Hand Knitting Blog & Knitting Patterns
I snapped Sophie as she ran out the door today, with Leelee hot on her heels…eager to pursue snowballs…
So I put together this ad for Ravelry, it is a group banner ad…I never remember the mad rush to get a better ad placement…so what are your favorite ravelry groups?
This is Hmmmm…2 since Hmmmm…1 didn’t allow comments, hope this one will.
Teaching at Slater Mill was fun as always. The most wonderful fun loving students, all very accomplished and talented. See what Amber made? Stunning! Then she went home and made one in the reverse colorway.
Next color class will be at Webs that mecca of yarny wonder!
You see the real subject of this post is Leelee. Leelee the wonder dog. Picked up during a surfing trip to Puerto Rico. Found living in an abandoned car with her 10 siblings who looked nothing like her.
I was going to tell you about swatching, how I knit all my fair isle swatches in the round, on a 32″ long circular needle, Magic Loop style, a technique I accidentally adopted whilst cooking dinner, talking on the phone and knitting at the same time. And how I like Magic Loop now, though I never liked it when I deliberately tried to learn it. I was going to tell you how I use Magic Loop for swatching marathons, because I don’t lose needles and I can hang the work from my wrist if I’m gesturing during conversation, or clapping at the appropriate moment during local knitwear fashion shows. I wanted to tell you how I’d really like to wear the swatches as-is, like leg warmers, but I have to cut them so they can be photographed.
Clearly, Leelee is far more interesting. A fascinating canine who takes takes her job as home guardian seriously, keeping our field free of wild turkeys and squirrels. She even menaced a moose into running away last summer. She enjoys chasing snowballs and visits from her boyfriend Petey.
You see the real subject of this post is Leelee. Leelee the wonder dog. Picked up during a surfing trip to Puerto Rico. Found living in an abandoned car with her 10 siblings who looked nothing like her.
I was going to tell you about swatching, how I knit all my fair isle swatches in the round, on a 32″ long circular needle, Magic Loop style, a technique I accidentally adopted whilst cooking dinner, talking on the phone and knitting at the same time. And how I like Magic Loop now, though I never liked it when I deliberately tried to learn it. I was going to tell you how I use Magic Loop for swatching marathons, because I don’t lose needles and I can hang the work from my wrist if I’m gesturing during conversation, or clapping at the appropriate moment during local knitwear fashion shows. I wanted to tell you how I’d really like to wear the swatches as-is, like leg warmers, but I have to cut them so they can be photographed.
Clearly, Leelee is far more interesting. A fascinating canine who takes takes her job as home guardian seriously, keeping our field free of wild turkeys and squirrels. She even menaced a moose into running away last summer. She enjoys chasing snowballs and visits from her boyfriend Petey.
It’s no secret that I’m swatching. Swatching ’till the cows come home. No time for much of anything else. It will be great for show and tell, plus you’ll be able to get your own copy of them in the fall….
Yippee Skipee! I’m teaching at the fabled Squam this year. Holy Canoli I can hardly wait. I’ve always loved summer camp and Squam Arts Workshops is the dreamiest of grown-up summer camps, held on the shores of pristine Squam Lake in New Hamshire. I am looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new, sharing my skills and learning new ones. There is an amazing line up of teachers,
It will be a bright sunny spot to look forward to, through these remaining months of winter.
I’ve developed a couple of classes just for Squam, Fair Isle Baby Hat and Checkerboard Wristlet; each one inspired by one of my recent travels to the color knitting meccas of Shetland and Peru.
Hope you can join us!
