No photos today. Maybe tomorrow. :o)
I'm still working on the Gypsying afghan. You may have noticed that it's taking a while. (g) It's still a joyful project, though, so let it take as long as it will!
Over the weekend, I put in some knitting time on that Thick & Quick Ribbed Cowl that I cast-on for on New Year's Day. When I got to the point that the pattern tells you to bind off, I still had about 30 grams of yarn left, out of a 100 gram skein. (This was partly because I used smaller needles and partly because I worked only five-- rather than six-- rounds for each of the knit-only sections. Maybe I'm a tight knitter, too; I'm really not sure...) I hated to have that much yarn left over (with no plan in mind for its future use)-- and I thought the cowl could do with some extra height-- so I'm knitting another 5 rounds knit-only and 5 rounds ribbing before binding off. I hope I'll have enough. It'll be annoying if I have to rip back, but it's bulky yarn, so it's not a huge investment of time.
I've been slowly working my way through one of those new crochet books I mentioned before. It seems to be a good one. I'll write a little review about it, one of these days-- but before I get to that one, I'll quickly review a couple other crochet books in my "library". Again, one of these days.
Ugh, it's been too warm these past several days. Far too warm for January, even by Alabama standards. I hope the cooler weather returns soon and that we aren't cursed with an extremely early spring. There's so much I need to do outdoors, and I'd hoped to get some of it done before the misery of summer set in...
I'm still working on the Gypsying afghan. You may have noticed that it's taking a while. (g) It's still a joyful project, though, so let it take as long as it will!
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Over the weekend, I put in some knitting time on that Thick & Quick Ribbed Cowl that I cast-on for on New Year's Day. When I got to the point that the pattern tells you to bind off, I still had about 30 grams of yarn left, out of a 100 gram skein. (This was partly because I used smaller needles and partly because I worked only five-- rather than six-- rounds for each of the knit-only sections. Maybe I'm a tight knitter, too; I'm really not sure...) I hated to have that much yarn left over (with no plan in mind for its future use)-- and I thought the cowl could do with some extra height-- so I'm knitting another 5 rounds knit-only and 5 rounds ribbing before binding off. I hope I'll have enough. It'll be annoying if I have to rip back, but it's bulky yarn, so it's not a huge investment of time.
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I've been slowly working my way through one of those new crochet books I mentioned before. It seems to be a good one. I'll write a little review about it, one of these days-- but before I get to that one, I'll quickly review a couple other crochet books in my "library". Again, one of these days.
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Ugh, it's been too warm these past several days. Far too warm for January, even by Alabama standards. I hope the cooler weather returns soon and that we aren't cursed with an extremely early spring. There's so much I need to do outdoors, and I'd hoped to get some of it done before the misery of summer set in...