Crazy4Knitting

I forgot to bring my camera on this trip, so I won’t have pictures to post until I get home. I have ended up ripping out the heel flap and heel turn repeatedly, mostly because I just wasn’t paying enough attention. The sad fact is that I did the heel flap wrong but didn’t notice [...]

So I am working on the music bag. It’s kind of boring to work on, so I’ve relegated it to the evenings when my brain does not have to work so hard. So for daytime, I’ve started my second pair of socks using Tofutsies yarn- it so very soft, and this pattern.
Here is how far [...]

We’re back from Orlando, after having to spend a few extra days due to the ice storm in the Northeast. We were lucky and did not have to stay on the floor of the airport like so many others. But since we had extra time, I got a lot of knitting done. We were [...]

So I’ve been travelling again. Visited a new client in Ann Arbor. Discovered there is a yarn store nearby…filed away for future visits! I came to find a package with the Swirly Girl sock pattern and some very soft Tofutsie yarn. I’m going to save it for maybe the third pair of socks. I need [...]

This is my second top-down sweater. It is progressing nicely, slow but sure, should be ready by next winter!
I made one for my grandson, Murphy, which turned out wonderful for a first attempt. Here he is (the one wearing the sweater!), along with Aunt Katie and Elmo, of course.

My first sock is done, the second is on the needles. I was very nervous about grafting the toes but they turned out ok. It started out looking like this:

So I did a lot of reading and watched a help video (about 100 times) and then here’s how it looked when I was done.

There are just too many things I want to knit. there is not enough time!!!
Pattern can be found here.

So I ripped out the purple Manos hat pictured earlier. I had put it down for a couple of weeks, and couldn’t remember how the pattern was supposed to go, so I decided to rip it out. Here is what it looks like now. The pattern can be found here.

So I ripped it out again, [...]

Can’t wait for the yarn to arrive to start this for my daughter, Katie- an tenor sax and clarinet maven in her college marching band, concert band and jazz band. The pattern can be found here.

I’ve finished up my consulting project in Seattle and I am heading home to Maryland this morning. I love Seattle. It’s a great city and I’ve felt very comfortable here. I wish I could have been able to move when they offered me a position at the company I was consulting for, but I just [...]