[Diana in Wisconsin]

The only thing I’ve done, fiber-related lately, is to have Beau mail off my big box of stuff to ‘Warm Up America.’ Great timing, with a Heat Wave over 3/4 of the country, LOL!

I am starting on some more crocheted dishcloths because I can make them while watching a movie, and I’ll be binging on ‘1776’ and a new series called ‘Wolf Hall’ about Oliver Cromwell - who I am already prepared to hate. ;)

I’ve been doing other crafty things, and I’ll post them later in the weekend, too.

Have a great time at the lake! :)

[Qiviut]

I have always wanted to be able to knit fairly well ie fast enough to get projects done in a reasonable amount of time. I taught myself to knit, so hand position was terrible & I was super slow. After working on some things to speed up my knitting & practicing on 23 pairs of fingerless mittens over the last couple of months, I finally tackled what I REALLY want to do : knit lace. I figured a baby blanket would be a small enough project & I need some special baby blankets, so I started one the other week with some yarn I had on hand already.

So far so good …. I've made a bunch of mistakes (all corrected) and learned a lot. I knew to put in a “lifeline”(although I found out after ripping back 9 rows that I needed one more often) and I've learned to “un-knit” rather handily to get back to an error on this pattern. I put each pattern row on an index card so I can focus on it exclusively, rather than getting lost in the print of all the rows on one sheet of paper. After each pattern row, I go back and check the entire row for the correct pattern & on the purl rows, I go back and count the stitches. Tedious, but it keeps me from making mistakes.

The yarn I'm using is a skein of Pound of Love in light green that I've had 'forever'. The GRIST (yardage divided by ounces) is similar to the yarn used in the pattern. I should have enough, but I'm getting that little “spidey sense” feeling that I'm going to be short. Sigh. That's typical for projects I do, knit or crochet.

I do have another baby blanket with a beautiful pattern that I want to do and I've got the yarn for it. This current project is practice for the second, although I think a recipient for this blanket, which is really turning out well & is prettier than I thought it would be, has been brought to my attention recently. It needs blocking, so the pic shows it “in progress” and the border, etc. will lie flatter once blocked. I do not know why the pics (took several) turned out so dark, but this was the best – blanket is folded in half.

Pattern:Valley of Lilies Baby Blanket

Future project:Lace Chevrons Baby Blanket

[MomwithHope]

Wolf hall is a great series, have watched it a few times.