03.30.08
Posted in Knitting, Photos, Techniques at 6:35 pm by delipics
I was so close to finishing the Fair Isle Hat - but one does have other priorities at times - such as the Elite Eight.
This is me right after Kansas beat Davidson.
All I have to do is sew down the brim. I decided to try sewing down live stitches rather than binding off then sewing the hem. I know I have just started to do this but I am already thinking I should have picked the second option. I like the look of sewing down the live stitches though, it seems much neater.
I have until April 5th to finish the hat. Oh, to be in San Antonio!
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03.17.08
Posted in Knitting, Photos, Techniques at 4:48 pm by delipics
This is my third cold of the season - d*mmit! I cannot believe I caught another chest cold. I am so irritated with myself. I’ve been so careful but those little germies just love me. I want to be well!
This is how things were before I got sick.
I finally picked up the Fair Isle hat project again. I decided that even though I did not fully understand the technique, I would just go for it and figure it out as I knitted. Alex reminded me there is no right or wrong way to knitting, as long as it works. I think I am finally understanding the weaving technique. My tension is not the best but the hat does not seem to be falling apart or looking like something the cat coughed up.
Tra la tra la.
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03.10.08
Posted in Knitting, Photos, Spinning, Techniques, Textile(s), Yarn at 7:25 pm by delipics
I spied a little skein of hand spun Peruvian wool on my shelf from my lounging position on the couch. Something shifted internally and I could feel my lack of motivation moving gradually about an inch (visualize a large concrete block). I spun this yarn in July 2006 when Caroline still taught spinning at The Yarn Tree. (She’s teaching a class here this May.) I always wondered what this would look like knitted.
Voice in my head,” I’m going to knit this baby up and see what happens.” Voila . . .
It has been a long time since I have knit for knitting’s sake. No planning, no agonizing over a pattern, no swatches, no decisions, just knit. I grabbed the first needles I found, cast on and let myself enjoy the process of knitting - one loop through another loop, sliding the stitch over from one needle to the other needle, finishing the row. Each row, in fact, was a discovery - what it was going to look like as I used up the yarn? I looked at the yarn as it made its way onto the needles - a thick section or a thin section of the yarn could produce such different results.
I took the time to look at my knitting - from the micro - how the stitches and rows were different from each other - to the overall effect of the knitted fabric. I remembered how much I like garter stitch. I think garter stitch gets over looked too often, as if it is too basic. It is one of the building blocks of knitting - yin to purl’s yang. I took my time knitting this yarn; there was not much yarn to begin with and I wanted the experience to last as long as it could.
I felt many things when I was done: proud, pleased, joy, curious, peaceful.
This knitted piece is what it is - the spaces between the stitches, the random slubs, the twist in the knitted fabric that resulted from being over-spun, the wonderfully uneven texture - all from two sticks and some string.
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03.06.08
Posted in Knitting, NYC, Photos, Scarf at 7:27 pm by delipics
I present Ms. D modeling her Huckleberry Ascot -
This is the Huckleberry Ascot pattern from Interweave Knits, Holiday 2007.
And Patty’s scarf keeping her warm on a cold day in NYC -
All pattern specs are on Ravelry - I’m Delicasyarns.
Plotting my next project . . .
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03.04.08
Posted in Art, shopping at 6:24 pm by delipics
My wonderful, talented, creative girlfriend has opened her new Etsy shop! Please take a visit and check her out on -
www.lovelydaydesigns.etsy.com
Right now she has her hand-knitted scarves/hats on display but soon she will have other items, like her amazing pottery (I admit to being an owner of several of her pieces.) I am so proud of her for doing this - she is an inspiration to me.
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