'knitting' Category
one fish, two fish, red fish, little tiny fish
As bloggers go, I am a very small fish – I hardly ever get much attention, rarely more than a couple of comments per post. In general I don’t mind; it means that people respond when they’re been really interested in or touched by something I’ve said and not to just join a pile-on, and [...]
Yeee-hah, the Wombat Blanket is DONE!!!
I started it back on February 21, according to my Ravelry records, but it’s been languishing in a nearly complete state since my unair-conditioned flat got too hot to work on it. (It’s been pretty cool lately.) I promised myself I’d get to bed early tonight but by the time ‘early’ rolled around I had [...]
FOs
Two pair of socks finished this past week – one that I started in May is finally done (Knitpicks Stroll yarn. Wendy Johnson’s Norwegian Rose pattern), and the second pair is the baby socks from my Knit Nation class in Two at a Time Toe-Up socks. The pattern is Chrissy Gardiner’s Mix-and-Match RIb Toe-Up socks, [...]
done, at last!
(That’s an old picture from when I finished the first sock; I’ll do new ones after washing and blocking.) At least, at last the Norwegian Rose socks are done! I’ve just finished binding off the second one. I started these back in May, but there was a fair amount of time this summer when knitting [...]
Knit Nation (more of a tribe, really)
Despite spending the weekend coughing, sniffling, nose-blowing, and apologizing to those around me, I had a great time at Knit Nation. Even aside from phlegm levels I was clearly not at my best; I can’t really recommend solo travel while on codeine. But it was fabulous. I enjoyed hanging aroud the campus, I learned things [...]
Some realizations, upon having arrived at KnitNation
1. KnitNation is being held at Imperial College, London, where I and many of the other mostly female participants are staying in dorm rooms. It was as I was settling in to mine that I realized the connection: It’s a knitting Gaudy!! At least the baths are en suite these days (and no, I don’t [...]
you can get anything you want – but can you knit it?
I. I am Doooooomed. Today we bought the yarn for Ted’s Sapporo sweater. I just took a look at the recommended needle size and learned this pattern is knitted with &(^%#@ sock needles – seriously, it’s written for 2.5-3.5mm needles, which is US sizes 1.5 to 4. ANd I will be knitting this in size [...]
one done!
> My second colorwork ever, the Norwegian rose pattern from Wendy Johnson’s Toe-Up Socks for Every Body using Knitpicks Stroll in Lantana and a kettle-dyed black they don’t seem to have listed at the moment. I’m still having some trouble getting the tension even; it really shows in the sole and on the side panels, [...]
update, on the usual topics
Travel, rowing, knitting, clothes, books … check. Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve written anything. Oregon was good; I’d forgotten how beautiful the drive along I-5 north of Ted’s hometown is. It reminds me of the scenery in Tasmania. we got to spend time with the in-laws and even with both of Ted’s [...]
knitted cable border
Unfortunately it looks like I’m not going to finish my blanket before the movers come tomorrow – it’s bigger than I’d want to bring in my suitcase or carry-on, so it has to go with the shipped stuff. But meanwhile, here’s a couple of pictures of the cabled border in progress: