I'm finally feeling spring and it's not just that my allergies have once again made a mess of my respiratory system and I'm treating another round of bronchitis...really, it's not. I know I'm feeling spring because I want to make fun, warmer weather things with yarn. I'm still leaning heavily towards knitting. I look at it as a season, the crochet season will return again in time. So today I'm feeling a little springy and and a bit flighty so here are my random thoughts on Spring and knitting. . .
- I haven't knit a real pair of socks since I finished the Christmas rush and I'm itching to get back to them. I got a small fix of them (pun intended) making two pairs for a friend's baby out of Christmas leftovers. They were adorable and I'll try to get a picture of her in them soon. For now, all you get is the picture from the pattern. I've also recently made her pink leg warmers (my own design, aka just winging it)...coming from a "dance family" there were a must! I feel very honored they were used in her first portrait along with the tu-tu from Auntie I'm told.
- I'm currently working on a pair of short-shorts for Sydney to wear for dance class out of a pale blue I Love This Cotton from Hobby Lobby. Only a couple rows of ribbing for the waist and those will be done
- I want to make a hat for a dear friend who's having surgery next week, just to cheer her up. I've knit many winter hats lately but this should be fun for spring...need to find the right pattern and yarn soon.
- New babies now, new babies later - how does one get to make all the projects queued up when something (or some ONE) new always comes along? New baby socks (same pattern as above but these are the actual socks), forgot a picture of the matching hat but it was adorable too.
- I'm in love with sock yarn, corriedale sheep (well really just their fiber/yarn, don't know any of the sheep personally), double knitting and the prospect of making Folk Mittens.
- I'm really looking forward to seeing my friend Jim this Friday and watching him shear his Alpaca herd...company of Luann and Sydney are part of the bonus package!
God bless your stitches,
nance
So much for being a better blogger! With new restricted access rights at work I have been unable to just whip up a new post during a boring conference call or on a lunch break. I was told to clean out my mail because it was taking too much space and found the long-lost email address I could use to send a post. This is my first time using it so we'll see how it goes.
What's on the hooks you ask? Not much these days. I spent the summer making blankets for our Children's Pastor's grand-kids, three of them. The fourth, the oldest got one when he was adopted a couple of years ago, the newly adopted youngins coveted it so I couldn't resist. They live in Texas so it was nice to make them all out of cotton during our warmer weather. I sent them with grandma so they would remember HER giving them rather than "some lady at grandma's church that we don't even know". I hear they are well-loved blankies which makes me very happy :-)
Now, just because my hooks are empty, which is not entirely true because I'm sure I have a few UFOs floating around the yarn stash, does not mean my yarn has been idle. Much to the contrary! I have been busy perfecting sock construction! I have now made two pair for my daughter, one for my husband, a pink pair for my sister who had a mastectomy this summer, a pair of "yoga socks" (no toes or heels) for my daughter's dance teacher and two pairs for Christmas which shall remain nameless in case they're lurking. ;-) OTN right now is another pair of "yoga socks" for a friend of the dance teacher who feels guilty about not giving away her pair when her friend admired them. Making them out of DK weight on #5 needles hoping they'll get done a bit quicker. Christmas socks pair #2 seemed to take forever (3 weeks) because I made a longer leg than usual trying to use up most of the yarn...still probably have 2+ total oz left. At this rate, I may have to shorten the sock list but hoping it won't come to that.
God bless your stitches!
