Well, it was one crazy week last week. I managed to finish the shrug and it turned out beautifully! That was after frantically ripping out and reknitting several times because I kept making mistakes while trying to knit so fast. Then the clincher was on Friday morning, about an hour after I finished sewing up …
On the Needles
Current Project
I’ve been knitting like crazy since yesterday evening working on a shrug. We have a wedding on Saturday with the rehearsal on Friday evening. For Friday, I have a pretty yellow sleeveless dress to wear, but it really needs a little cover up for it. So, I’m knitting as fast as I can to finish …
It's been a knitting day
I’ve spent most of the day charting out the patterns for six new dishcloths. I’ve got designs for a Love cloth with Hearts, a sled, an ice skate, a pair of mittens, a snowflake and a snowman. Can you tell I’m on a winter kick? The snowflake pattern was by far the hardest to chart. …
Taking the plunge…
Thank you everyone for all the very kind feedback yesterday about my Heart Dishcloth. I got so many emails from the Monthly Dishcloth KAL group, plus the nice comments here. I designed the cloth to see if I was able to do it, and with the intention of trying to sell patterns online. Since it …
All caught up….
I’ve finally gotten around to photographing the pile of dishcloths sitting on my desk. This represents all of my knitting so far this new year. This first cloth is the Mid-December KAL Dishcloth. I got started on it at the very end of the month and it took just a couple of days to knit …
Time to try blogging again….
I guess it’s about time for me to update this blog and start posting again. I’m going to try to get all my counters, etc. moved over from the other page. A new year, a fresh start…. On the knitting front, I’ve been making dishcloths. Nice and easy for the amount of time I have. …