Archive for the 'Knitting' Category



Finished Object!

Published on November 16, 2007

  Finished Object!, originally uploaded by Petunia509. Finally, I actually got something done. Got a half-assed reason for the delay, too. I take meds. Due to things out of my control, and a few of them that I should have controlled, but failed to do so, and things spiraled downhill after that as stuff often […]


Best laid plans….

Published on November 15, 2007

I thought I would have a picture of finished socks, and I have the cuff ribbing done on the toe-up pair, but I wanted to try the bind-off that Wendy suggested in a post a week or so back.  Pop was on the computer, looking at golf stuff, so I couldn’t get to it, and […]


STEEK means FEAR in knit-ese!!!

Published on November 7, 2007

I’ve read about steeking for years. And trembled. It’s enough to make a knitter hyperventilate. It’s a knitting technique that goes back to the beginning of knitting, or about 28 minutes later. Early garments were knitted in the round, faster, easier. And then came patternwork, and working with several colors. If its a 2- or […]