have a good cry

wanna see a grown woman cry? I told a co-worker to try to learn the provisional cast on. That just about did it for me the other night when mi hijita spent a LONG TIME on the cell phone with me....to help me through a horrible trial. Whew!!! Now that I almost know how to do it...I'm lookin forward to starting the second Wyvern sock. Even though I can't quite figure out the pattern...have another urgent email out to MY knitting maven, Anastacia. heeeeelllllpppppp...I'm falling.....

another lesson learned

So...I bought 4 sets of circular bamboo needles on Ebay...for a modest price. I'm knitting the Kitty Pi bed, see previous post for pix. And..the needle is now deformed -- almost broken off right where the plastic meets the bamboo. Another lesson on why it pays to buy quality tools! I'm not sure...why do I not learn the key lessons of life! hehe

kitty pi

kitty pi is the lovely name of the knitted & felted cat bed that I'm making. This is the first time in 20 years (or so) that I'm using wool yarn. It's beautiful and soft so far. I can hardly wait to finish...and felt it.
Well, at http://wendyknits.net/knit/kittybed.htm website, where the instructions reside, it says Noro Kureyon -- when I checked the Norwegian translation (what, you didn't know I read Norwegian?) -- it indicates Noro BIG Kureyon. Big difference!

Well, here's a picture of a pattern I'd love to make -- it's the sleeves to Catherine's beautiful sweater!
I'm just a dreamer. No waaay am I gonna take that on!!

Meanwhile, I'm helping Cometria with her Buttonhole Bag -- we really didn't like the technique of adding a stitch by knitting into the bar between stitches. We reverted back to knitting in the front and back of the stitch to increase. Upon calling my smart daughter, she confirmed yes of course, that's the only way to go. The other way produces big holes in the knitting! Feh! I guess knitting challenges are there to sharpen our wits, eh?

More later...

kitty bed

I must make a felted kitty bed, too! here's the yarn...going to use 10.5 needles instead of the suggested 11. How much smaller will it be? The kitty is kinda small (Cleopatra). Hopefully her gray color will look cute inside the bright yellow bed.

afghan taking shape

Here's the afghan I've been working on, called "Flying Geese" just using acrylic Red Heart yarn. Only 3.5 more "flying geese" panels to go! Loved the knitter who, regarding a finished gift for a friend, remarked "finished 2 years 9 months after the wedding." My projects are counted in years, not days/months.