Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
On Knitting…
Shawls and Scraves The Best of Knitter’s Magazine has a circular shawl designed by Eugene Buelger which I have been eyeing for a while. My sister really liked the pattern as well so I decided to knit it up for her using Colour Mart’s lace silk in Sky. The pattern is quite easy once [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2007 | 4 Comments »
On Knitting….
This third week of 2007 was quite eventful in South Texas. The local news stations had a field day providing overkill coverage on the “Artic Blast” of 2007. The city was virtually paralyzed for two days as freezing rain made traveling on the roads dangerous for us “not used to ice or snow on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On Knitting…Let’s label this the week of frogging hats. Yep, the Ella hat is no longer among us so a search for the perfect pattern began. Rip, rip, rip was the theme of the week since I CO and tried several different hat patterns without much success. The hats were either too small or the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 8, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Lets start with
Stash Building…
No purchases on my side but my dear sister did mail me the yarn she’d bought a while back so that I would knit her a hat. I guess it finally got cold up there in Connecticut that she pulled herself away from her studio to make a trip to USPS. Here [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A new year sets the stage for new beginnings and a time when many people set new goals and resolutions for themselves. In my case, after much thought and reflection I have set a few goals for myself. The following are five knitting goals I hope to fulfill by the end of this year.
The biggest [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yippie!!! I fulfilled my goal!!! Icarus is completed and ready to enjoy. View previous post for further details. Chart 4 and the last 4 rows of this pattern was really all I had time to knit this week. Blame the holidays.
May everyone of you have had [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Detail of Tail
Dec. 29th marks the day of Icarus’ debut. On this day, Icarus was bound off and blocked after I finally sat down and decided to tackle the last 3 rows in the pattern. I began knitting Icarus in early Nov. using ColourMart’s Emperor Jay double stranded lace cashmere with size 3(US) needles. [...]
