My sister had her baby yesterday. Susan Elizabeth. 8 lbs. 3 oz. She was 7 cm dilated at midnight, got the epidural at 1 a.m., and then Susie did not arrive until 4:45 p.m. Makes me tired just thinking about it. [Labor with Ben was slow and went on forever like that.] What did I […]
Category Archive for 'Knitting'
New Horizons
Posted in Knitting on Oct 19th, 2007
In my knitting life, I have knit sweaters (and pants and hats and mittens) for my boys and they have worn them. I have knit a sweater for my husband and he has worn it. I have knit socks for myself and I have worn them. I also knit legwarmers for myself and have enjoyed […]
Seventy-seven
Posted in Knitting on Oct 5th, 2007
Yes, seventy-seven would be the magic number of people ahead of me in line over at Ravelry right now…which means I should be getting my invite sometime today. So instead of blogging, I’ve been working on getting pictures of my knitting uploaded into Flickr. Because that’s more important, you know. We’re talking, all of the […]
A Cardi for Susie
Posted in Knitting on Sep 27th, 2007
Remember this? ‘Tis finished. I actually did the trim last week, but I had to put it on display and walk by it and admire it for a few days before I decided for sure that I like it and that it was going to stay. And since a cardigan alone might not get worn […]
What’s wrong with this picture? (You need not be a knitter to see it, though you probably need to be a knitter to diagnose it.) That’s right – the stripes don’t line up. Why? Inconsistent tension. Aka gauge. The g-word. These are the two front halves of the little cardigan I’m making Joey. The yarn […]
In the knitting world, there is a perpetual discussion of UFOs or UnFinished Objects. Generally, either people have startitis and start projects all the time but never pick them up again after the initial knitting session(s) or they do everything but the finishing – the blocking and seaming and such. In many circles, people get […]