When I completed this square I was so very pleased. It had been quite a challenge, but I managed to deal with all those stitches slipped with yarn in back and with yarn in front. I bound it off and proudly held it up for my husband to admire. He’s a muggle, but he’s polite [...]
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Now to kitchener these socks
Posted in LYS, knitting, socks, tagged grafting, kitchener, sock toes on November 30, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Today we had our final sock class at Yes Yarn and encountered kitchener stitch. After much angst and discussion the class members have managed to make some lovely socks. Including B.’s lovely sock of self striping yarn that “by luck”, or so she claims *g* matches it’s mate perfectly. Last week E. [...]
Knitting therapy
Posted in knitting, pets on November 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sophie, herself has helped me to regain my knitting mojo. Recently I bought some lovely yarn to knit her a sweater. With her passing, I couldn’t bear looking at that yarn–much less consider knitting it. My dear LYS owner allowed me to exchange the yarn for a different yarn. So now I’m [...]
Picking up stitches
Posted in knitting, socks, tagged , picking up, tutorials on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Still tinkering with the socks. It’s the picking up along the heel flap that’s had me mystified. I’ve picked up before, but all my previous experience with picking up involved EZ’s Baby Surprise Jackets–this means I picked up along the side of a bit of garter stitch. Now I’m wrestling with picking [...]
LTK square 8–Rose fabric
Posted in Learn-to-Knit Afghan, afghan squares, knitting, tagged , rose fabric, stretchy on November 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This square was lots of fun to knit and I love the tiny flowers created by knitting into the stitch below. I’m a little conflicted over it though. The perfectionist in me wants to rip it and knit a better one now that I understand how the stitch pattern is worked, but the [...]
