I’m doing, so I try not to move around too much so she doesn’t feel the need to follow me. (See? Excuse number [...]
What’s It All About, Alpine?
There’s something about the Alpine lace.
It’s certainly not the most complicated lace I’ve ever knitted.
It’s not the biggest lace piece I’ve undertaken.
But there’s something about it. I just love it.
As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m extraordinarily picky about the lace projects I make. If there’s one little element that I don’t like, I dismiss [...]
Poodle Skirt Socks
I will confess here and now that I did no knitting on the Alpine shawl last night. Events overtook me and I was busy doing this, that, and the other thing.
But I did finish my Poodle Skirt socks.
To recap, these are knitted from Scarlet Fleece sock yarn purchased from The Loopy Ewe, in the “poodle [...]
Zoom?
A couple of you commented about how quickly I seem to be knitting the Alpine shawl. There was indeed a lot of progress made on Saturday, particularly compared to the previous few days.
But I did not do much on it yesterday. I seem to have slept “funny” on my right hand Saturday night (I woke [...]
Weekends Are For Lace
I can get a heckuva lot more knitting done on the weekends. There has been some progress with the lace:
Ann asked a good question in the comments:
I’ve a question about the Alpine Knit Scarf. I looked at the pattern and I don’t see how to do it, but perhaps you’ve thought this through. The this [...]
