Swatch Day and Blueberry Socks

I know I said I was going to write about swatching as part of my process in the whole “Raglan Sweater Series” of posts. I lied.
I know a lot of knitters don’t like hearing the “Sermon on the Swatch.”  Maybe it’s just part of the lesson. Knitting a whole sweater that doesn’t look or fit [...]

Musical Interlude: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

You may or may not remember that movie A Room with a View, based on E.M. Forester’s novel.
There’s a scene in the movie where the young heroine meets her love interest in a barley field dotted with red poppies. Their first  encounter is set to the music “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta,” and their [...]

Escaping the Heat

As I write this, the day after our beach trip, storm clouds are forming above us.  So my pleas for relief have been heard. There’s something completely unnatural about living in a hot climate. But I suppose someone who grew up in the Arizona desert might beg to differ. The overly moisturized environment of the [...]

Frothy pink French chic

I finished this scarf over the weekend to wear at the wedding I never attended. It’s the Lala scarf in the Greetings from Knit Cafe book. It was a pretty quick knit until I got to the ruffle, but knitting picot after picot actually put me into a meditative state. It was [...]

Wedding Shawl

Materials:

10 skeins of “Sari” by Lana Grossa in White
US size 19 needles (Plastic not wood)
Large tapestry needle (plastic)

The pattern is simple:
Alternate segments of rows of garter stitch (2, 3, 4 rows) with a row of yarnovers (yo 3 and yo 4). Vary your garter stitch row numbers and yarn over numbers randomly. Finish up all [...]

Dragon Scales

Sorry about the dim quality of the first photo.  I’m still messing with this digital camera to figure out how to get the best photos.
I actually finished this a few weeks ago, but I really had a hard time looking at it after it was finished. I was cleaning off my craft table the other [...]

Knitting Haiku: Bonsai Stole

Sorry… our digital camera is out of commission, so I used the web cam to shoot. I feel so technologically deprived. I’ve got two more skeins of Berrocco Bonsai to knit up for this stole. That will make 7 skeins total for the stole. Unknit, this yarn has a wonderful texture and the [...]

Update on the Lily of the Valley Shawl

I broke down and pulled everything out to the garter stitch edging. You know I just figured there were other imperfections in the lace that I was not willing to live with.  Now, I just started listening to a back episode of Cast-on and coincidentally it seems that Brenda Dayne spoke of ‘letting [...]

I want to stab myself

With this needles… is it possible to commit Seppuku with knitting needles? Probably not a good idea. I’m venting right now, but I will tell the story of my recent travails with lace. Please excuse me for I’m aware that a slightly nutty side of myself is manifesting itself. I love lace [...]

Lace

I think my family has a history of Aspbergers Syndrome. This might explain my fascination with lace and lace patterns. Lace and lace charts seem to embody the mathematics of knitting. I enjoy reading chart patterns (shows what a nerd I am) because it’s like reading a puzzle. Sometimes I can envision what the [...]