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My Knitting Escapades
Want to make your own cold brew instead of paying for it? Here’s how to make it at home:
I’ve been knitting through these quiet days, but I haven’t finished as many things as I thought I might. Yes, there has been knitting in the evenings, but also sewing, stitching, and general peaceful projects to try my hand at.
First, I’ll mention that I bought an embroidered wool skirt at a second hand store (4 years ago?!), not because I wanted the skirt, but because I wanted to turn it into something else. I finally settled on turning the skirt into a bucket bag. Wow! That’s a change, huh? Check out the pictures:
OK, so I cheated and bought some leather handles from Amazon ($15) even though it took a week for Amazon to ship because everyone was obsessing about toilet paper in March.
I knitted some socks too. Two pairs. From 100 grams of the main yarn. To squeak out two pairs, I used some contrasting yarn for the cuff, heels, and toes for the larger pair. I just made a stockinette stitch leg and used the Arne and Carlos afterthought heel to show off the yarn and to just get this yarn out of my stash! Someone at church passed this yarn on to me. Thanks!
I hope you have found some peaceful quiet times during this pandemic to relax and work with your hands!
I almost can’t stand it anymore. Everything I have on my needles are projects I’m tired of, or long-term projects that I’ll be working on for years to come. The “years to come” projects are two afghans made of tiny mitered squares. So I’m waiting for deep winter to work on those. I also have three sweaters on the needles. Oh, and I have two pairs of socks on the needles. And a laceweight scarf, Kernel. Plus a cotton table-runner. You can check these out on nancyknit’s Ravelry page. I like these projects. Well, I love these projects, but not now. I’m itching to start something NEW!
and I want to start a new sweater.
But I guess I’ll be disciplined and try to finish some things.
Here’s my dream list of items to have on the needle. If I can keep these items on the needles, then I feel my knitting is under control:
Socks: 1 ladies” pair and 1 men’s pair, plain, ribbed, or simple cable
Fingering: 1 lace project like a scarf or socks, or 1 pair of stranded socks
Sweaters: 1 ladies’ sweater and 1 men’s sweater
Home: 1 project for something around the house
So, I guess I’m doing well, except I have one too many sweaters on the needle right now. I guess I’ll wait to start something new. Hmmph.