The little afghan that grew
on Nov 20, 2009 in My knitting projects Just in case you've been wondering, the Tree of Life Afghan continues to grow. I've just completed the middle section of trees(which are sort of scrunched up there). Now to repeat everything you can see clearly here one more time and the body of this...

Three things I learned today
on Nov 18, 2009 in My knitting projects 1. The Provisional Cast on (crochet method) from Knitting at Knoon 2. The Wrap and Turn technique (w + t) from Cat Bordhi 3. That Duke honestly believes ALL photo shoots are about him. (How else do you explain the fact that as soon as he heard the ca...

Knitting for The Fourth Trimester
on Nov 16, 2009 in My knitting projects Yesterday I joined a knit group at church, "The Fourth Trimester". Our mission is to turn this basket of yarn into knitted baby items to be included in the gift baskets that will be given to new mothers in our church and in our extended chu...

My new knitting song
on Nov 12, 2009 in My knitting projects It's the song that never ends.... (sung to the tune of 99 bottles of beer on the wall) "42 inches of afghan border on the floor 42 inches of border If I sit real tight And knit all night It'll be 54 inches of border on the floor."...

Things that start with the letter "B"
on Nov 10, 2009 in My knitting projects B is for... Blue Baby Booties with Brown I-cord. Another wee contribution I've prepared for my charity knit group. Brim --completed on the hemp hat (still needs i-cord trim and blocking) Border -- 12 whole inches for the tree of life afghan (only 176...

allhemp6
on Nov 8, 2009 in A good yarn I'd heard and read a lot about hemp and it's place in the knitting world, but when I first started shopping around for it I had a hard time finding any. I eventually found Elsebeth Lavold's Hempathy, which I've tried and will use again, but I wanted...

alt fiber
on Nov 5, 2009 in Helpful Resources There aren't a lot of knitting books written specifically for the wool free knitter, but Shannon Okey's alt fiber from Ten Speed Press is a good one. Included in this book are 25 projects for knitting green with bamboo, soy, hemp, and more. Amy Singe...

Hat for some lil' punkin
on Nov 4, 2009Blame it on Halloween or pumpkin pie but when I saw this pattern for a baby hat, and the orange and green Cotton/Bamboo by Classic Elite in my stash, I knew I had to make a pumpkin hat. I'm getting some baby things ready for my first meeting with som...

The thing I Hate about knitting is the the very thing I Love about knitting
on Nov 2, 2009 in My knitting projects Last week things did not go so well with the knitting. I was working on this row of flowers here on my Tree of Life Afghan and while they look simple enough, it took me awhile and some outside help to figure out what the pattern was saying and even a...

Like having your fingers on the wrong keys
on Oct 31, 2009 in Knitterly Inspiration Do you remember those typing tests they used to give us in highschool? You know, before computers came along with the wonderful "delete" button? The problem for me was never speed. Boy, could my fingers fly across those keys. I would have d...