Knitting, cooking and other enthusiasms
Posted in Knitting on Dec 26th, 2008
At last I have another project off the needles. I never intended for these to take so long. I cast on in late August and thought I’d have them done in September but too many other projects kept getting in the way. I bow to those knitters who start a pair of socks today and finish [...]
Posted in Knitting on Dec 8th, 2008
This is a bulky neck warmer with a lot of presence but not a lot of weight. It fits well underneath my winter coat. I can wear it snugged up under my chin for maximum warmth or I can turn the top edge down like a shawl collar for coverage without all the warmth. I [...]
Thanksgiving preparations are underway which is kind of ridiculous since I’m only cooking for two. But I decided to make tomorrow easy by cooking candied sweet potatoes (for Jack) and mashed potatoes (for me) and the pumpkin pie today. We’ll skip the stuffing this year to keep things simple. Or maybe not, I really like [...]
8641 people on Ravelry have started and/or finished this shawl/scarf before I got around to it. It’s one of the most frequently knit patterns that I’ve ever seen. Now that I’ve finally caved and knit my own I understand why. It’s fun. It’s easy. It’s good traveling knitting, enough detail to stay interesting, but not [...]
Posted in Knitting on Aug 9th, 2008
Last night while watching the Olympic opening ceremonies I finished the second sleeve of the Eris cardigan. I reshaped the lower sleeve so it wasn’t so big around my wrist and it appeared to turn out much better. I planned to go back and reknit the bottom of the first sleeve to match. Before grafting [...]
This is one of the most unusual shawls/stoles I’ve made and one of the most beautiful. The asymmetrical design makes it very modern and also helped to reduce the boring factor of knitting with the same yarn for months. I don’t remember when I started this, but I believe it was last fall and I [...]
Posted in 100 push ups, garden, Knitting on Jul 18th, 2008
Orts and shorts from the week past…. Push ups. Deciding to drop back to week one of the push up challenge was a good idea. I started over this morning using the highest series of 10/10/8/6/7 and could tell that it was a work out. Not only were my arms a little shaky but I [...]
Posted in Knitting on Jul 3rd, 2008
At knitting group last week Cynthia brought in some laceweight yarn she found at the thrift shop. Three good-sized center-pull balls in a soft white yarn, more than enough to make a shawl. The yarn didn’t have any tags so there was no way to tell the content or yardage. I offered to see if I could figure out some more information. [...]
Posted in Knitting on Jun 24th, 2008
Hmm, by the looks of the recent posts you’d think I’d been slacking off on the knitting. But there are a few more things in the FO pile. To wit: Stay-on baby booties The pattern is in Knitting Tips and Trade Secrets – an excellent book that I’ve had for years. I’ve knit this pattern before and it’s [...]
Posted in Knitting on May 22nd, 2008
It seems like all I’m knitting these days is lace. That, and socks. I have beaucoup (that’s pronounced “buttloads” for those of you who don’t speak knitter) stash that’s mellowing, but if it’s not laceweight it doesn’t come out of the bins. I’m about 100 rows away from finishing Hanami from Pink Lemon Twist. I’m debating how I’m [...]
