Somehow, September became the shortest month of the year! It takes a four-year-old to do that. Her 12 hour days are cyclonic!
Much time was spent in the hot tub. Grandpa helped her learn to use a snorkel, mask, and flippers. I've never heard such silence! She spent a lot of time UNDER water!!!
The sewing machine got lots of use, too. Two crib/lap quilts were assembled.
A pullover that I knitted in 2007 returned for an updated collar. It was "thought about" more than worked on, so it's still here needing to be tacked down. I hope that the finished look will be this. (It was a regular rounded neckline, with striped garter stitch.) Ravelry link
It's a Loop-d-loop pattern. A tricky fair isle with short rows.
I often become a "bag lady"... Used a pattern (from a previous post) to make a larger version as a satchel. Dang... didn't take a picture of that either! Maybe the owner will send me one!
And then there was the knitting that I carried around. Didn't get much done...
Socks for the four-year-old, which if I don't get them in the mail soon, they won't fit.
Yes, photo is complete with cat tail...
And my Mystic Mosaic Jacket. Ooooo... I love the colors which don't seem to reproduce well in photography.
I managed to finish both sleeves, and started the body, but yesterday I (again) thought that there seemed to be A LOT OF STITCHES. Well, of course, there are a lot of stitches in the body of an adult knitted jacket... so yesterday, as I finished off row 10 of the chart I thought I ought to check gauge AGAIN! The sleeves are fine... but the pattern is different on the body, (mosaic patterns), so I pulled some inches off of the needles and measured. My calculations showed that with the number of stitches I had (which should give me a 46" diameter body, I confess---LARGE) I probably had close to 60" to wrap around me!! I took it completely off the needles:
Yikes!
It was almost 60"! Below I'm holding it out to show my friends... "Do you think it will fit?"
I spent the rest of the evening frogging and casting on. Crazy lady... but better than discovering it later.
To my Shelridge Farms friend: I'm going to try casting on using the size SMALL, with lengths adapted for me. WHEW! Disaster averted, ....again and again and again and again.
Much time was spent in the hot tub. Grandpa helped her learn to use a snorkel, mask, and flippers. I've never heard such silence! She spent a lot of time UNDER water!!!
I often become a "bag lady"... Used a pattern (from a previous post) to make a larger version as a satchel. Dang... didn't take a picture of that either! Maybe the owner will send me one!
And then there was the knitting that I carried around. Didn't get much done...
Socks for the four-year-old, which if I don't get them in the mail soon, they won't fit.
And my Mystic Mosaic Jacket. Ooooo... I love the colors which don't seem to reproduce well in photography.
I managed to finish both sleeves, and started the body, but yesterday I (again) thought that there seemed to be A LOT OF STITCHES. Well, of course, there are a lot of stitches in the body of an adult knitted jacket... so yesterday, as I finished off row 10 of the chart I thought I ought to check gauge AGAIN! The sleeves are fine... but the pattern is different on the body, (mosaic patterns), so I pulled some inches off of the needles and measured. My calculations showed that with the number of stitches I had (which should give me a 46" diameter body, I confess---LARGE) I probably had close to 60" to wrap around me!! I took it completely off the needles:
To my Shelridge Farms friend: I'm going to try casting on using the size SMALL, with lengths adapted for me. WHEW! Disaster averted, ....again and again and again and again.
Cyclonic! Such a perfect word for time with little ones. I ran into Patti - at the Shelridge Farm booth - at the Knitters Fair. She recognized me and spoke. I am so glad she did, becasue in the crowd, I am sure I would nto have recognized her.
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