Even though I couldn’t see well, I got bold after I got to the end of my Playful shawl. And I had been rummaging around in my yarn stash for something else to do. By this time, I was getting better at zooming in and scanning text with my tablet. I still couldn’t read something… Continue reading Tau cardigan
Category: Knitting
Knitting and knitting-related projects
Playful shawl
A couple of weeks into my vision problems, I was going stir crazy. I needed to do something besides sit and listen to podcasts, tv, etc. I knew I couldn’t sew, but I finally remembered that I could do simple knitting without really having to look at it. The problem was that I really didn’t… Continue reading Playful shawl
About Time shawl
Before I got sick, I had actually finished the shawl I’d been working on and woven the ends. I just hadn’t washed and blocked it. So now I have it washed, blocked, and ready to wear.
Some gift mitts
I wanted to make a couple of pairs of fingerless mitts as gifts this year, so I thought I’d better get to it. I’ve made both of these patterns before. The first pair is the Cozy Thermal Mitts. I’ve made a couple of pairs of these, and I really like the pattern. They’re a fairly… Continue reading Some gift mitts
Twists and Turns, part 1
Well, that was a lot of knitting! I finally got into the rhythm of it about a third of the way through. I had to keep checking my counts between sections to make sure I wasn’t missing an increase, but otherwise it went pretty smoothly. I waited until the knitting was complete to do the… Continue reading Twists and Turns, part 1