Monday, February 21, 2005

News to me

This is probably old news for anyone currently on the knitting lists, but since I'm not, it was news to me.

Political protest turns to the radical art of knitting

(via Dave Barry's blog. Honest! and DRAT! If I'd known about this, I'd probably have postponed my trip to London to March...maybe.)

Thursday, February 17, 2005

Little knitting re-visited

I've injured my left hand. Possibly from knitting, but more than likely from playing the violin. Unfortunately, for a professional violinist, this is not a good thing. In any case, knitting is suspended for while, as I MUST continue to play.

Until this occurance, I've only been able to knit in the car while David drives us to rehearsals and performances, and therefore, I can only knit little projects that don't require much space. Considering all this, in the past few weeks I've knitted several scarves, hats and fingerless gloves, but now, I'm anxious to finish David's sweater (yup, four years on the needles) and I have yarn for at least 5 or 6 projects (most of which will never be knitted).

I have been knitting chemo caps - sadly, quite a few of my friends are going through chemo - and have found that Crystal Palace Merino Frappe knits up into the softest cloud. I order it from Fuzzy Galore. The last chemo cap I made was inspired by the Kittyville hat. Sorry for the terrible picture - the hat is actually a lot cuter in real life. ;)


I've also been working through these short row tutorials, which I've enjoyed and hope to complete. Now, if only my hand would heal so I can resume my happy knitting.

Monday, February 07, 2005

Knitting for Baby


Thanks to inspiration from Linh and the fact that my niece just made me a great aunt, I picked up my knitting needles to start a baby project: the Triangle-Edged Cardigan and Booties from Debbie Bliss' Quick Baby Knits.

It's a good thing I have a handle on the location of all my stash yarn, though I had somewhat of a short-lived panic until I figured out where this particular yarn was located. (In the potential trade bin!!) I'm using the only 6 skeins of Phildar Coton D'Egypte Sport that I have and it's working up at about pattern gauge, 25 stitches to 4". I'm making the largest size, 9-12 months. I figure larger is better, given the fact that babies tend to grow quickly and by the time they're about 1 or so they don't get a whole lot bigger around, just longer in the body. (Not to mention that I'm such a slow knitter, there's no point in making anything smaller!)

The pink is a little brighter than what I probably would have chosen, more of a candy floss pink than pastel pink. But what the heck! When you're working from your yarn stash (and determined not to buy more yarn), that's the way it is!