Got some new roving Saturday. This is from Paradise Fibers, 8oz. of hand painted 60% wool, 25% mohair, 15% nylon (they call it their barefoot blend), in October. I’ll be spinning this up, making it three ply, and knitting some socks. It is beautiful and incredibly soft. I can’t wait until I have a chance [...]
Archive for January, 2005
Weekend Worrier
Posted in Knitting on Jan 30th, 2005
I don’t have anything pressing to do this weekend, so I’ve been working on Mariah. I’m about halfway through the yoke and starting to worry about how the sweater is going to turn out. The body is looking long and the sleeves and yoke are looking short. It’s all bunched up on a circular needle [...]
Not Much Knitting
Posted in Knitting on Jan 28th, 2005
Not much knitting going on today. I’ve been sucked into the book I’m reading and I spent most of the day baking the cookies you see here. They are really yummy by the way. I have knit a few rows on Mariah, right now it looks like a big pile of sweater parts stuck on [...]
A special supplemental to today’s earlier post.
I now have all the pieces for Mariah on one needle and is it ever heavy and awkward! It will so be worth it when I get it done, though.
As for the klutzy, I’m afraid I’m getting worse. Earlier this week I slammed my hand in a drawer and [...]
Productive
Posted in Knitting on Jan 27th, 2005
I love days when I actually get something done. Daisie’s cardigan is done, it just needs some blocking. I have an inch to go on the front of Mariah. And I finally got some snaps for Maryella so I can finish it up. Tomorrow I think I’ll take the whole day to work on Mariah [...]
