Hello ladies... I'm back in action, well my laptop is, at least. No quilty things to post about today... but I do have a picture of the yummy yarn I mentioned the other day. So far I've done about 7" of ribbing for the back, and I love the stripes. I got a great book by Jane Ellison called Knitting Noro. The patterns are really simple, and they showcase the beauty of the yarn. This happens to be a bonus for me, since I can't figure out how to do the pattern I originally wanted. *sigh* Those darn pretty lacey patterns may as well be written in a foreign language - I just don't get them! How anyone can figure them out is a mystery to me. I think I might need a to take a class in the fall. I do find knitting relaxing, but I think I'm pretty slow.
I am posting a picture of my new pincusion, too. This may look familiar to a certain giveaway winner (it's the same one as I made for Carrie in a different color). The pattern is by Bird Brain Designs, but I combined the heart and the flowers differently than they showed. I like that they are easy and fast to complete. How could I not love it, wool flowers and hearts are just divine.
Very pretty knitting and a cute cute cute pincushion! Seems that I saw your name listed as a winner of a giveaway somewhere here in blogland...have you won somewhere?
ReplyDeleteYes Kim, I did win the Log Cabin Quilter's recent giveaway! I'm so excited, and I'll be posting about the wool kit as soon as it arrives...
ReplyDeleteA very sweet looking pin cushion!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty yarn, I too love the striped pattern. The pin cushion is cute too.
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That yarn looks delicious! Knitting does take tons of time and I agree I just don't understand the patterns. I tried to learn with my sister and wound up doing a stitch that was neither a knit or a purl. I did go on to knit one washcloth with an intentional hole design that I somehow skewed a little.
ReplyDeleteSuper cute pincushion too.
I'm a slow knitter too. My first lace project was for a class I took which didn't use lace weight yarn. It was a good experience as the LYSO taught us how to read a chart as well. Don't give up1
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