Yesterday I wrote about the sweater I knitted for my dad for Christmas. Today I am highlighting some other projects that I knitted during the time I was working on the sweater. I made a scarf, a shawl, and socks. It seems I only knit things that start with “s”. First, here are a pair …
From Knit Bits
Sweater for My Father, Knitted with Yarn I Spun
I haven’t posted about any knitted projects for a while because I was working on a big project and didn’t want to give anything away. But now that the sweater is out of the gift box, I can reveal it and the other things I knitted in the meantime. Today’s post is about the big …
Forgiving Ourselves as We Forgive Others
I have been working on a special knitting project and it is coming along nicely. I am very pleased with my progress on it and how it looks. Unfortunately, I noticed this morning that I missed a crossover in the intricate cable pattern about 10 rows back. Now the question of the day is: do …
Kromski Minstrel: My New Spinning Wheel
Once we got home from our adventure to Frankfort, Kentucky, I could’t wait to put my new spinning wheel together. Mom and Dad dropped us off and Tom and Dad carried the wheel over to our RV site. Then Mom and Dad headed home and Tom and I went to work on my beautiful Kromski …
Woolery in Frankfort, Kentucky
While we were in Ohio, we took a couple of days for an adventurous trip to Frankfort, Kentucky. Mom and Dad donated the car and Tom drove us south. We stopped at William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Cincinnati (read about it here). Then we moved on to Frankfort for the raison d’etre of the trip: …
Knitting for a Good Cause Keeps Me Busy
I have been knitting for 40 years. That seems like a really long time, but I don’t consider myself an expert knitter. I belong to a Facebook group called “Addicted to Knitting” and I feel like a beginner when I see some of the things other people knit. I knit a lot for my family, …
Spinning My Wheels for Living History
I learned how to use a spinning wheel last year at San Juan National Historical Park. When I did, I knew that I would be coming back to Fort Frederica which had a broken spinning wheel. So, when Tom and I came back to Fort Frederica this year, our first order of business was fixing …
Spun Yarn Knitting Projects
What good is learning to spin if I don’t knit with the spun yarn that I make? Of course I’m not going to do anything so pointless, so here are a few of the knitting projects I’ve been working on. I haven’t posted any projects for a while, so there are also some from the …
Sock Needle Keeper: A Handy Knitting Gadget
I recently found a new knitting gadget that just tickled me. It is so simple yet extremely useful and I had to have it. Let me introduce you to the sock needle keeper. The sock needle keeper is a small pouch with two snaps. The snaps are strategically placed to keep your needles inside the …
“Knitting Yarns” Compiled by Ann Hood
“Knitting Yarns” is a collection of essays about knitting. The book is compiled by author and knitter Ann Hood and first published in 2013. Each chapter is written by a different author, some of them knitters, some of them knitting “fans” and some of them failed knitters. You might think this book appeals only to …