Voila
26 Mar 2008 Leave a Comment
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I finished my first hat and I think that it looks pretty good. I realized at the end that I had not decreased the way it said to in the instructions but it worked out ok. I already have plans to start a new hat for a neighbor that is having a baby. I can now officially mark making a hat off my list of things to learn how to do. Yeah!!!!
Hat update
24 Mar 2008 Leave a Comment
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So as you can see I successfully got my hat onto double pointed needles. Thankfully it was not as hard as I thought it was going to be. The challenging part is making sure I keep the right count as I am now decreasing. I figure if it comes out a little wonky that is ok, it is my first hat after all.
My first hat
18 Mar 2008 Leave a Comment
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I have been a knitter for about 4 years and in that time I have never made a hat. I have always wanted to but something about knitting in the round and with double pointed needles has kept me at bay. Well I have finally decided to tackle the project of a hat for Anwen. I belong to this great knitting circle and so in preparation for this new task I went armed with questions. The first thing that they pointed out was that my circular needles were not the right size. Then they gave me a pair that were the right size to practice with. They showed me how to take my gauge and how to join the round. The night had been just what I needed to get prepared to start the hat. The next day I ordered circular needles on Ebay and anxiously awaited their arrival. Once my needles came I picked out my yarn, and made a few stitch markers and then was ready to start working. I think I pulled out my stitches a few times before I felt that I had joined the round tight enough. Once I had joined my round to my satisfaction I was free to just knit. Knitting in the round is quite relaxing I think. So far I am really enjoying it, we will see how much I like knitting with the double pointed needles:) Here is a picture of my progress, I think it looks kind-of cute right now. I will continue to post pics as I get further along, hopefully the hat will still look cute when it is finished!
More veggies, fruits and donuts!
12 Mar 2008 Leave a Comment
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My last post started me thinking about what other vegetables were being knit and were they as wonderful as the beet. Thus began my search for more knit veggies. I found an assortment of wonderful edibles in knit form. You can purchase these at Yellow Label Kids.
Knit a beet?
12 Mar 2008 2 Comments
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You betcha, apparently you can knit anything. I found this on a website called You Grow Girl. I just thought this pattern was so beautiful that I had to share it. I never thought a beet could look so appetizing:)
Knitting you into my heart
22 Jan 2008 1 Comment
Just after Ewan was born I took up knitting, I had wanted to learn for a long time but just hadn’t. My timing was funny I think since I was entering the busiest time of my life, but I learned and I love it. After Brian and I sent in our application I started knitting more, trying to make some things I could sell. Each time I would take some time and knit I would think about the adoption more and more. I felt good to sit and be busy with my hands and let my mind wander into the world of adoption and what it will be like to go over and get our child. To think about the things that I will tell our child about the time we spent waiting for them, and how much they were in my thoughts. Knitting has become something that I look forward to doing, It gives me a little time to escape into my thoughts and sometimes prayers and it helps me feel proactive in this time of waiting. With every stitch I feel like I am a little closer to knowing our child. Sometimes as I am knitting I think of these verses,
Psalm 139: 13-17
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to [a] me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
