So far knitting and knitting related events are suspended.
Last week I lost my job, so I have been doing temporary labor to fill in the time between now and the trip that was already all set up and planned for at the end of this month.
When I come home from my 'work' I am sore and tired. My only interests are food, shower and sleep.
I plan on having much knitting fun in Minnesota. I hope to visit a knitting store or two and will have pictures to show.
Right now I am working toward making sure this happens and that all the bills are covered.
In the meantime all projects on needles are on hold. I miss them, those projects, but I know we will have our time again.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Working with multiple yarns....
I am about to add a new skill notch to my belt.
Yep, I've saddled up and am riding the dusty trial of multiple yarns.
I'm only at the start of my journey, both yarns are the same weight, just different colors.
One look at my finished items and you will see that I have been fairly safe with my knitting.
This has allowed me to dive into no pattern knitting and pattern design.
It's been fun, learning the basic rope tricks of increases and decreases as well as knit and purl placements, but now it's time to move on. I need to learn to corral two balls of yarn and how the little stitches show when paced together.
I guess saying I've saddled up is a might wrong. Truth be told, I'm rough riding it on this first run. I am making a bag for my laundry soaps. Nothing to big or fancy, which is why it was picked to be the first out of the gate. I got no pattern to map out my ride, just gut instinct and a stopping point.
I ain't showing no pictures yet, neither. So don't bother asking.
When it's done, if it don't look like it was the left overs from a stampede, I'll show it. But make no promises. I'm only a few rows in and, as everyone knows, young colts can look all legs and wobble and none too pretty till they get their height.
So far the only bad part, besides the way it looks right now, has been the yarns themselves. I was given these yarns from some one else thinning their stash-herd. One is a black worsted and the other is tan worsted, both are shedding hairs like a plains horse when winter ends. Which is to say short wiry looking 'hair' piles around me when I work on this project. No working on this project at the saloon or even in the wagon. Outdoor sessions only.
I have a feeling, when it is all said and done, that people are going to ask me how I managed some of the tricks I did at the top of the bag. I won't have a good answer for them as I am not sure. I switched gaits mid-row a few times and did some odd things with the yarn. Some times knitting both colors on a row, some times switching out. Should be interesting.
Well, until next time, may your spurs be sharp and your seat be soft.
Yep, I've saddled up and am riding the dusty trial of multiple yarns.
I'm only at the start of my journey, both yarns are the same weight, just different colors.
One look at my finished items and you will see that I have been fairly safe with my knitting.
This has allowed me to dive into no pattern knitting and pattern design.
It's been fun, learning the basic rope tricks of increases and decreases as well as knit and purl placements, but now it's time to move on. I need to learn to corral two balls of yarn and how the little stitches show when paced together.
I guess saying I've saddled up is a might wrong. Truth be told, I'm rough riding it on this first run. I am making a bag for my laundry soaps. Nothing to big or fancy, which is why it was picked to be the first out of the gate. I got no pattern to map out my ride, just gut instinct and a stopping point.
I ain't showing no pictures yet, neither. So don't bother asking.
When it's done, if it don't look like it was the left overs from a stampede, I'll show it. But make no promises. I'm only a few rows in and, as everyone knows, young colts can look all legs and wobble and none too pretty till they get their height.
So far the only bad part, besides the way it looks right now, has been the yarns themselves. I was given these yarns from some one else thinning their stash-herd. One is a black worsted and the other is tan worsted, both are shedding hairs like a plains horse when winter ends. Which is to say short wiry looking 'hair' piles around me when I work on this project. No working on this project at the saloon or even in the wagon. Outdoor sessions only.
I have a feeling, when it is all said and done, that people are going to ask me how I managed some of the tricks I did at the top of the bag. I won't have a good answer for them as I am not sure. I switched gaits mid-row a few times and did some odd things with the yarn. Some times knitting both colors on a row, some times switching out. Should be interesting.
Well, until next time, may your spurs be sharp and your seat be soft.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
A technical difficulty
Well, It has been almost a month from my last post and I have a good reason.
My computer died.
I am temporarily using a laptop and hoping to be able to save my hard drive on my old PC. I think that after 5 years of being there for me, the motherboard kicked it. It could have been a fatal overheat of the processor or even a virus that kills the system at BIOS level, frankly I am not sure.
I just know the system won't stay on or even go past F1 for Setup any more.
This is very sad.
I have been planning on doing some posts about yarn and posting about the knit cap I recently finished.
I hope to have the technical issues resolved soon so I can continue to share with you.
Remember, fall is just around the corner and half the year is thoroughly behind us. If you have a sweater you are working on slowly, increase your speed! You don't want to wait till frost is on the ground before you know the sleeves fit and the neck isn't too tight.
Until later,
My computer died.
I am temporarily using a laptop and hoping to be able to save my hard drive on my old PC. I think that after 5 years of being there for me, the motherboard kicked it. It could have been a fatal overheat of the processor or even a virus that kills the system at BIOS level, frankly I am not sure.
I just know the system won't stay on or even go past F1 for Setup any more.
This is very sad.
I have been planning on doing some posts about yarn and posting about the knit cap I recently finished.
I hope to have the technical issues resolved soon so I can continue to share with you.
Remember, fall is just around the corner and half the year is thoroughly behind us. If you have a sweater you are working on slowly, increase your speed! You don't want to wait till frost is on the ground before you know the sleeves fit and the neck isn't too tight.
Until later,
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