Sometimes I get so busy getting things done that I forget to talk about it. Or, more realistically, I am just so overwhelmed by all the doing that I don’t really have time for doing one more thing, like blogging. That’s where I’ve been the past week. Busy doing. All of it has been good:…
blue canoe
New Yarn and Projects
Friday night I finally got to knit the Medium Brushed Mohair from Be Sweet. Oh, man! What luscious stuff! For me the first and most important thing is that it didn’t make my eyes itch. A lot of mohair does, and I’ll often continue to use it despite that, but it makes it less fun…
Sail Away
Okay tonight I’m going to finish the neckband–at least to my guesstimate length. I have important swatching that I need to do, but I’m afraid that if I don’t finish this in total I will put it aside and it won’t get finished. I will press on. I probably can’t get to the finishing until…
Running Along
If you’ve been reading the blog you know that I am really focused on getting the Blue Canoe cami top knitted. It is pretty easy knitting, and I’m enjoying it, but it does take focus to get through almost any project. It is a good mirror for what is also going on in other parts…
Continuing Downstream
I first wrote upstream, but I think knitting Blue Canoe has been such easy knitting that it has really been flowing with the current and I can’t complain at all! Last night I got some uninterrupted knitting and got through all the bust shaping on my front. I forgot that uninterrupted means that I have…
Need to Knit Faster!
I have been very focused and as a result am now 7.5″ into the front of my Blue Canoe. But yarn is arriving at my house on a daily basis, and I am beginning to swoon with the need to make swatches and think about other projects. Yeesh. I know why knitters end up with…
Focused Knitting
I am about 5.5″ into the front of Blue Canoe. I have one more inch before I begin my Front bust shaping. This is good as any change makes it a little more interesting! I’ve actually knit 2″ more than I have because there was a little frogging on Sunday. I failed to consult my…
Upcycling and Making it Work
I am always looking to reuse any sort of container that comes into the house. I would love to have more control over packaging, but to the extent I can, I try to find another use for things. When I go to the dentist I get these nice plastic zip envelopes with my new toothbrush,…
Second Boat leaves Dock
Yesterday I cast on and knitted the first 3″ of my Blue Canoe Front. I also cast on and started working on the neckband for Blue Canoe. I don’t expect to make progress as quickly as I did on the back, but it felt good to get it going. I quit working on it when…
C’est Fini!
The back of Blue Canoe is finished. It needs blocking to square it up (remember what I said about biasing?), and I need to write up how I changed the back to make it more bra friendly. But the knitting on the back of mine is done. So now I need to decide whether I…
Knitting Along
Yesterday about 5 pm I posted a picture of my progress on my Blue Canoe. I was just past the waist shaping portion of the back, and had just over 4″ of knitting completed. It is 9 am and somehow I got two inches knit between 5 pm and now! I wasn’t even around my…
Blue Canoe Sets Sail
I am knitting my Blue Canoe in Kiwi in a teal color. Seems perfect. I chose the name Blue Canoe after seeing a restaurant with that name. Actually, there is more than one, located in: Tupelo, MS, Martha’s Vineyard, Titusville, PA, Richmond, BC, Canada, Melba, ID, Oromocto, NB, Canada, and Greenport, NY all come up…
