Dear Jan,
Yes, I have been spending a lot of time in front of Skylark, spinning away. But knitting hasn’t ground to a complete halt. I finished the first of two helmet liners I’m committed to knitting for our work knitting group donation to the troops in Iraq/Afghanistan. (We donate 100 each year through our veterans group.)
I finished weaving the ends in on said liner while Roxanne (of Ravelry’s Ask a Knitter column) got us started on a traveling and twisted stitch class. Here she is demonstrating some of the techniques.
For this class, given at our employee club knitting retreat (one day in the corporate cafeteria, not as mind-boggling as Yarnover but a nice knitting day with nice people), Roxanne designed a sweet little baby cap. Mine is about halfway done, would have been finished, I think, if Skylark hadn’t come to the retreat with me. She promises to write it up and offer it for sale on Ravelry soon. It is a nice pattern, well thought out and a good foray into twisted stitches.
Thankfully, it rained all day. If the weather had been nice, I might have felt compelled to go home early and garden. Despite lack of help from me, the garden is flourishing - among the flowers coming into bloom, Karen’s wedding violas have come back to remind us of last May.
Tomorrow is supposed to be nicer. Skylark may have to spend the afternoon on her own.
Love,
Ellen
Jan and Ellen are identical twins who have always had an innate fashion sense. Crafting is an integral part of their lives and they stay stitched together sharing their love of knitting, family and community.
April 24th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Ooh, casting on a new project. My favorite!!!
April 24th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Just in case that was comment #1,999… I figured I’d throw another one out here to make it an even 2,000. I’m just sayin.
April 24th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Okay, now this is really just an illness… but I find that I’m thinking, “What if I was just one comment away?”
April 25th, 2010 at 1:05 am
Hi, hoping to be 2000!
April 25th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
I trust the color is slightly off…we rarely wear lime green for our helmet liners.
Thanks for knitting these. They are considered high value items.
April 25th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
It has been difficult for me to let go of the pimiento thing… and now this!
April 25th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Hi again! Just checking in from lurkdom…….. You are lucky to live in an area with yarn shops and knitting groups. I live in SE Missouri and there isn’t a yarn shop for miles and miles…. and I think I’m the only knitter around. LOL. I’ve tried to lure my friends in, but they won’t budge. Thank goodness for blogs!
April 26th, 2010 at 12:08 am
I like that helmet! Looks good!
(((hugs)))
May 2nd, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Hmm…I hope my other comments published…my computer seems suddenly to have forgotten all of my comment info for your site. Strange.
Those helmet liners look like they’d be mighty handy on a cold evening (might need to consider something along those lines for Branden next winter). Knit on!