Friday, May 29, 2015
The value of counting
I made the mistake of not checking my stitch counts, as the pattern suggested, as I blithely knit my Simmer Dim shawl by Gundrun Johnston. I mean I successfully knit the aestlight shawl what could possibly go wrong. Turns out things could go wrong. And even though I had the feeling something wasn't right, my knitting looked much fuller then it seemed it should, I kept knitting. Even though it seemed I,was using much more yarn then the pattern or other Ravelry knitters used, I kept knitting. And in the end I had something that was similar to the pattern but clearly not the same. So I blocked it aggressively. And I will donate it to someone who will find a home for it. And some day I will knit the pattern again and count as the pattern suggests.
Sunday, May 24, 2015
It got away from me
I planted a small rhubarb plant last fall. I have memories of rhubarb sauce on vanilla ice cream at one grandmas, strawberry rhubarb upside down cake growing up. And just an ever present rhubarb patch in my relatives yards. When we returned from Florida most of my plants had barely come up, if they had sprouted at all..but the rhubarb has thrived.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Friday, May 15, 2015
On the road again
We've begun the migration from Florida to Minnesota. Thank heavens for downloaded podcasts. Yesterday was "wait wait don't tell me" day. The npr podcast. Luckily I can knit and ride. Working on a sock for charity and the "capancho" for me. Jack the dog is comfortable with my knitting.
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