Sorry, no photos for you today. We got home from TNNA in Columbus at 5:30 yesterday evening, and are still recovering. It was an awesome trip. I can’t even begin to tell you how glad we are that we went. We met fabulous folks, each took a class, met fabulous folks, went to the ballgame […]
I didn’t post about it yesterday, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t get any knitting done. The golden shawl is growing quickly. I didn’t measure the length when I had it pinned out just now, but I did measure its width: 28 inches. It’s nice and wide, and it drapes beautifully, because of the silk. […]
Another of my favorite Frank Lloyd Wright windows is Tree of Life from the Darwin D. Martin house in New York. Simple elegance—and another piece of the inspiration for this shawl pattern. I made good progress on it over the weekend. Only eight more rows to knit of the first motif before moving on to […]
I’ve always been inspired by the simple elegance of Frank Lloyd Wright’s work—this window is from the Dana-Thomas house. I have some Silk Lace yarn from Claudia Hand Paints that’s been calling to me since it arrived at the end of January. The 100% silk lace weight yarn, combined with the delicate elegance of Claudia’s […]
Our local library bookstore had a sale again on Saturday, so we went. The last time we went we brought home two bags of books for $2.00 per bag. It worked out to 16 books for $.25 each. This week we got 20 books into one bag, so the books were only $.10 each. I […]
The diamond rows are all done. Next up: inserting a lifeline, and knitting the flowers at the top of the shawl. But I’ve changed my mind. The more I think about it, the more I want the first row of flowers to line up with the last row of diamonds. It’d just be nicer, don’t […]
Knitting lace definitely falls into that “magical” category. We take this puddle of knitting that really doesn’t look like anything at all,
then we spread it out on the floor, and pin it out. From yarn puddle to diamonds, pure magic. Dave’d say it’s PFM. But he doesn’t. He just says, “Yes, Dear.” He likes the […]
The only thing I currently have on the needles is the secret project I’m working on, and the yarn still hasn’t arrived from Dee at Posh, so there’s a dearth of my own things to share with you. So, here are a couple things that have recently crossed my desk.
Berroco has introduced a new series […]
After finishing up the left front shoulder, I decided that the only thing I could do to the right one was to rip it back, pick up that dropped stitch, and re-knit it. Luckily at that spot the front only had 17 stitches, decreasing every other row down to ten stitches, so really it didn’t […]
As you know, I’ve been trying to clear out my project pile while I’m impatiently waiting for the yarn to arrive from Posh Yarn. Would you believe that except for the secret project everything is done except that brown dress I started more than a year ago? I know. Hard to imagine.
The other thing […]