39 posts tagged “knitting”
Due to my being attacked by some sort of spider or bug more than 20 times over on my torso, and the subsequent feeling of being turned into an arachnid's juice box, I am going to submit a photo from last weekend for my Self Portrait Thursday offering today. (Doctor prescribed antibiotic...so hopefully I'll be on the mend soon!)
Here I am knitting at the mall. (FYI: My daughter and I are in an apartment now! Thanks for all the well-wishes!)
Free spinning demo, knitting and crochet clinic to be given by FiberTherapy.org at the Funky Finds Spring Fling!
Well, another newspaper article about our www.fibertherapy.org group ran again in one of the local papers. This time, it was on the front page of the Sunday edition of the Burleson Star! Let's hear it for free publicity!
We've had a good response from the articles. About four respondents have inquired about our group through our website after reading the article. I look forward to meeting the newcomers and adding a daytime group soon, to accomodate more fiber artitsts! Sometimes we have to spread out of our couch and chairs seating and over-flow to the table area. What a great problem to have!
Viva la FiberTherapy!
RM
Beware of girls with pointy sticks!
Get it? Scullery Maid? Sorry...poor joke.
Well, here are some things that I knitted for my daugher's class & one of her teachers.
Click on the photos for info.
There are issues with copying and pasting from a word processing document to Vox, so I will only be able to provide you with a downloadable PDF of the pattern, located in my sidebar under My Links. One day after the Holidays I'll type up the whole pattern for you here in my post.
The pattern link is now in Ravelry.com and I have been dubbed an official designer. I guess I'd better start coming up with some original designs now!
Many thanks to my proof readers and test knitters, namely Bonnie, Donna, Jen, Katie, Linda, Sara and Susanna. Especially Linda Welch, who kindly gave permission for me to adapt her lace chart from the Spring Forwards socks. Such a gracious lady.
Also, Ellie of Crazy4Dyeing is now my supplier for the heavier laceweight yarn needed for the size 0 needles! Her new line, ElfinLace is a lovely 2-ply cashmere/silk blend in lovely semi-solids.
I finally worked up the gauge swatch for the Elfin Lace yarn...12 sts, 14 rows in stockinette equals 1 inch. I'll add this information to the PDF as soon as possible.
See THIS post.
Enjoy the pattern!
RM
I have the pre-release PDF of my Hand Springs Fingerless Mitts pattern all ready for test knitting before debuting the pattern on Ravelry.org. If you would like to be one of the test knitters, please contact me through Vox, Ravelry, Crafster.org or Flickr. (user name is RecycleMicol) I will give you recognition here and on Ravelry for being so incredibly nice! :-)
First-time test knitters welcome!
(Shown below in progress using Madeline Tosh light-fingering weight yarn. Lace weight may also be used for the test.)
Little baby feet need little booties! I knit these with the Moc-A-Soc pattern found at Bekah Knits here. It's a great pattern. I'll make more in the future, no doubt!
HERE they are in my Ravelry folder.
Oooo...and she just came out with an adult size pattern for it as well!
I did leave off the inside sock, as I got sick and ran out of time for knitting. I used some recycled cashmere sweater yarn, held together to make a sport weight. I hope the baby is comfy in them. He should be...they're soft and warm!
I felt so badly that day, and had a wedding to go to later in the evening, that I only stayed for a short time at the baby shower. I felt terrible about leaving just after she opened the gift. Oh well, she's a friend. She understood, I'm sure!
I had to help her get in good with the teacher, of course. :-) Not that her charm and intelligence alone wasn't enough.
I made a similar one (inset photo) about a year ago. Her teacher's apple cozy shows me that I've improved my knitting skill since then, but you can't tell it in the photo with my daughter.
Now to just get the addendum to the Spring Forward sock pattern written so that I can post it for all my fellow knitters. I'll have it by next week...I promise!
