Friday, July 28, 2006

Progress is slow...

So here are some past projects :)

Christmas Sweater for Kathleen:


Prayer shawl for a friend:


Baby layette:


Laura's Purse:



...and Morgan's Hat!

Monday, July 24, 2006

Just a few quick pics...

of the Shetland Shawl. I really am knitting on it, I swear! This is repetition 12 out of 17 (I think) and then I'll add the border. I love everything about this....so much that I'm really, really tempted to find some cobweb weight yarn and someday knit this again :)


Sunday, July 23, 2006

also on the needles....a Christmas scarf, the shetland shawl is creeping along, and the striped baby raglan that I keep putting off finishing..

slacking....

I've been slacking on the posts lately...but here is a finished sweater! It's for my friend Amanda, who just had her baby girl. It's deliciously girly (I think so, anyway) with as many purple ruffles as you can stand! Here are a couple of photos before I send it off.





Thursday, July 13, 2006

Time is Precious!

...and there hasn't been much of it for knitting this week. We were out of town over the weekend (judging a harp competition) and things were a little crazy. Usually the drives to and from these things are great for knitting, but this time I couldn't seem to do anything but sleep. However....the girly version of the baby raglan is well underway and I should be able to finish it soon. That's good. I miss my lace!



and another shot....

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

A new type of knitting!

I don't think I ever knew knitting could be this frustrating. I don't think I knew knitting could be this rewarding. I'm pretty much a practical knitter. I knit things that are useful and I use yarn that (if it's taken care of) should last generations. A lot of the new novelty yarns make me cringe! If I'm going to spend weeks out of my life making something for someone then I want their great-grandkids to still be wearing it. I know that most of the people I knit for probably don't think or feel this way about it, but I can maintain my illusions and keep my pretty scrapbook filled with pictures of yarn and sweaters and the people they were knit for. My point is, that for the most part, I've knit bulky warm scarves and warm sweaters and practical baby clothes and blankets. I don't think I've ever before chosen to knit something just because it was beautiful. It'll be warm, sure....but I don't really care about that. It's exquisite. It floats...and it's lace. I'm almost a third of the way through the main body of this shawl and I'm totally in love. I curse at it, reknit row after row (because for some reason, I can NEVER get the right number of yarn overs in there) but it's going to be worth it. Absolutely. Here's what it looks like so far...



When it's done, it will be about 20 inches wide (lace stretches a lot, plus there's a border to put on it). I'm knitting both halves of it at the same time (which is probably one reason why it's so frustrating), but they will be joined end to end when I'm done.




It's going to creep along for at least another week or two, and besides another baby sweater or two, I'm really not going to work on anything else, so I'll be posting up some projects from the past year that are now happily living with their new families.