Ramblings on my Mind
Friday, June 20, 2014
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Colorado Spring 2005
I am the wild woman who is floating in the air;
swept in for rare visits,
scattered and lofty
and swirling around
trying to come down
but the freedom sings to me
the melody of rapture.
swept in for rare visits,
scattered and lofty
and swirling around
trying to come down
but the freedom sings to me
the melody of rapture.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Finding my Passion
It's fun to work at the library, and then find yourself teaching sock knitting for two hours every Wednesday. My sock knitting class ended last week and I am taking a break, but I miss it. One of the sock knitters showed up today, she had been in Florida for a few weeks. She was turning the heel on her first sock. I came over to offer a little help, and then I had to go to lunch. When I came back I wanted to check out her progress. Well, the heel wasn’t centered. I offered to help fix it because she knew she went wrong somewhere. As I ripped it out, I said, "I bet you hate me for ripping out all your work," and she said, "No, I didn't want to get all done and have a crooked heel." I have learned how to fix mistakes in knitting and I owe that to Sally Melville's excellent book in her series, The Knitting Experience: Book one: the Knit Stitch. When I was teaching my sock knitting class I would have my handy crochet hook with me and I would be pulling up dropped stitches all the time, ripping out rows of mistakes, and turning the twisted stitches on the needles back into the right direction. I recommend this book for the basics that need to be mastered to work quality knitting. My friend said, "You must have hated working with all of our problems," and I felt just the opposite. I loved helping teach this complicated knitting experience, but one that really makes you feel you have accomplished something as old as knitting a sock, with all its shaping and various skills. Because the ladies in the group all wanted to learn hand-pieced quilting, I will be doing that over the summer months. I will be using Jinny Beyer's book, Quiltmaking by hand : simple stitches, exquisite quilts / Jinny Beyer.
Monday, March 12, 2012

This card is from the 70's by Holly Hobbie
Friday, October 14, 2011
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Monday, October 10, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
Sock Knitting
Branching out of my comfort zone and will try something new at the libray. Teaching sock knitting. The five needle, knitting in the round will be the technique I will teach.
The yarn I will be using is
Debbie Macomber's Petal Sock Yarn:
Inspired by the softness of fresh petals, Petals Socks is a wonderful blend of fine merino and angora "with added nylon for strength" the perfect combination for soft and warm socks. Available in 9 tonal self-patterning prints and Machine Washable!
Yarn Details: Yards: 462.00 Grams: 100.00
Yarn Composition: Angora - 20% Nylon - 30% Super Wash Fine Merino - 50%
1 - Super Fine Weight Yarn
Knit STS: 6.75 - 8.00
Crochet STS: 5.25 - 8.00
Recommended Needles (US):
1.0
2.0
3.0
Recommended Hooks (US):
B-1
C-2
D-3
E-4
Socks
The yarn I will be using is
Debbie Macomber's Petal Sock Yarn:
Inspired by the softness of fresh petals, Petals Socks is a wonderful blend of fine merino and angora "with added nylon for strength" the perfect combination for soft and warm socks. Available in 9 tonal self-patterning prints and Machine Washable!
Yarn Details: Yards: 462.00 Grams: 100.00
Yarn Composition: Angora - 20% Nylon - 30% Super Wash Fine Merino - 50%
1 - Super Fine Weight Yarn
Knit STS: 6.75 - 8.00
Crochet STS: 5.25 - 8.00
Recommended Needles (US):
1.0
2.0
3.0
Recommended Hooks (US):
B-1
C-2
D-3
E-4
Socks
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