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Front Panel Frog

I had to frog the front panel of Chamomile and start over. I shouldn’t have, but I was frustrated and confused. Of course, this was at 10pm last night. Had I just put it away and slept on it, I wouldn’t be where I am right now, back at row 2. The pattern says to knit in the rib pattern for 10 rows, on the 7th decrease at each end. Well, I did that and got the right # of stitches, but then my rib pattern was all messed up because it doesn’t divide evenly into the # of stitches left on the needle. So I got frustrated and scrapped it. I slept on it last night and it all made sense. I think I can now adjust the rib pattern so that it still works across correctly. I just have to play with it a little. But it all clicks now. Of course, I’m starting over, but at least now I know where I’m going so hopefully it won’t be too big of a pain. And once I reach that dreaded decrease row, I only have to knit 3 more rows, before switching to stocking stitch. I knew I probably shouldn’t have been knitting that late, but I so wanted to get some work done on this project.

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Cold Weather = Knitting

Woohoo! I think the cold weather has helped to renew my interest in knitting. I’ve been browsing the web and looking over some of my magazines and keep finding patterns I want to do. I love the Te Rosada in the Winter issue of Interweave. I’m also excited to begin working on my Dolman sweater. But I’m forcing myself to finish my current projects. I worked on my lapghan some last night and am so much closer to finishing this blanket. I’m thinking of donating it to an animal shelter as part of the “Snuggle Project”:http://www.h4ha.org/snuggles/.

I’m moving slow on Chamomile, but at least it’s moving again. I really hate double pointed needles….I think that’s why I put away my one sock. I really need to learn how to knit with 2 circs instead. It may be easier for me and I might enjoy knitting socks. I really like what I’ve done so far with it…and following the pattern, I had no problems turning the heel. I just don’t like the dpns. They are very akward to knit with. So anyway…it feels great to be getting back into the swing of knitting. I’m definitely knitting a lot more now that the weather has cooled off. Today’s high is 57^o^ F. Lows will be below freezing for the next few days. Tomorrow’s high is supposed to be around 47^o^ F. That’s cold for down here in the south.

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Chamomile Resurrected

Yep, you guessed it. I’ve pulled out Chamomile. I worked 2 rows during my lunch break today. Why only two rows? Because I didn’t have very much time left after eating my lunch, and because since I’m so rusty on this pattern I had to rip the second row twice. That’s when I remembered why I kept putting off this project…I have to pay attention to what I’m doing. This ribbing pattern requires counting stitches. But it actually felt good to work on it, and I can’t wait to get home and work on it some more. So hopefully I’ll get moving on it.

I’m working on strip 4 of 5 for my country afghan and I have yet to start back up with my socks and my crocheted afghan. Maybe soon. I’m ready to start some new projects, so maybe I’ll get more motivated to finish all my pending projects in the near future.

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Fort Christmas

I spent Saturday at “Fort Christmas”:http://www.nbbd.com/godo/FortChristmas/ with family. They do pioneer demontrations at many festivals and such throughout the year and I just happened to be around for this one. So while my SIL was setting up her loom to do some weaving and her friend was spinning some silk, I sat around and did a little knitting. The organizers came around and marked me down as a demonstrator. It was pretty fun and I finished the 3rd strip of my country afghan. I was using synthetic fiber and aluminum needles, but I had a good time anyway and several people came up to ask what I was making. It was my first time at a function like this and I definitely want to do it again.

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A New Look

Instead of maintaining a separate “blog” for my knitting, I’ve combined it with my main site. For now, it will look the same. I may give it a separate layout at some point. I’ve got a fabulous little knitting gallery that I think will work well. As you can see by the credit, I’ve switched to Textpattern. I like the interface, I like the small footprint and I love instant results (no rebuilding). I will probably stay here for a while. None of the old posts have been converted. With the new year, I plan to start with new posts. So all new content will be posted. This setup will work well for me for now, since I haven’t been knitting as much and probably won’t be posting too many knitting entries.

Update: 12/14/2004 - I added back all old posts from the past year. I missed having all my knitting posts here so have fun browsing through my trials of Knitting Year 1.

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