Just Knitting Around

Scaruffle

Originally uploaded by Dtkpmom.

Here is my complete Scaruffle. (Ravelry Link) from the Knitters Book of Yarn. I need to weave in the ends and block it a bit. I really like it, and my mom just loves it, so I think I will give it to her. Since we live […]

Double Fuchsia Lace Scarf1

Originally uploaded by Dtkpmom.

This scarf is for my mom. It is the Fuchsia Lace Scarf from Fiber Trends in the Dcouble Fuchsia Lace variation. I slightly modified the pattern by knitting one less repeat of the chart since I used a DK weight (Rowan Cashsoft) instead of a sport wieght. […]

It was harvest time for the herb garden yesterday. I picked a lot of basil and DH spent the afternoon making pesto. What we didn’t eat for dinner last night will be frozen and eaten throughout the year. What a treat it is in the middle of winter.
I also picked the […]

I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
~Oscar Wilde

I wanted to knit a scarf with some of this gorgeous Noro Silk Garden I got on sale this summer. It had to be reversible, show off the yarn and not be too difficult to do when you have 4 kids. […]

12 of them to be exact. Here is the Flower Petal Shawl before blocking and before weaving in all those ends. Besides the ends for each point being knit on separately, I have the ends from the four skeins to weave in. If I had thought about it, I probably […]

The kids and I have just been hanging around the house over Christmas break. It was a wonderful Christmas. My oldest played the trumpet, flugelhorn and guitar at 4:00 mass Christmas Eve. He played a guitar solo on Silent Night that was just beautiful. Would he play it later for the […]

I can’t help it. I am constantly changing my current WIP. I don;t think its boredom with the current WIP, just a desire to make more things than I really have time for. I have 3 right now. Pictured are The Potato Chip Scarf , a free pattern from KnitPicks, […]

I have written out the instructions for the first pattern I have designed myself. It’s very basic, and I sure something very similar if not exactly the same has been designed before. I wanted something a little more interesting to knit than the Irish Hiking Scarf which I frogged. (It was a […]

The llama has gone for a dip in the frog pond. The silky scratchy feel on the neck has made it unsuitable for a scarf. If felt great in the hands but like thousands of coarse hairs poking into your skin after a haircut! not on the neck. So for dh’s […]

I have joined this KAL hosted by Alison . I started last night on my version of an Irish Hiking Scarf for DH. I had a skein of Dark Grey Tweed Twist pure llama yarn from Farmhouse Fibers. The yarn is very silky feeling and more of a brownish […]