Category Archive: Knitting
Knitting machine set up
After taking 30 years of dust off these boxes and trying to this knitting machine back together, I think we did it. Tomorrow I hope to find some YouTube videos to refresh my mind on how to actually use it again. It does have a garter carriage as well as other accessories, but one thing at a time.
DAB and socks
I’d like to share with you the daily audio Bible, an easy way to learn more what the Bible says. It is non denominational, free, and Brian (the voice) simply reads some from the Bible. Each day includes some OT, some NT plus a Psalm and a bit from Proverbs. At year’s end the entire Bible has been read. I have found it very convenient to have on my iPhone or computer to listen to when I’m not sitting down. For instance, I like to listen to it on the iPhone when doing my steps. However, if I am in the sewing studio, it is on the computer for me to listen. He’ll be starting at the beginning again January 1st.
These are the socks that don’t want to get done. They are on a 1 needle and I just finished the heel turn, so they will be a carry over into next year, or maybe even set aside for a while.
Socks revisited
I am still working on these socks slowly. I am planning to get them done before the end of the year.
And the ducks are still under their red lights, but growing so fast. They do NOT like their photo taken. Tomorrow they are moving to a larger tub.
Slow, rainy day
After church, we came home and had delicate squash boat halves with Quinoa and kale in them. Last summer there were so many squash in the garden, we couldn’t eat them all, so I cut them in half, took out the seeds, cooked, and froze them. We added a tossed salad
For dessert, I had made a fruit salad with apples, bananas, mandarin oranges, and pineapple (make sure the pineapple juice covers the other fruits to keep them from getting brown) I drained the pineapple juice, put it in the blender with cashews to make a cashew cream and added it and blueberries to the salad. Delicious meal!
The socks are still progressing very slowly. I’m on row 27 of 65-70 for the leg part.
Crispy day
We had another lovely, crispy, sunny day. At 7 this morning, the temperature was up to 28 degrees. However, midday it did get to the early 40s.. My brother sent me a photo of his snow laden car in Ohio earlier today. I hope all of you in other colder parts of the country are enjoying the cold and snow and getting a chance to stay inside and create fun things .
Nothing is going very rapidly. I did get a quilt half quilted and then spent some time spinning wool.
Then I pulled out these socks to work on. Size one needles make very slow progress, but if I keep knitting a bit each day, they will get done
Windy and powerless
OK. I’m going to try to quickly write this between outages. I don’t know how strong the wind is currently, but it blew out 3 of our 8 skylight panels in front of the house and that’s a FIRST. We were also without power from about 9 AM until 2 PM and it flashes intermittently now. So dependent am I on all these machines that use power that I could not use today. Oh my!. It makes me realize this world is very different from the one in which I lived even 20 years ago. And the folks who don’t have a place to get out of the wind, how they must suffer! It is forecast to be very windy through the night and cold through the coming week while adding rain.
I did start a new pair of socks before the grandchildren and our daughter arrived for another Rummy cube game . We went out to eat (oh, yes, electric garage doors and property gate with which to contend) Then we came back to visit and play games. 9-year-old Bret was fascinated that one of the hens lays blue/green eggs. He wondered what a hen would be worth is she could lay striped rainbow-colored eggs.
Then tonight, while it is very cold, and I did not wear gloves, since I was going to dash out and feed the sheep. One of them decided to go the wrong way. Then the half-grown chicks couldn’t remember – or so it seemed – where the coop door was, so were running around trying to get in after the others were locked up. It took half an hour of work in the freezing cold, but all the animals were finally where they belonged for the night and I came in to warm up.
Here is the pattern and the started socks. Since I’m using size 1 needles, these will be going very slowly.
Several attempts, one finish
I tried the quilter again and yes, I do have to wait until tomorrow. Then I thought I would make the Native American boots to go with the little dress, but I didn’t have the foam, then I thought I’d make a pair of Christmas stockings, but needed to go to the store for a fat quarter of a different color. Then I thought it might be a good idea to finish the other little purple sweater on which I just had the button band to do, but I didn’t have any black yarn. So, I gave up thinking, went to JoAnn’s and bought some black yarn, the fat quarter and the foam. Each of these items was either on sale or I had a coupon which is always handy. Returning home, I cut out the stockings and finished the button band. With the sweater finished, I feel free to cast on another pair of sock for myself.
I should mention that we took the larger blankets, quilt, and other little sweater to the church yesterday so with the weather getting colder this week, I like knowing someone is just a bit warmer.
2nd Purple sweater
I ran out of the purple that I thought I would never run out of just as I finished the hood. So the plan is to get some heavy black – matching the weight of the purple yarn – to do the button band which goes from the bottom of one side up over the hood and top of the other side. Then this sweater will be ready to warm a young one. Both these sweaters were in 12 month size
