Archive for the 'Knitting' Category



I suspect trouble

Published on November 5, 2011

Knitting on Summer Flies, and I want it longer so I add another repeat of one of the very pretty patterns. It takes about 14 rows and at this point, near the end, these rows are about 200 stitches per row.  Takes over 10 min to do a knit row, longer to purl back. It’s […]


NEW NEEDLES!!!

Published on November 2, 2011

They arrived!! I’ve resisted buying KnitPicks Options needles for a long time now. I’ve always had knitting needles around. I got many of my mother’s when she could no longer see well enough to knit – and many she gave away to a knitter’s group that met in the senior citizens complex where she lived. […]


Back to the knitting

Published on November 1, 2011

Here’s what I’m working on this week. It’s the “Summer Flies” shawl by Holly and Ella Knits. I saw it made up in a yarn store in Prince Frederick, MD last month when I went down to see daughter.  I love the patternwork in it, simple to do, always changing so it holds your interest. […]