Crazy4Knitting

So I am over my knit snit. Thanks to those who responded with encouragement. Part of my snit was due to trying patterns that are too advanced for my experience level, and due to the fact that apparently menopause is wreaking havoc with my body and mind, as I discovered today. Probably in the [...]

Maybe this is just not for me.

Today, I began a new pair of socks, using the purple Cherry Hill yarn that I originally bought for the Lilac Sock KAL. I started the pattern for that ( available only if you join Yahoo group “Townsend KAL”. Quite a lovely pattern which I couldn’t make heads or tails of where I was. Started [...]

I was off today, and it’s been a gloomy day, so I spent most of the afternoon finishing off my Koigu socks. I love the way they turned out, and for the first time, I did not have to rip a lot out. So either I have the pattern memorized and I can do it [...]

I was in Michigan this week, so not a lot to do in the evenings. I’m not quite ready to do 2 socks on 2 circular yet, so I decided that the best way to increase the chances that my socks would be more or less the same size, and that I wouldn’t forget [...]

So I did not keep my promises to post pictures. It’s been a really awful week. My cousin, Stevie died the day after my last post. Although he was ill with leukemia, we had great hope that his stem cell transplant would be the magic bullet to recovery but it was not to be. All [...]

I will post pictures tomorrow, of the compleetd sock 1 and progress on sock 2. Once again, I forgot my camera, so I’ll have to wait until I get home. It’s snowing here in Montreal, and doesn’t look like Spring at all, so I am glad I’ve at least had my socks to work [...]