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Archives for June 2006

Amazing Lace Challenge #3: Is the Honeymoon Over?

June 25, 2006 by Kirsten 8 Comments

Poetry_session

Forgive me gentle reader,
I don’t mean to sound terse,
But the gals at The Amazing Lace,
Require I write in Verse!

Knitting, sewing, drawing, painting;
From these I do not flinch,
But express myself with poetry?
I’d rather kiss the "Grinch"!

Still, I am one tough blogger,
From my fears I will not flee,
Instead I will regale you all,
With tales of Birch and me.

She sits there uncomplaining,
In my stuffy knitting bag,
As aloofly I cast on,
A sock or plain dish rag.

Her Kidsilk Haze is slippery,
Four types of needles I have tried,
I must regain my focus,
And Birch, regain her pride.

In these next few days I’m packing,
For a trip across the sea,
Will my lovely Birch be ready,
To fly away with me?

To Sweden we will travel,
The fledgling Birch and I,
Viking ships, and shopping trips
And tasty treats to try.

The trip will surely heal us,
All those hours in the sky,
To diligently knit her rows,
And caress that silky ply.

And so my friend, I leave you
To wonder as I do,
If Birch and I are meant to be,
Or I flush her down the loo. . .

Rain

June 25, 2006 by Kirsten 8 Comments

Rain

This is what it looks like on my deck this morning.  Yesterday was pretty much the same.  We need the rain.  My well has been a little cranky, so I know the water table is low.  Hopefully the deluge of the last few days will help.

This weather however, is not conducive to taking lovely photos of finished socks. 

Socks_bricks

Scoks_dots_1

Socks_white

Despite my best efforts, with various backgrounds  and the back door wide open, it was tough to capture how beautifully this yarn knit up.  Trust me.  It’s gorgeous.  The yarn is from my Dye-O-Rama buddy.  Jen  L. of Monkeyknits.  I used a simple stitch pattern, to let the vibrant colors do the real work.  Jen L. named the color "Lana del Mar", because the color reminds her of the ocean.  I guess with the water theme, it is appropriate that I finished them on such a rainy weekend. 

I am off on my summer vacation this week.  Today is the day where I choose which projects/yarns come with me.  Such a tough decision.  I’ve got a pile of sock yarn, each wanting to be the next pair.  Of course Birch will go, and probably Turbulence from Knitting Nature.  Since I will be in Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm, I’m sure there will be some yarn acquisition. . .must leave room in the suitcase for that!

Added later:
For those who are interested, the stitch pattern on the socks is:
Cast on multiple of 4
Round 1: *k3, sl1; repeat from * to end
Round 2: knit
Just those two rounds, easy.

Crafty Day

June 23, 2006 by Kirsten 15 Comments

Mgt_flowers

What did I do today?  I had a day of creating. 
My tennis club is having it’s Member-Guest event tomorrow, and I volunteered to do the flowers.  I love to arrange flowers.  These are just grocery store bouquets that I pulled apart and re-arranged.  I’m pretty happy with the results.

I’ve also been doing some sewing.  Those Japanese books that I showed-off a few days ago made me eager to start on my KSKS buddy’s bag.  I had some old sweaters laying around that I had felted.  I cut them up and sewed them together, put on a little applique, added a lining, a handle and ta-da, a project bag.  I hope my buddy likes it!

Ksks_bag

Here’s an action shot.  It seems to be a good size for my socks in progress.

Ksks_bag_in_action

Gotta run.  DH is calling me to go out to dinner.

Nasturtium Anklets Free Pattern

June 21, 2006 by Kirsten 3 Comments

Nast_socks

Last week my daughter asked me to knit a pair of anklets for her out of some yarn that I had dyed.  We started searching stitch pattern books, and she and I settled on a lovely chevron stripe pattern with lacy yarn overs.  As I started knitting this pattern, I realized that it closely resembled the talented Grumperina’s, famous Jaywalker socks.  The difference in the pattern being the lacy effect of the yarn over increases.  I offer this pattern here, not to steal any of Grumperina’s well deserved fame, but to offer a fun variation.  I am quite sure that my pattern is not nearly as well written as Grumperina’s.  Hopefully, it is not so poorly written as to cause too much angst to the knitter!  If you find any errors, please let me know and I will happily correct them. Enjoy!

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