I’ve picked up my knitting again. St. Brigid is a bucket list knit, and I knew it was going to take forever . . . and it is living up to billing. It’s not really particularly hard, but the pattern is sufficiently complex that I haven’t been able to memorize it, which means knitting it…
I did comparatively less crafting in 2016 as compared to 2015. About halfway through, the exercise bug bit me, and I’ve found I really only have time for one serious hobby. I can do more than one hobby half-heartedly, and I can do some reading, but I can’t really engage with both crafting and exercising….
L had her third preschool session yesterday. She actually has only one more as we are heading to New York and Virginia in less than two weeks, and we’ll miss the last two sessions. Anyway, it was a beautiful day, and we had a lot of fun. The theme was birds, so we headed…
Well, the knitting is down. The knitting, the grafting, and the overcasting. Blocking remains, and for this I need a piece of cardboard, or pieces, that is 39″ by 21″. Hopefully the diapers I’m expecting in the mail on Wednesday will fit the bill. Regardless, I’m pretty pleased with it right now. It’s light and…
The knitting is done. The gown now looks like the photo above except that it has two sleeves. I still have one to two weeks of finishing – grafting, fixing mistakes, weaving in ends, and finally blocking – but the end is in sight. I’m a much better lace knitter than when I started this…
It looks like I will most likely be having B baptized in Roanoke in May. As such, I want to finish up the baptism gown I originally started for L. This is possible, but by no means easy. Before tackling that project, however, I wanted to close out another open knitting project, a cute little…
I finished a couple of knits recently, one smooth and easy, one not so much. First, I made a bunting in bulky cotton for Karen. The problems started when I chose super bulky yarn. It was almost impossible to achieve the correct gauge with the yarn. Nevertheless, I went up a needle size and persevered….
