Before James was born (and he’s nearly two now!), I would get up in the morning, make tea, and sit in my living room rocking chair, drinking my tea and knitting for a while before the day began officially. I returned to the chair in the evenings and knit for at least another half-hour before [...]
Archives for Reflections
What I’ve Learned about Baby Knitting
Well, hello there. It’s been a while. Some people seem to be easily able to manage wrangling a baby, working, and continuing to knit, but apparently I am not one of them. No matter. James is thirteen months old now, and I’m finding a little bit of time here and there to knit. And for [...]
Exquisite Little Knits
It seems that every time I go out in public, someone asks me when the baby is due (Answer: Thanksgiving), if we know whether it’s a boy or a girl (No), if we’re going to find out (No), and if we have a hunch (No). Then they usually tell me that I’m having a boy. [...]
Not about Knitting
Glass art, as I mentioned earlier this year, is my father’s hobby. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have a website yet, but I will show you his most recent bowl (without permission — sorry Dad!) so you can be wowed by his skills. He made this with leftovers, folks. This is a scrap bowl. As you can [...]
Knitting Hibernation
I just updated my "Thelma’s knitting" sidebar feature for the month of July 1973 only to find that thirty-five years ago in this month, my grandmother didn’t knit anything at all — not even a wee little sweater for my brother, Austin, who was to be born the following month. Knowing this makes me feel [...]
Little Harry
Here’s a peek at the latest baby knit — a little cardigan called Harry. This is the back. The pattern was designed by Martin Storey for the most fetching book of baby knits I own, which is called (less fetchingly) Jaeger Handknits JB29. I’ve already finished one of the fronts, and I hope to finish [...]
Three Things
There are three things in this picture that ought to catch your eye. First, I finished a sock. Isn’t it pretty? You can see the picot hem in the corner of the picture, and it has a garter-stitch short-row heel that I learned how to do from Lucy Neatby. It is an all-round champ of [...]
Patience
The Kinari cardigan has reached a tough stage. Progress seems slow, the sweater is all scrunched up on the needles, and I’m having periods of doubt about some of my decisions. Will it be too wide at the bottom? I don’t own anything swingy, maybe for good reason. Will the bright white of the buttons [...]
Back in the Saddle Again
The Middlebury cardigan is done but for the buttons. It’s a great relief to have it totally off the needles, as it seems like I’ve been knitting it for a long time (though it’s apparently only been since September). I’m immensely pleased with how it turned out. I’ll do a full finished object rundown with [...]
Best Ever
I wanted to show you progress pictures on Frances today, because I think it’s important that I not refrain from picture taking until the sweater is done and then say, “Here it is!” When I do that, it makes it seem as though I produced the sweater with no effort, when in fact I am [...]