… you see a billboard that says ‘Need Stitches?’ and the first thing you think of is knitting … before realizing the billboard is an ad for a local children’s hospital.
Month: April 2008
knitting with Elizabeth…
It’s ironic that on the day of my 2nd blogiversary that I find myself wondering where knitting fits in my life these days. My blog has become quiet. My life has totally changed in the last four months. I’ve dealt with loss of job, unemployment and getting used to a new job with new hours.
What has come with all these changes is a shift in my knitting. I still love it … but … previously it was an escape from stuff in my life at the time. Now, that need for escape is not there and my knitting is, well, floundering… for lack of a better word. Especially after the disappointment of that too small beret.
I was working on these fingerless mittens….
and now I don’t like them. I didn’t enjoy knitting them. So I stopped.
I was practicing some entrelac in the round…
and I got a little frustrated with that so I stopped that as well.
Yesterday, I picked up the VHS set of Elizabeth Zimmerman’s “Knitting Workshop” from the library. I have the book from the library as well…
I watched a little of it tonight. And I think I’m gonna take a break from the year long gift along and maybe follow along and knit a hat with Elizabeth.
Wish I’d known about these videos when I started knitting.
Happy Blogiversary to me. 
Next up: Some lovely pictures of some of my spinning fiber stash. 
finally spinning my spindle…
I finally started spinning one of the fibers I got from the Hello Yarn Fiber Club. This is the November 2007 fiber – Superwash Corriedale Wool Top. It’s called ‘Toxic’. It has a longer staple than merino, which took some getting used to. I’ve read that Merino is harder for beginner’s to spin because of it’s short staple, but I never had issues with Merino. I think this fiber is more of a challenge.
I started out with a goal of spinning singles but part way through, I decided I wanted a 2 or 3-ply. So I put the singles on a tp roll and have started again. (Talk about fiber with an identity crisis. 
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I totally had another post in mind when I found all these photos of my camera.
Enjoy!
