Recuperating from copious amounts of pumpkin bread
Turkey weekend was great - good food, good company, and plenty of r+r. However, my Target Wave Mittens remain unused - there was no snow! The temps were in the 50’s, boo. I was looking forward to some pretty snow and freezing cold. Last year there was a big snowstorm in PA, and we had to leave early (back to NJ to catch my flight the next morning). I have vivid memories of this because we were driving Rob’s old truck (which he then drove back down to TX), which had no climate control. It was an incredibly freezing cold two hour drive. Brr!
Rob’s brother’s wife (aka MC) taught herself to knit recently. She mentioned that she’d like to learn to make hats for holiday gifts, so I stepped up and taught her the basics of knitting in the round. We made mini-hats to practice joining in the round and working the crown decreases, and she’s now a hat-knitting champ! I’m probably going to send her a little learn-to-knit-more xmas package - I’d love to hear any ideas you have on beginning knitting supplies. I’m thinking that I’ll include the Stitch and Bitch book, which I used to teach myself how to knit back in the day.
An enormous amount of knitting was done this weekend. I’m really amazed at what a little speed knitter I was! I completed all but 6 rows of this scarf while I was away, the rest was finished last night. The pattern is the Lacy Serpentine Scarf from Heartstrings Fiber Arts. This photo gives the scarf more credit than it deserves - it’s still unblocked, and really does look like unblocked lace spaghetti. I’m using Handmaiden Sea Silk (that I bought for a 20% discount at Yarntopia at their crazy end-of-summer sale), which is awesome. It’s shiny and drapey and all that is good in a yarn. The scarf is blocking right now, so I’ll have a FO photo soon!
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oooh, I can’t wait to see the scarf all blocked out. I bet it’s even more stunning than the photo.
Lots of progress!!!!! The photo of the scarf looks great - blocked it will be amazing!
I learned to knit from that book also. Maybe you could give her a knitting tool kit? Some stitch markers, tape measure, needle sizer, darning needles, etc….stuff she’ll use for a while….
The scarf looks a lot like the Cozy pattern, but knit widthwise instead of lengthwise. (Isn’t Cozy the same lace as in Orangina? You’re the one who can always recognize different lace patterns!)
I think the SnB book is a great idea for a beginning knitter. It’s the one I always recommend. I still refer back to it when I have a question. How nice to have another knitter in your family.
I like the idea of books (the yarn harlot ones of course) and a basic tool kit.
I would be more than happy to trade you snow. I posted a picture on my blog yesterday of our current weather. Check it out!
That is an enormous amount of progress for a weekend! And lace, too. I get so distracted when there are other people around.
Love the scarf. How many skeins did you use? I still haven’t figured out what to do with my skein of sea silk and if this pattern only requires one, this might be the ticket!
Pretty scarf! Glad you had a good trip.