knitting
Archived Posts from this Category
Saturday 26 Nov 2011
There And Back
It was a trip that was long in both the planning and execution, but we made it.
And if you’re wondering how productive you can be on an 11-hour nonstop flight from the Paris to the United States, here’s the answer illustrated by a 72-stitch sock on size 2.25mm needles:
Not bad considering I also watched two movies, took a nap, and ate three meals.
Tuesday 08 Nov 2011
A Cautionary Tale
It was only a matter of time before my luck–and my yarn–ran out. After years of completing projects with only a few feet of yarn left over, I finally cut it too close.
Yup, just 6 stitches stood between me and completion. Buying more yarn wasn’t an option both because this Kidsilk Haze has been in my stash forever and because I needed to mail the finished cowl the next day.
While I pondered my options, my eye wandered to the cast-on edge. My, that’s an awfully long tail of yarn. Maybe I can put it to good use.
A little spit splicing and I was good to go. This is what I had left before weaving in the ends.
And this is what was left after the ends were woven in.
As my friend Shelley would say, “There’s not even enough to tie a knot.”
Project: Lace Capelet (knit from the neck-down instead of the bottom-up). Details are on my Ravelry project page.
Sunday 26 Jun 2011
PS
Raise your hand if you remember Project Spectrum.
It was the 2006 brainchild of the ever-clever Lolly. While I never participated in rounds 1-4, I enjoyed rubbernecking.
Lolly has revived Project Spectrum for 2011 and this time I’m in! It helps that there’s now a Facebook page. There’s a Ravelry group, too, with considerably more members but I find Facebook much more convenient for these types of things.
May’s color was red and I conveniently had some lovely red Zephyr on the needles.
The project is for a lace class I’m teaching at my LYS this summer. The piece is a mystery for the class members, but if you click here you can see the finished project.
May, obviously, has come and gone. June’s Project Spectrum color is green. Once again, I found myself with an appropriately colored lace project. This one is stashed in my favorite green knitting bag.
Green has been a particularly easy color given the incredibly (and unusually) wet spring we’ve had here in Utah. It’s nearly July but the snow has barely melted off the road leading up my favorite canyon.
Today, after a hike to gawk at the near record runoff,
a friend shared some yummy garlic scape from her garden.
I promptly turned it into some pungent pesto.
The secret ingredient was this little green morsel.
July’s color is blue.
I’m thinking blue thoughts as I sit here at the Club in my green chair with the green cushion pulled close to the green table overlooking the green. . . . . . .
9 comments Susan | knitalongs, knitting, lace, project spectrum, random
