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Carolina Knits: June 2014

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Friday, June 27, 2014. Despite any lingering home improvement fatigue, the drive through the lush countryside to the North Carolina Mountains was energizing. The workshop was held at a middle school in Candler—a typical industrial-looking institution replete with cinder-block walls (black ones in the cave-like bathroom that must do wonders to the moods of already angst-ridden adolescents) and an air conditioning system that had been shut down for summer break. In the vendor's area, Friends and Fiberworks.

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Carolina Knits: February 2015

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Sunday, February 22, 2015. UFOs and a Scary Stash. I was accompanied by my family dog, a Labradoodle who, that particular time, was splayed on the bed on a quilt but who sat up with ears perked (as much as was possible with long floppy flaps) and growled every few minutes when a mysterious bang reverberated outside. (I think a loose shutter was hitting against the house.) Needless to say The Shining. This Eyelet Swirl hat pattern is available for free from Classic Elite. After dragging out my sewing mach...

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Carolina Knits: December 2014

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Last year, when I attended a class at Vogue Knitting Live, a fellow student, who was also a yarn shop owner, said that only about 30 percent of knitters who entered her shop came in with a plan in mind. The rest were happy to find inspiration from shop samples and eager to join other customers who were making the same project. Another shop owner in the group concurred with this estimate. Is to resemble a swaddled traveler on the steppes of Siberia (. While the shop sample is...

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Carolina Knits: October 2014

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Friday, October 10, 2014. 8220;His mind now misgave him; he began to doubt whether both he and the world around him were not bewitched. Surely this was his native village which he had left but the day before.”. Rip Van Winkle," 1994 edition, 17. And some yarn to craft a roaring twenties inspired Modular Lace Blouse. Waxhaw, NC knitters outdid themselves by yarn bombing numerous lamp posts in honor of. The yarn crawl. I hear that, for next year, this creative bunch have set their sights on. The changing s...

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Carolina Knits: A Stitch in Time

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Thursday, March 15, 2012. A Stitch in Time. To learn how to knit this clock cover. Magazine’s April 2012 issue deals with a topic that I find myself returning to in my blog:. Almost every evening there was an activity that my younger son, who was five or six at the time, could not seem to complete by himself—measuring the length of our den, for instance, or graphing the heights of both humans and animals in the family. Additionally,. This is a photo from a family collection. I wonder if these. When my ch...

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Carolina Knits: May 2015

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Sunday, May 17, 2015. I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life. The sentiment expressed by Karen Allen (probably best known for her role as a spirited sidekick to the hero in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. I recently finished a lovely Trefoil Cardigan,. Scaly" Shetland yarn is a Fair Isle and steeking staple for a reason. Troubles with the center opening. In the...

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Carolina Knits: May 2014

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Thursday, May 29, 2014. If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next. I just finished this summer shawl, which I knit for my mother using Sanibel yarn by Classic. To see my project on Ravelry. Here is another view of the shawl. I finished knitting this a few days before the end of the school year. There is always the promise of future projects, which beckon with creative possibility, and future visits to distant yarn shops yet unexplored. I've also finally signed up for a ...

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Carolina Knits: Tangled Lessons

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Sunday, May 17, 2015. I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life. The sentiment expressed by Karen Allen (probably best known for her role as a spirited sidekick to the hero in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. I recently finished a lovely Trefoil Cardigan,. Scaly" Shetland yarn is a Fair Isle and steeking staple for a reason. Troubles with the center opening. In the...

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Carolina Knits: April 2014

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Monday, April 28, 2014. I finished my National Board Renewal and this sweater on Saturday. The sweater is made. With Debbie Bliss Angel yarn. The pattern, "Peppermint Cream," is found in the. March 2014 issue of Knit Today. In a few days. I hope to also return to some design projects in progress. I did some of my National Board work at the kitchen table. (I have cleaned up this mess since I took this shot.). Yesterday, I wound this lace-weight skein I bought at. A co-worker is cleaning out her house to s...