Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Branching out - experimenting with better eating

Pizza tonight, but I made a commitment to experimenting with some better eating -- something I both need and want to do. So, tomorrow night I'll make Overnight Oatmeal for my Thursday breakfast. I'm also eager to make the California Sandwich for lunch! So much better than my typical fast food run-through at lunch time!

Blog List

I've spent some time today visiting some great blogs -- about knitting, food, and books. I've found some really interesting reads, and decided to build a blog list to add to this blog. I subscribed to some of them, so I will get new posts by email. I'm looking forward to a more organized approach to keeping updated on favorite blogs.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

One Row Lace Scarf


A WIP -- work-in-progress -- using the One Row Scarf pattern. The photo below doesn’t show the lovely green color of this yarn -- top one is better. Not the easiest yarn to work with, but I love the result. This is still about 2/3 complete -- but I haven’t been working on it steadily. It’s the best result yet in my learn-to-knit-lacy-things project, and I’m very happy with it.

Hat Binge

I must have needed to finish something -- so over the weekend I've started and finished two knitted hats. Neither will be for me -- I hope someone can wear them. Used up some of my huge stash and the hats turned out pretty good. Tempted to start another, but there are surely other things I need to get done today. It's nice how knitting -- and finishing a knitted project -- can melt away frustration -- as long as the knitting itself isn't frustrating. The pattern -- Ground Flower Hat -- was simple, but the yarn was interesting so they weren't boring.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Lovin' this first baby blanket

I am really enjoying knitting this baby blanket -- pattern: Breezy Baby Blanket from Pickles. I think I like doing lacy patterns, but I'll see how this turns out! This, plus a little hat (below or one like it) are for Amber's baby, due in May.


#2 of 12

Started and finished a baby hat last night -- mainly so I could get another project done for the 12in2012 group on Ravelry. I also wanted to see how the pattern would match the baby blanket I'm making for Amber's baby. It may be a little small -- jury's still out on that one. But I can make a bigger one after I get the blanket done. I really love the blanket. Here's the hat -- pictures of blanket as a WIP to follow.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

My New Projects on Ravelry

I have updated my projects on my Ravelry page to include the new completed wristers and a couple in progress -- with photos. I have a couple more in progress but will need to get some info and photos before adding them. I think adding the projects to my Ravelry page might spur me to finish those that have been idle for a while!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

What I knit when I should be doing something else...


Coming right along with a new baby blanket project, but last night I just HAD to knit these "really easy wristers." And they were really easy and fast too. Could have been doing taxes, cleaning, any number of other things, but these just had to be knitted. Started and finished in one evening and now have them to wear! I would like some with the partial thumb, but thought I'd start with these. Fit well and really are quite warm. (Mine are the red tweed pair -- gray pair from pattern photo.)

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Current Knitting Projects

No photos just yet...but I am working on a scarf to go with the hat I made for my daughter, a lacy dishcloth, and the ever-present sleeveless shell. Oh, yeah, there's the throw made of squares -- have several knitted and I really should pick it up again. And one unfinished sock. I really want to get back to socks, so maybe January will be the month!