Friday, June 20, 2008

the little golden rose summer dress

Sorry I haven't posted in forever.  I've been playing with the baby. :o)

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

A plethora of baby socks

With all the babies coming,... and because they're so quick and simple... I've been knitting baby socks "like gangbusters" as my husband might say.  I don't know what that means, so maybe I shouldn't say it.  I hope to post pictures soon.

Friday, April 4, 2008

a ditto of "Surrounded"

Nesting... isn't that what all pregnant people in their last 2 months do?  Until she makes her appearance, I'll probably be knitting and napping.  Please pray that she is born close to her due date, is less than 10 pounds, and that the delivery goes smoothly.  That is, of course, besides the healthy and strong request which goes without saying, but I just said anyway...  Thank  you!
I'm working to complete this baby's blanket.  I hope it's finished soon.  I have 11 of the 16 sections completed... the lace border keeps "messing up".  I'm trying to really focus when I'm working on that part of it, but I've had to rip the edge twice in the past 2 times I've worked on it.  This makes the mistake I made in the beginning really stand out to me... I don't know whether I'll just let it go or attempt to fix it.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

93, 94, 95.... ?

I got to the end of row 4 in my repeat on the linen cover I'm knitting where the instructions say "k to last 6 sts", so I got to the last FIVE sts and said to myself, "Wait a minute..."  Go back and count... (I always count by 3s and when I get to 30 start over.)  The cover has 96 sts, so it sounded something like "....24, 27, 30. Umm... 3... 5?"  I finally found the elusive dropped stitch about 12 rows down.  Arghhhh!
The good news is that linen is so much softer to knit once it's been worked previously.  I have been seriously contemplating ditching the whole project and selling the yarn that has me so confounded.