I have come to believe that, if you have a hobby, you have a stash. As a knitter, I have a stash of yarn. As a spinner, I have a stash of fiber. As a sewer, I have a stash of fabric. And we won’t even count the libraries of patterns and books that go [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 22, 2008
The Scarf That Didn’t Want To Be
I have been knitting for at least 5 years now. I have frogged stuff midstream because I didn’t like it. I have had mistakes I needed to correct. I have had items that have gone perfectly. But never have I ever had this many issues in knitting something!
In my effort to make as many Christmas [...]
October 1, 2008
Lace Knitting
I have always looked at lace projects in admiration. I love the way they look- the openness of the stitches, the patterns, the intricacies. I decided, being a “fearless knitter” to try lace several years ago. My first project was easy enough – a scarf knit in bulky weight yarn. It had a lace pattern [...]
