2sticksandastring

Wow! It has been 8 months since I last posted anything. I can't believe I let my blog get away from me. It has been really busy and I haven't knitted all summer. I did decide to pick up the sticks and knitted 4 dish towels in 1 sitting though. I'm not too happy with them...why is it that the variegated yarn looks so good on the shelf, but not when you're trying to knit a pattern? I've learned my lesson and will stick to the solid colors from here on out.

Now, it's your turn. Talk to me. What have you been up to?

Do you feel you want to express yourself in a creative way?

Take away the troubles of the day and... 

pick up some needles and get to stitching. 

You'll be in awe of how you knit and purl to make a finished item. 

Knit on!

Photography by: Archer Photography, Kansas City, MO

 

I was cleaning out my email and came across this: http://ymib.com/daily-inspiration/family/articles/down-so...

Go check it out.

 Happy knitting!

Sometimes when people visit my site, I'm sure they wonder if I even knit at all. I've rarely been posting pictures, but as I promised that would change.

I wanted to knit my husband's friend, Tosha, an afghan for her new baby boy. I'd never met her 'til this week (I'm blogging from Kansas City, Missouri). The baby is the cutest - aren't most babies? I think he will snuggle well in to his new knitted afghan from moi.

Time to knit: 1 week

Yarn used: blue, to be updated (can't remember)

Size needles: 6

Pattern: Shells pattern (basic usage of lines 1-4 repeated)

I enjoyed knitting this afghan. The yarn was silky between my fingers and the finished product was like silk soy. I really liked the scalloped beginning edge. The ending did not end the same, disappointingly. Any tips on ending in the same scallopped edge? I thought it would end this way, but the ending directions just said to knit 6 rows and bind off knitwise.

 I've already started knitting my husband's socks that he has been patiently waiting for me to finish. I bought him some Lang's Jawoll Aktion superwash wool yarn. The colors are more on the army side, but I know my husband wouldn't like the fuschia-blend of blues and pinks.

 It took several attempts for me to get the gauge correct. Has it been that long since I've knitted socks?! Initially I casted on 60 stitches on sized 1 needles and it looked like it could have been for an infant. Just based on looks alone I cast on 130 stitches! For socks, people! Of course, that was too wide once I got my husband to try the prototype on and it was ALL the way up his leg. The Knitter's side of my brain started to settle in again and I decreased the numbers to 75, then finally to 65 stitches. This has me thinking that I need to knit more socks - that is the reason I started knitting anyway. I used to crank out 2 or more pairs a month, but have gotten used to knitting more free flowing items such as dishtowels and afghans. Now, I'm getting back in the swing of things. If I could just remember how to get ready for this heel. I had to go to the free sites and try to remember how to do a heel, too. Talk about knitter's amnesia. Sheesh. Did I mention how impatient I get with myself? I just want to walk away from me sometimes. Smile.