I wish you all a peaceful Christmas. To those missing a loved one no longer here, remember that our hope starts in Christmas and blossoms in Easter.
Ehren Michael Brandau
1976-2001
Saturday, December 1, 2007
I guess it is time to start the other sleeve. The house is still a little torn up from some remodeling we were doing, so I just got the machine reconnected to the computer.
I don't know if the extent of my mistakes show up on this picture, but it took quite a bit of frogging to fix it. This is one side of a vest that I am hand knitting. I think I was actually knitting while I was dozed off.
I have started my new knitting machine project, which is P123 Ladies' Open Cardigan with Lace Trim from Knitters' Edge. I love the e-wrap placket for the front where just 4 needles are e-wrapped every row. Photos will follow.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
This one is a little wonky at the seams. Ahhh, more of a learning experience! I tried a cut and sew without much planning :) I slid a piece of paper inbetween layers so that the lace would show.
I found a great book for machine knitting beginners. It is The Machine Knitter's Handbook, an older one by Hazel Pope. I only wish I had it when I first got my machine. It would have saved me a lot of grief. I bought it used on Amazon.com for less than $3.00. Another good one is The Prolific Knitting Machine by Catherine Cartwright-Jones.
Here are my latest socks. A very simple pattern, but I really like them. I made them with baby yarn from Hobby Lobby.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
A belated note on another Mother's Day gone by. For those who have lost a child it is a bittersweet day. All the precious memories, all the devastating pain.
This is one panel from "Lace Up" sleeveless top from Cotton Knitting by Sally Harding. It has quite a few mistakes but I am not worried about it. This is a learning project and I got tired of frogging over and over. There is some ribbon that will run through it that will hide some of the mistakes.