Mostly, knitting soothes me. I find it relaxing and comforting to pick up my needles and just . . . knit. But there's one thing that undermines the benefits of knitting for me: Fear of running out of yarn! Often when I'm knitting something "big" . . . like sweater-big . . . I cross [...]| Dancing at the Edge
I am . . . usually and generally . . . a knit-one-thing-at-a-time kind of knitter. That approach serves me well. I might be slow, and I might be boring, but . . . I get things finished. Right now though? YIKES! I have so many things on| Dancing at the Edge
Long, long ago . . . back in the early 70s, when I was in junior high school, I taught myself to crochet from an article in Good Housekeeping magazine. I was determined. There were lots of pictures. And I caught on pretty quickly. At the time,| Dancing at the Edge
Behold! Progress! As you can see in the photo above, I am cranking here . . . on the second woolly man-sweater sleeve. There is not much to see here, really. Except inches of sleeve. With more inches to go. But I am seeing the light at the| Dancing at the Edge
I’m joining Kat & the Unravelers for Unraveled Wednesday Thursday! KNITTING CROCHETING: I’ve been crocheting squares for my Fair Square Riff… using Purl Soho’s Fair + Square Blanket, Crochet Version, as a starting point. (There’s a Knit Version, too.) I went with the crochet version because it seems like it might be a little quicker to do and… Continue reading 9.4: Unraveling a day late| knitorious
