I started to knit a cowl for myself not too long ago. I wasn’t 100% certain about the yarn though. It’s yarn that I picked up at a fiber festival last year. I bought it because we were researching sheep breeds and this one was on (very long) list of potential breeds to (someday) keep for ourselves. I wanted to… Read More »Remaking – a Life Lesson in Good
I’ve tried to teach all our children (except maybe Josh) how to knit. Some get it, some don’t. Emma and Sophie tried to learn a few times, most recently in January and they even completed a simple project but then the knitting needles were put away and forgotten. Emma asked me for some yarn a couple of weeks ago and… Read More »Emma’s Knitting
I think I might have mentioned before my problem with sewing buttons onto finished knitted sweaters. I’m not sure what the problem is, but it takes me forever to get those buttons on. Case in point, Emma’s Cove Cardigan. Ravelry tells me that I finished the sweater in February. And Emma has been wearing it, never once complaining about the… Read More »Buttons for the finish
There seems to be a trend in my knitting these days – I keep running short of yarn. I make sure I have enough based on the yardage requirements for the patterns I’m making, but it isn’t lasting through the whole project; My Moonlight Garden shawl, started in May for a May knit along, ended up being set aside because… Read More »Coming up short
I wrote these first words Monday night: The text came through, “Heading to the birth center”, and my heart leaped for joy and then caught in my throat. My first baby is about to deliver her third baby. My thoughts were such an unruly jumble of a mixture of; I can’t wait to meet him, I hope her delivery goes… Read More »Grandbaby the Third – It’s a Boy!
I’ve been working along with others on Mandarine’s May Knit Along. I chose the Moonlight Garden Shawl for my project and I’m making it in this gorgeous yarn – Rios by Malabrigo. I’ve knitted with yarn by them before, and it is SO soft and easy to work with. I feel a bit behind on my project, as I made… Read More »May Knit Along, a Pillowcase, Play
I finished the Fawn Hoodie by Carrie Bostick Hoge sweater not too long ago and I even put buttons on it, (buttons being that part of finishing a project that often escapes me). I thought it was the perfect sweater for those in between seasons – early spring and late autumn. It was a quick and easy sweater to stitch,… Read More »Silas’ Fawn Hoodie
There’s a mouse in my kitchen. It’s a very small mouse. It’s rather cute. I think I’ll allow it to stay, though my cats would like to play with it for a while. Here’s my mouse: Just a little teensy weensy yarny mouse made by my own two hands. I had some unexpected down time due to a bit of… Read More »A Mouse in my Kitchen
I don’t remember exactly when I finished this sweater, but my Ravelry notes tell me I started it in May, 2014. I think I finished it in the fall of that year, but I’ll give myself a bit of procrastinator grace and go with January of 2015, that way it doesn’t look like I’ve been sitting on a nearly finished… Read More »For Want of Buttons – Annabel Cardigan
First, please note that I live in Maine. It is nearing 50 degrees today, February 1st. Also, please note that because of these unusually warm days, I checked on my bees. After lifting the 500 pound bench seat off of them (I got my workout for the day) and fumbling with the locking strap thingie that doesn’t unlock unless you’re… Read More »Hello, February