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: …
From Knit Bits
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 …
Island Fibers on Lopez Island
I realized when I wrote my post on spinning that I never got around to telling you the reason we went to Lopez Island a few weeks ago. We went because I needed to buy more fleece for spinning and the closest place to do that is Island Fibers on Lopez Island. I could order …
Learning to Spin in Five Easy Lessons
I have been interested in spinning for a while. I started using a drop spindle early last year and got pretty good at it, but it is soooooooo slow. Good for demonstrations but not so much for creating a quantity of yarn. Here at San Juan Island Historical Park we have a spinning wheel from …
Stitchery on St. Simons Island Georgia
Have I mentioned that Tom and I love living on St. Simons Island? Besides having absolutely perfect weather, we are only a few miles from everything we need and want. With the abundant bike trails, we can ride our bike pretty much everywhere we want to go. We walk to church and to work. And, …
Knitted Christmas Gifts Revealed
Now that Christmas is over, I can show you what I worked on the last few months. When last I posted about my knitting, I had just started a prayer shawl. That prayer shawl was finished soon after we left Grand Portage. I sent it on to Wedgewood to be included with the prayer shawl …