Hello again, Blogland!
I’ve been both lazy and busy with real life with some knitting thrown in.
Like what? Something for my Gryffindor swap partner…
This is the first non-garter back and forth thing I’ve ever made. Partner, I hope you realize the sacrifice involved!
Then some washclothes a’ la Elizabeth Zimmermann to use up some scraps:
The one on the left is EZ’s (February) double knitting pot handler from Knitter’s Almanac. The one on the right is 2 garter triangles I grafted together. I called these my technique towels- now I know the theory of double knitting and garter grafting.
Then there was planning and ordering yarn for my next [huge] project. Remember the twin Fishtraps I made this spring? Their father now wants a matching sweater. This will be an adventure!
I’m going to do it as a seamless Saddle Shoulder to eliminate the steek and seaming. With a base number of 268 I’m looking to minimize labor any way I can… More EZ love, think I’ll ever get tired of it? uh, no.
Then there were the last minute socks for my mother:
Just a generic cuff-down sock on 64 stitches with an adapted chart from HelloYarn‘s We Call Them Pirates. The yarn is Sunbeam St. Ives 4 ply sock and a bit of leftover Tofutsies for the skullys. US sz. 0 / 2mm needles. Gauge was 8 sts/in.
I offered to make Mom some socks for her first day of school (college at 51- go Mom!) and got a request for pirates. It seems I’ll never be finished knitting pirates! I finished them up at 1 o’clock this morning. It should not have been hard to finish up a pair of ankle socks in 4 days but…
…I went to the Oregon Flock and Fiber Fest…. that will be it’s own post tomorrow.
Your knitting always looks so neat. Wow, that sweater will be some undertaking but won’t it look nice and the boys will like having a matching sweater with their father.
Can I be your mother? 🙂
Ha ha ha, me too, I want to be your mother… 😉
Those socks are awesome! I wish I had the patience to sit down and learn to knit. Until that day, I will just be envious of your talents and drool over your creations. Knit on!
hee hee I am her mother! Lucky me!
The socks were made for the first day of school, and the wool was very welcome.
It is so fun to see all the creations Peggy is working on, and working on, and working on. Never ending. She’s doing a great job chasing Bunny!
Great WIPs! You do such nice work!