I am still grieving the fate of my little sweater that I posted about yesterday. However, I think the stretching may be due to the fact that even though I washed it alone, I did not have it in a lingerie or sweater bag (as is my normal practice) and that may have been enough […]
Category Archive for 'Knitting'
The making of a sweater
Posted in Knitting on Mar 3rd, 2007
Remember this from the other day? I had just gotten the yarn and had barely begun. Here it is once I finished the front. This is the back where you can see how I carried the yarn with the intarsia and binding off while doing stripes. And the front – same stage as the above […]
On the knitting front…
Posted in Knitting on Feb 28th, 2007
The other day, I had left some yarn remnants – short pieces trimmed for tails I’d woven – out where Ben could find them and play with them, which he likes to do. He found them and stood in front of the couch (where I usually sit when I knit) and wound the yarn around […]
On the Knitting Front…
Posted in Knitting on Jan 29th, 2007
I got the sleeve’s done on the stripey sweater I’m making. All that remains is the button-band and then the neck-band. Here it is in all it’s glory: No progress on the hat I’m making for myself. I finished one sock – remember, my goal was one sock per month? – and started on the […]
This morning the alarm went off but I didn’t get up. Then it was 6:30 and I realized the radio was tuned to the wrong station. Hmm…who might have changed it? I got up and didn’t have much time to knit so I didn’t even pick up my needles. Steve turns on the tv and […]
A Few WIPs (and FOs)
Posted in Knitting on Jan 18th, 2007
Today we shall talk about knitting. I have three knitting bags so usually I have – that’s right – three knitting projects on the needles. But first, we shall discuss my recent FOs (Finished Objects). These two articles were actually finished last Friday when I spent the day knitting. Finished these two objects cleared the […]