I have been thinking about knitting and the questions that are asked by people interested in learning to knit. Most of them are interested in the basics; how to cast on, the knit stitch, purl stitch and casting off. Once these basics are mastered the student just needs to sit and knit. It's the student that puts the knitting aside and doesn't practice the basic stitches that doesn't progress.
The harder aspects of knitting; reading a graph (or chart)and doing more complicated stitches become a challenge. I love starting a new pattern that is so complicated I have to use a Post-it to keep my place on the chart line by line. A pattern that is so difficult I can't even have the television turned on and woe to anyone who calls me at that point! This is a challenge--one that I try to do at least once a year.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Book reviews
Last summer not long after I started this blog, I discovered that I could go on Amazon.com and do book reviews. It has been a lot of fun and I now have several reviews posted. To read my reviews or post reviews yourself, go in on the title of a book such as "Debbie Bliss Cotton Knits for all seasons". Below the title will be the customer reviews link. Open the customer reviews and there you are! Right now, I'm doing a review on "Every Fixed Star" but haven't finished it yet so it's not posted. Also, at the review itself, there is a button to read all the reviews that person has posted.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
So much for New Years Resolutions
As you can see, my New Years resolution to blog at least twice a week is a joke.
I finished all my knitting projects for Christmas and got them in the mail although they were a few days late.
We are going to be in a spring bazaar so have been working on the baby shoes by Debbie Bliss and the felted lambs. This is really exciting because it will be such a good opportunity for feedback.
I just finished reading Every Fixed Star by Jane Kirkpatrick and really enjoyed it. Her books are historical fiction based on factual events. They are special, at least to me, because she brings the characters and landscape to life. Even the horses and dogs become an integral part of the story. In this book I felt as if I could get in my car and drive to the area to visit the characters. The people were very real and, as it was set in Oregon, the scenery was easily imagined. I wanted to step in and help Marie search for her husband when he was lost.
I also Murder Walks the Plank by Carolyn Hart. This is another light mystery that was entertaining.
We are going to start making blankets to give in next year's Christmas baskets for children under the age of four. We have some quilters who want to participate with us knitters and crocheters so the project involves several ministry groups.
I finished all my knitting projects for Christmas and got them in the mail although they were a few days late.
We are going to be in a spring bazaar so have been working on the baby shoes by Debbie Bliss and the felted lambs. This is really exciting because it will be such a good opportunity for feedback.
I just finished reading Every Fixed Star by Jane Kirkpatrick and really enjoyed it. Her books are historical fiction based on factual events. They are special, at least to me, because she brings the characters and landscape to life. Even the horses and dogs become an integral part of the story. In this book I felt as if I could get in my car and drive to the area to visit the characters. The people were very real and, as it was set in Oregon, the scenery was easily imagined. I wanted to step in and help Marie search for her husband when he was lost.
I also Murder Walks the Plank by Carolyn Hart. This is another light mystery that was entertaining.
We are going to start making blankets to give in next year's Christmas baskets for children under the age of four. We have some quilters who want to participate with us knitters and crocheters so the project involves several ministry groups.
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