I'm crazy about all kinds of stitching .................................. right now I'm into knitting and felting and knitting and crochet and knitting! Did I tell you I knit?
There's a contest at Seed Stitch Fine Yarn. I wasn't going to enter ... but couldn't help myself. I whipped up a bunny ... Bella the Knitting Bunny was born!
I wanted to link to Seed Stitch for an explanation of the contest but couldn't find it there. But what it amounts to is that you bring in a Bunny that you made by March 31st and there will be voting taking place by the public as to their favorites. One group will be from customers to the store and the other will be staff. I'm in the staff group since I teach crochet and beginner sock knitting. So there's still time to enter yours if you live near by to drop it by on March 31st. There's a prize for each group winner!
Bella said she would love to win ... but I don't know if her face is 'cute' enough to get the votes.
WIP in the "Knitting Dictionary" means: Work In Progress. So WIPs must mean "more than one" or "many" works in progress. Right?
This Winter has really been a good time for yarn to be jumping onto the needles too don't you think? An early March snow storm is my clue to stay in my pj's and knit. DH agrees. It means he gets to relax and watch TV while I sit with him and work my magic with needles and yarn.
Now I confess I have many ... or rather many works on the needles, not necessarily being worked on. So here's a pictorially record of what I'm actually working on right now while other projects remain hidden and marinating and waiting for me to return.
And what could be better than knitting with a fireplace going in the background?
Every morning I work on ... the first pair of socks for my DH.
Yup, that's right. DH has virgin hand-knitted sock feet! I'm about to change that with yarn from "A Swell Yarn Shop" sent to me in the Lucky Lurkers Club.
And then the other WIPs ...
And this just might jump on some needles today ...
But I've got my eye on something in this book also...
Could I be "Biting off more than I can chew?"
Or casting on more than I can knit?
Time will tell.
Wait .... wait ... wait! One of those just became a Finished Object ... an FO.
Not only is my DH doing better and more each day, I'm also getting some knitting done. Yes, I seem to be a fast knitter AND I knit in between a lot of other stuff that's going on whenever I can. It's because I can ... and it helps to relax me too.
I taught a "Beginner's Sock Knitting" class for the last 3 Saturdays and completed a Basic Rib Sock along with the class ... pattern is similar to:
I used size 3 dpns because the sock yarn I used was Brookline Handspun "Instant Gratification", which is a DK weight sock yarn. Looks like "Springtime" socks don't they? Well the colorway is "Springz" so you're not wrong about that. I do believe I'll wear them for Easter.
I've also decided that from now on I'm reinforcing my heels. I can never seem to remember to knit it in as I go ... so I'm weaving in the nylon sock reinforcement "after the fact". Ah well, next time I'll try to remember to knit it in. Save myself that extra step.
And then I also finally decided what to make with the Lobster Pot Cashmere gift that the ladies at Seed Stitch Fine Yarn gave me as a "cheering up" and "healing" gift this past Summer. I pet the yarn for a long time but now I can wear it around my neck. Here's my Cashmere Neckwarmer ...
