by Kat | Jun 16, 2006 | General
Wow, I cannot believe that it is Friday already – this week has just sped by! I had another sock class last night with 4 lovely ladies who wanted to learn how to knit 2 socks on one circular, toe up. They were a great group, I am excited to see how their socks look in two weeks. We are heading to the cottage this weekend – and 90 degree weather!
I have been working on some ideas for my secret pal – I am working on the cable footies from the 1 Skein book for her! This has been fun – thinking about what goodies I can send her!
Hope you all had a great week – and enjoy the beautiful weekend!
by Kat | Jun 9, 2006 | General
Hello everyone! Well it is a frogging Friday here at my house. I started to knit the Watercolor top from the spring IK and as I was working the top (after knitting about 17″) I discovered I had made a mistake in a couple of the rows, skipped my row of knit on the “odd” rows. I now know I cannot knit and watch TV and read a pattern AND talk to my husband (who by the way did not notice the new yarn, hmmmmmm). AARRGGHHHH. I like knitting with the ribbon yarn, but it is difficult to tear out a couple of rows and then pick up again in the round. I am taking it to my LYS this morning to rewind the yarn.
Hope you all have a great weekend – we have some rain coming here in Michigan.
We are heading north to our cottage to finish up the painting, see you all on Monday.
by Kat | Jun 5, 2006 | General
How can it be Monday again? The weekend just flew by way too fast. We are down to the last 4 days of school for my kids and, like the beginning of the year, the end of the year crunch is on!
I just finished the most boring conference call in history! Fannie Mae ARM products – now I ask you, with rising interest rates who on earth is going to do an ARM? Ahh, the joys of a new job!
I did manage to knit a bit this weekend though! I worked on finishing the cable clutch for class next week, all I am waiting for are the handles!
I broke my pact to not buy any yarn though! AARRGGHHHH! I have had my eye on some beautiful Colinette Giatto and I bought it on Saturday! My stash is an ever growing thing!
Have a great week everyone!
by Kat | Jun 1, 2006 | General
Hello Everyone! At long last, summer arrived over the Memorial Day weekend! The weather was sunny and a hot 90 + degrees out. There was some rain, but it all came during the night. Almost a perfect weekend. My husband painted the living room at our cottage – not maybe the funnest thing to do on a holiday weekend, but it sure looks nice! We had some friends over on Monday and had a little cook out. I even did some knitting over the weekend! Yeah!!! I worked on the cabled clutch pattern that I saw on Lynne’s site http://iwasknittogetherinmymotherswomb.typepad.com/ – it is a fun little bag to knit. I have one done – just waiting to get the handles at my LYS. I started another one for my LYS out of two strands of Rowan Soft Lux. Mmmmm, does it feel wonderful! I am teaching this as a class this month at Lizzie Ann’s! I went down a needle size to a 13 and it really is knitting up nicely. My goal is to finish it tomorrow, as today is my husband’s birthday! Happy Birthday, Kyle! We are having dinner out tonight to celebrate!
Have a great Wednesday everyone!
by Kat | May 24, 2006 | General
Wow, what a week it has been thus far! I have had orchestra concerts to attend, orthodontist appointments to get kids to, haircut appointments to get kids to, laundry to do, laundry to do, meetings at work, web conference calls, did I mention I had laundry to do? It is Wednesday and I have barely had two minutes to knit! A week without knitting makes Kat rather grumpy!!
I am on “floor” at work right now – thus if anyone should happen to call wanting interest rates, payment quotes, etc. there is a “live body” to talk to. My boss sent out an email regarding cell phones ringing in the work place – but he has not yet said anything about knitting! Hmmm, maybe I can sit and knit this afternoon…
I am working on my second “wobbly tote” for the class I am teaching. It is not very “portable” though – socks are so easy to take anywhere – my first choice for what to knit in public. I have the second class for my Wobblers tonight. I am excited to see how their intarsia techniques are coming, and how their bags are looking. They are all new knitters and I hope they are not discouraged – I have not received any phone calls. I will take that as a good sign!
Has anyone made the socks from the spring issue of IK? I think they are so cute and my daughter would love a pair. That might be the next thing I work on!
Hope you are all having a great week – it is a LONG weekend!! And, I think summer is going to arrive this weekend – it is supposed to be in the 80’s. I can sit and knit in the sun!!
Later!
Kat
