Does that look like a fish to you? I’m making fish hats for my fishermen and that is about as far as I can get on one while the boys are awake. The same limitations apply to photography as well, so I cannot show you what this one looks like now – the tail and […]
Category Archive for 'Knitting'
Unhinged
Posted in Knitting, Life at Our House on Oct 16th, 2008
Joey broke my glasses Monday. When I found them, they were folded incorrectly and one of the hinges was bent to the point of no longer being functional. I have no idea how he did that to them. I’d had them since December 2001 so it’s not like I didn’t get my money’s worth. I […]
Eye Candy Friday: Seaming
Posted in Knitting on Oct 10th, 2008
Soon and very soon… …St. Brigid will be finished.
Another sweater off the needles. This one for Ben. It’s the Seamless Hybrid by Elizabeth Zimmermann from Knitting Without Tears. Knit with Valley Yarn’s Northampton (from Webs), 100% wool, in color Sour Apple [Ben’s choice, not mine]. It is by no means perfect. In fact, if it were up to me, it would not even […]
The Knitting Life: Making Good Time
Posted in Knitting on Sep 14th, 2008
This picture coming to you from the floor of my bedroom. I wanted to photograph it on the picnic table, but it is cold and windy outside today, which doesn’t lend itself well to such pictures. Yes, Ben’s sweater is finished except for blocking (the knitting equivalent of ironing) and seaming. And yes, today is […]
The Knitting Life: Threatened Monogamy
Posted in Knitting on Sep 7th, 2008
Last week I finished binding off this shawl. It is the first lace (other than socks) that I have ever knit. The yarn is Knit Picks Gloss Lace Aegean which I knit held doubled. I also added some extra repeats to the body to make it a bit bigger. It’s ready to be blocked, but […]