26 June 2015

So you though that you've had bad hair days – they were nothing compared to this bunny's day. If that rabbit sneezes it could be all over.

Let's hear it for angora!

25 June 2015

Here's a thought from Jo Anne:

Taken from Knitting Paradise

24 June 2015

I've been quiet for a while because it is hard to knit with just one hand. As always there are ways and I've found them so I'm back at the shop full time.

I've heard several complaints that the posting on my Facebook with the picture of my grandson wearing the sweater that I knitted for him is hard to see. I wasn't the photographer and I haven't been able to corner him to take another picture so I had to manipulate the photo and this is the best that I can do.

Here's a picture of the "torsade"

I guess this is what caught my eye. The purl stitches over the cable was interesting. Little did I know that I needed Valerie's help translating the french knitting terms. The cable wasn't bad because it was charted and charts don't usually need much explanation. It was the raglan saddle-shoulder part that required much translating.

As in most European patterns you are pretty much left to your expertise to make the sweater work.

I'm still working on Dotted Rays. I've started the twelfth color and tomorrow I will photograph the new color addition. After this color I will have to choose which colors to repeat.

14 June 2015

Okay, this is the eleventh color. It may be hard to tell but it is a red that is brown. It looks better in person. Now there are only four more bands of color to do but after color twelve I will have to repeat some colors unless I decided to use a medium gray that I ordered. The gray was a possible candidate as a dividing color but I decided to use the aqua instead – more contrast and I like the color.

I will post color twelve when I start it. The bands are getting longer and that means longer to knit. I'm knitting as fast as time allows.

13 June 2015

I'll take a picture of color eleven tomorrow. I just didn't have enough time to day to knit enough the Dotted Rays scarf to be able to show what color eleven looks like. More knitting tomorrow.

I've sworn off of knitting shop projects at home. I knit MY projects while at home. Because I've finished grandson's sweater I'm back to knitting my bete noir. A Kaffe Fassett kit that I purchased years ago. It is for Valerie and it is the colorway that she chose. This pattern is called Foolish Virgins and is named after a fairy tale.

This isn't my knitting, it is an image of what the sweater will look like when I finish it. I started knitting it several years ago and when I looked at what I had done I decided that it needed to be raveled and started again. That isn't the problem. Reusing the six foot lenghts of yarn has been the challenge.

Any row can have up to 22 different colors that have to be controlled. I must say that I'm whipping the yarn into shape and this go-around looks better than the first time but this is a project that requires concentration to follow the color chart. I manage a couple of row a night.

The answer to your question is, "Yes I'm crazy."

12 June 2015

Boy, is it hot outside! I guess we're almost to insufferable summer weather.

We're still knitting away. Here's the progress on the Brady Scarf.

You can see that the yellows are starting and will be working into the greens. It is fun and interesting to knit.

I'm starting on color eleven on the Dotted Rays shawl. I will post a picture tomorrow.

11 June 2015

Jo Anne discovered that there is an answer: