making something pretty today: knitting

I always have a million projects up in the air, but the good thing is that I actually finish them, right? So I don’t feel bad starting a new one. I’ve known lots of people who start things but never finish, then move on to something else. What’s the point of starting in the first

making something pretty: a finish!

I forgot to link to the pattern I used to make my shawl. It’s this one. Remember I went to the knit shop and picked out the pattern because I saw a finished example on the wall. When I went to buy the pattern, the shop owner logged on to Ravelry for me and downloaded

time for knitting

Just in case it seems like I haven’t been doing anything other than painting, here’s some photo of the gloves I’ve been knitting for next Christmas. I started with 44 stitches, ribbing knit two purl two, and put in two eight-stitch cables. Pretty easy to remember, as long as I remember, “Did I twirl the

knitting fingerless gloves

It’s taking me a weekend to make a pair of these, and I’ve completed several pairs now. They are quick enough to be satisfying. And a great gift idea for next year! I’m working with acrylic yarn, as the wool of the last pair ended up being a little scratchy. I hate that. I’ve made

MSPT: knit scarf

I needed something portable to keep my hands busy, so thought it was time to knit a scarf. I think I keep making things and giving them away, because I was looking at the last scarf I knitted for myself, and it’s eight years old. High time to make and keep one myself! I made

MSPT: another pair of fingerless mitts

MSPT= make something pretty today My friend could use a pair of these mitts, and there was just enough yarn to finish a pair. The wool was dk weight and had 218 yards if I remember right. I cast on an additional 8 stitches to these to make the size larger than the last pair

MSPT: fingerless mitts

MSPT is my new personal slogan. I’ve been looking for a pretty chalkboard, or a pretty frame I can turn into a chalkboard, but no luck so far. Make Something Pretty Today. That’s my new slogan. There’s always an hour left at the end of the day, right? Or in the morning, instead of reading

knitting: spa washcloths

I like to carry around handwork to give me something to do in times when I wouldn’t otherwise be productive. Most of the time kids are interested, at least the younger ones, but the older kids are already more prosaic about it: “You’re embroidering a dish towel? Why, when you can buy it for $2?”

guerrilla knitting?

Yarn-bombing is new to me, I first read someone blog last week about it, how did this escape me? Sounds pretty fun! (Why write this story without more photos, btw???)

keeping busy

Did everyone have a good holiday? I sure hope so. Weather here was uneventful, and today at 42-degrees it’s darn-right pleasant. The family caught a cold, of course (everything can’t be perfectly perfect, right?), so that’s still sort of in full swing, or at least, not to the getting-better stage. But otherwise, a very nice