Knitting, good food, a glass of wine, friends … a little bit everyday makes for great living.
Posted in peacock shawl on Jul 17th, 2007
Warning: This post is long. However, I hope I am able to both entertain and enlighten about the thought process behind my shawl design. More over I hope that makes up for my wordiness. I also hope this may inspire someone else to persevere when they design something of their own.
I am anxiously willing the universe to bend to [...]
Posted in family and friends on Jul 15th, 2007
Check out what Laurie has swatched. Absolutely gorgeous!
Posted in Knit on Jul 10th, 2007
I was all set to do this fabulous, photo-loaded, tutorial on how to reverse knit in response to so many of you enquiring how to accomplish this wonderful avoidance of purling. I was going to build whatever contraption I needed to position the camera sans hubby (and sans cats with opposable thumbs). I was about to [...]
Posted in Knit on Jul 1st, 2007
Recently, Dyann asked me if I would like to swap shawls. I replied of course! absolutely! heck yeah! i’m all for it!!! with a polite yes. She sent me her yarn and I sent her mine.
Let me tell you – Dyann has fabulous taste in fiber. It is Suri Elegance in the Raku colorway. This will be the first [...]