I remember years when the holidays were so busy that time vanished before your eyes. This year for me ... the holidays took their time going by. They were more exhausting with less to do. I suppose it's partly because I was under the weather with a cold, but also partly the whole living alone thing. With the cold I didn't get any knitting done for a while... It' snot a good idea, you know ... knitting with a cold.
Christmas was a quiet day at my home. I had my mum over to visit; we enjoyed Christmas TV specials and a small Christmas dinner.
As for project progress, I've completed a 2" seed stitch border around both front edges and the bottom of the cardigan and have finished a sleeve. The border and the sleeve each took one ball of yarn. Now it's one sleeve and a large ribbed collar to go... then onto Blocking it.
Speaking of the sleeve, I got to try a few new techniques including knitting in the round with only three needles and magic loop (video courtesy of knittinghelp.com).
If anyone reading has any articles on blocking I'd love to hear about them in the comments as I've never done it before and would greatly appreciate any and all help!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
"I knit so that I do not kill people"
Many times a friend of mine has told me the phrase, "I knit so that I do not kill people". Apparently at least 900 other people agree with her as there is a Ravelry Group with that name. My knitting has been side tracked the last few days; I begin to see her point.
This being the first Christmas since my wife left, I was sorely tempted to leave the house in a non decorated state. Then I was asked if a group I volunteer with could use my home for our annual Christmas get together. Doing the decorating .... the putting up of garlands and lights and wreaths and trees and ornaments and such .... was not physically taxing. Emotionally it was a true challenge, one that left me physically and mentally exhausted many times over several days. That said, the house did get decorated, the party did happen and it was a truly merry time for one and all. The true credit goes to my wonderful guests; they brought all manner of pot luck food and far more importantly brought warmth, grace, light and happiness into my humble home.
For a time the cardigan was set aside ... partly owing to preparing for the party and partly a lack of measurements to work with. The party is past and the measurements are in! Let the yarn hacking resume! I'm past the decrease for the waist and working down towards the hip increase. I'm looking forward to learning how to do a "seed stitch" border and to finding out how evil it is to knit a sleeve on 12mm double point needles. Maybe I'll look up "Magic Loop" knitting and give that a shot instead. I keep hearing about it, so maybe it's worth a try.
If anyone has any suggestions about knitting with double points or with magic loop or any other techniques for knitting in the round I'd love to hear about it in the comments.
This being the first Christmas since my wife left, I was sorely tempted to leave the house in a non decorated state. Then I was asked if a group I volunteer with could use my home for our annual Christmas get together. Doing the decorating .... the putting up of garlands and lights and wreaths and trees and ornaments and such .... was not physically taxing. Emotionally it was a true challenge, one that left me physically and mentally exhausted many times over several days. That said, the house did get decorated, the party did happen and it was a truly merry time for one and all. The true credit goes to my wonderful guests; they brought all manner of pot luck food and far more importantly brought warmth, grace, light and happiness into my humble home.
For a time the cardigan was set aside ... partly owing to preparing for the party and partly a lack of measurements to work with. The party is past and the measurements are in! Let the yarn hacking resume! I'm past the decrease for the waist and working down towards the hip increase. I'm looking forward to learning how to do a "seed stitch" border and to finding out how evil it is to knit a sleeve on 12mm double point needles. Maybe I'll look up "Magic Loop" knitting and give that a shot instead. I keep hearing about it, so maybe it's worth a try.
If anyone has any suggestions about knitting with double points or with magic loop or any other techniques for knitting in the round I'd love to hear about it in the comments.
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