Oh Yeah, I Knit Too
Really, I do knit. I crochet too. Lately I haven’t had much to show for it though. That seems odd to me, because not a single day goes by that I don’t spend at least some time with yarn running through my fingers.
I crocheted some toys for a friends store. (Need cloth diapers? Need a sling or wrap or other baby carrier? Environmentally friendly disposables? Toys? Nice things for Moms? Go visit Happybottomus in Lee’s Summit, MO!) I’m doing some knit toys for a group swap that actually took place last week. (Sorry once again everyone, I will get them done.)
I’m working on a new felted bag for myself. I love my old one but for all the things a mom ends up carrying around it’s just a bit too small. I’m trying to work out a one piece, no seaming approach with a similar shape to the old one, just a bit wider and deeper.
I have a doll for RM started and well in progress. Some other toy ideas to try and work out. A pretty lace shawl in fingering weight yarn is on the needles. All of these things make me feel comfortable that I will have plenty of projects ready for warm weather. I am sure that eventually there will be warm weather again.
For now though, the cold keeps coming back. It seems wrong; I keep thinking that it just isn’t this cold in March around here. It can’t be. And we’ve had a couple of teasingly warm no-jacket type days to prove it. Yet somehow the low tonight is supposed to be something like 10 F.
So I’ve decided to do something about it. I cast on for a nice, warm wool hat. I am determined to finish it in the next day or two and actually wear it. Or at least have someone around here wear it because it’s my first hat, and I have no real idea as to just how big it’s going to be. It’s entirely possible two of us may be able to wear it at once.
If completing a wool hat doesn’t bring on Spring, I don’t know what will.
Good thought about the hat. We keep going from 65 or 70 degrees (F) out to 25 or 30. One days its warm and sunny and the next its cold and rainy. Weirdest thing ever.
Comment by bea | March 7, 2008
It worked! Today was great!
I loathe seaming. Probably because I’m so bad at it. I’m getting really good at converting straight needle patterns to circular, just because of the seaming issue. It won’t be difficult for you to work up a quick bag pattern.
Here’s one I like to use. Cast on and knit garter stitch (or stockinette) on a rectangle until big enough, then pick up the stitches all the way around. Knit around until huge, bind off all but one side of the handle stitches. Knit back and forth on the handle until insane, then three needle bind off on the opposite from handle start side. Do the felt thing until the bag is the right size. If I’m being too vague and you need specific instructions, tell me and I’d be glad to give better directions. Sometimes I’m not as psychic as I think I am. Or as good a speller.
I have a little, non-felted handbag around here as an example… Somewhere.
Comment by Laura Too | March 9, 2008