Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Forging new paths.

Phew...I'm just about done with 2007 endless project #2. (This being 2007-endless-#1).
Just some buttons, button bands, and button holes to go. I think my Mom is gonna LOVE it.

So--just when I've knit as much as I think I can knit:

1) I tried some crochet. Not a bad effort. The pattern didn't come charted, and I don't know how to read crochet, so there are some mistakes, But I don't care. It's a cute pattern, the SWTC Bamboo yarn was left over from some other project, and--GET THIS--my picture got picked to be the identifying picture for the Crocus Scarf pattern on Ravelry.

May I humbly say that that is the FOURTH picture of mine being used on Ravelry as the featured pic for a pattern. Am I famous yet?

Pattern: Crocus Scarf from Knitting Daily
Yarn: SWTC Bamboo in Fiery Red--bought it in the Summer '06 from someone on E-bay.
Crocheted on: Size 3 Boye crochet hook
Time spent crocheting when I shouldabeen knitting: 1 week

2) I started a second Clapotis. Why? Well, because it was there. I need another scarf like a hole in the head. But I had this lovely Wollmeise Sock Yarn that I couldn't bear to knit for something I would wear on my feet. And I liked the intense, crazy colorway "Suzanne" enough that I wanted something simple to show it off. AND-- I fear I may have lost the first Clapotis I made. Dang. Lastly, I can knit a clapotis in about a week---or at least I did so the first time.












3) I threw a knitting shower! Woo hoo! I've never thrown a baby shower before, much less one that became a Brooklyn yarn crawl. Such fun. And here's the little jumper I knit for Tawana's knitter-in-utero.



Pattern: Brittany Jumper from Minnowknits
Yarn: Cotton Fleece in "Wisteria"
Yarn Enabler: Knit-a-way
Knit on: Size 6 Knitpicks needle
Time spent hiding my knitting from Tawana: 2 weeks






4) I knit some with boys, men, ya know, people who bear that ole Y-chromosome. Really. This PH Knitting group meets in the neighborhood over from me in Brooklyn, is run by a man, and when we met at Freddy's on Sunday, there were four women and THREE men. Poem-man might actually get jealous...
5) I am humbled in my knitting after reading this obituary in today's Times.

I definitely have NOT knit all I can!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Can I just say you were the best host ever. Thank you so much Penelope! I had a great time at the shower and I loved the restaurant!!!

Eliza said...

how does one have a knitting shower? please explain!

Sorry I missed the group this Sunday. Hopefully we'll meet at some point! :)

Code Purl said...

That baby dress is just adorable!