Adventures with sticks and string.
It has been a slow week, knitting-wise. I have been inching along on the back of my current sweater. Well, inching is over-stating things a bit. Last night I knit two rows. But that’s better than nothing. So here it is in its current state: And because I don’t have much else to say right [...]
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In yesterday’s mail I got Judy Becker’s new book Beyond Toes: Knitting Adventures with Judy’s Magic Cast-on, which is due to be released on September 30. I actually got to see a pre-release version of this book a few months ago, because Judy asked me to write a blurb for the back cover (and blurb I [...]
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As you can see, my creativity is at low ebb when it comes to coming up with clever titles for blog posts. I’m telling myself that I am reserving my creativity for knitting. I’ve completed the bottom border of my latest lace tunic. Here’s a closer-up photo: If you enlarge it (by clicking on the [...]
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Despite all sorts of things taking up my time this week I did finally sit down yesterday and seam up my last sweater. Here it is: I haven’t even tried it on yet. That’s what kind of week it has been. But there it is. I knit this from my current favorite yarn, Hand Maiden [...]
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I finally finished the second sleeve of my sweater. The first sleeve has been attached to the body via three-needle bind-off. And I’ve done the crochet edge around the neck. Once I attach the second sleeve, all that remains is to sew up the side seams. So I’d best get to it! Another Worthy Cause [...]
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As the poet Robert Robert Burns said, “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley” and my plans to get many hours of knitting in this weekend did indeed gang aft agley. I did manage to finish the first sleeve: And I did cast on a second sleeve: But that’s it. I’ve not [...]
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I am still working along on my current lace sweater. I’ve had a couple of evenings where other stuff took up a chunk of my knitting time, so my progress is not dramatic. I did finish the front and attached it to the back via a three-needle bind-off. Then neatly folded up my work. I [...]
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Last night I got an email from Lynne (aka Shanti’s mom) about the Hats for Sailors project: It’s that time of year again. Last year at about this time I launched a project to provide a hat for each of the sailor’s on my daughter’s ship, the USS Decatur. It was an amazing success in [...]
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