Knitting Projects

I’m an avid reader and knitter.  I always have a book on my Kindle that I’m reading and I always have a knitting project on my needles.

Here’s a few of the knitting projects I finished.

I really like this Quickie Mesh Cowl and have made three of them so far.	Me wearing the cowl on the left. I’m keeping this one.
Salai wearing the cowl on the right that I made for her birthday.
	Clay wanted one for himself when he saw me wearing my hooded cowl so this is what I knitted him.
Sandy lost her favorite black and white scarf, so I knitted this one for her.

I prefer to knit small, portable projects like scarves, shawls, hats and cowls.  I’m not real good at maintaining the correct gauge so I don’t attempt sweaters or jackets…they have always come out too big or too small…so I stick to items where gauge doesn’t matter much.

I really enjoy using my nickel-plated Interchangeable Circular Knitting Needles from Knit Picks.  They all fit in a small zippered 9” x 7” case.  It holds all my needle tips and connecting cables.  Such a space saver for an RVer.

That’s it for now.  Got to get back to my knitting project.  Remember, you are loved.

Unscheduled Day

With not having cataract surgery yesterday because the lens didn’t arrive, we had an unplanned day ahead.

Jim took advantage of the extra day to mow the area around the building next to where we are staying.  Isn’t he cute?

I took the time to ball up a hank of yarn….hank you ask?  While most yarn is sold in a ball of yarn called a skein, some yarn is sold in a hank or a circle of yarn that is then twisted to hold it together.  Remember back to the old pictures of the man or boy stretching his arms out with yarn in between and the woman winding the yarn into a ball.  That was a hank of yarn being made into a ball so you can use it to knit.

I bought a hank of yarn last summer in Granby from a alpaca farm and another hank while we visited North Carolina last June.  I found a couple patterns I was excited about and so needed to wind those hanks into balls.  So I set up my swift (apparatus to hold the hank of yarn)  and the ball winder.  (Don’t look at my outfit as it’s all about staying cool in 89* heat.)

I spent the rest of the day knitting on the Quaker Yarn Stretcher shawl.  It’s a fun pattern.

Remember, you are loved.