As The Yarn Turns

One Week Down

No fear, things are much better today than they were when I made my last entry. Unfortunately there's been a lot happening the past few days so knitting progress has been pretty meager. Thursday we had to attend a Christmas party. We had a lot of fun and made some new friends. That's always a sign of a good party. Then last night we participated in First Fridays here in town.

That's Rick performing magic for some people. I mostly looked around at the artists. On the first Friday of the month, they let artists set up stands exhibiting and selling their work and performing on the main downtown street. I hadn't been to it since it was first set up and I was amazed at how much it has grown and how many people turned out for the event. It's been cold here and in the south, any kind of bad weather usually keeps people at home. I know I was thankful for my hand knit woolens. There was a huge turn out though and lots of coffee and hot chocolate being sold. Hopefully most of the artists had a successful night because there were some nice things out there.

I did actually get a little knitting done this week. I finished seaming up the Shapely Tee. Now I just need to weave in the ends and give it a good blocking. Knitting cotton is definitely not my strong point and it could use a good blocking.

So another project is almost finished. I also received a really nice knitting bag from the American Heart Association for participating in their Go Red program.

Okay, so they probably didn't intend it to be used as a knitting bag, but that's the first thing I thought when I opened up the package. It's large and sturdy with a zipper at the top and pockets on the outside. I'm eyeing it as my combination work and knitting bag.

This should be a quiet weekend. I'm looking forward to some quality knitting and sleeping time so I can regroup for next week.

by Sydney  |

Almost Finished

Literally and figuratively. No pictures today because, well, I haven't taken any. I'm in a rotten mood because I've had a rotten day. We'll just leave it at that. The good news is that there has been actual knitting here. I've almost finished seaming up the Shapely Tee. The sleeve seams still need to be seamed and the ends woven in and it will ready for blocking. I'm almost never satisfied with my seams but these look better than most. Course that opinion may change when I look at it again. The Shapely Tee isn't all that photogenic right now anyway, so you probably wouldn't really miss a picture of it at this point. For a while I wasn't quite sure how it would look but it's shaping up quite nicely. (pun intended) I promise I'll have pictures of knitting next time.

by Sydney  |

Thanksgiving Holiday Knitting

The bad thing about traveling away from home at Thanksgiving and leaving Thanksgiving Day is no leftovers. There's no leftover turkey and dressing to munch on. So to make up for the leftover crisis, we made turkey and dressing here at home this weekend. My Thanksgiving weekend, and the week ahead, is complete now. This has to be one of the few times I actually look forward to leftovers.

The good thing about traveling away from home at Thanksgiving, besides visiting with family, is lots of knitting time. I'm almost down to the heel on the second Mountain Colors Bearfoot sock.

It's moving right along, mostly because I'm anxious to wear them. I know I should be finishing some projects up but instead I decided to make myself some fingerless mittens.

It was actually a nice break and a very quick knit. They are made from some of Jacob wool handspun yarn (if the texture happens to look wonky). I wanted something different from a plain rib so I picked out a ribbing pattern from Barbara Walker's A Treasury of Knitting Patterns and just started knitting. I have perpetually cold hands and feet in the winter. Now I have something to keep my hands warm on those cold nights at the computer. So far they are doing the job very well. I'll try to get the pattern up sometime this week. Now I just need to get a quick secret knitting project done this week.

by Sydney  |