I've started a new project (surprise!)...

...to take along on our upcoming camping trip. I'm making this for someone special. I wrote about the yarn here. So far it is knitting up so nicely. I hope the someone special will love it!

Happy Independence Day!

We spent a quiet 4th at home. I'm practicing knitting lace by knitting up this washcloth. The pattern is #3 in the knifty knit book

In the 2nd picture notice what was going on in the background whilst I was in a photo shoot?

Oh, have I ever mentioned how thankful I am to live in this country?

Knit Two

This book is the sequel to The Friday Night Knitting Club I talked about in this post.  I'm almost done!

My Current Read

Although this book isn't entirely about knitting, it is a good read. I would recommend it. To go to The Friday Night Knitting Club website, click here.

A Traveler's Pocket

Another UFO, photographed in dappled light. This was my first Fair Isle piece. The pattern can be found in the July/August 2004 issue of Piecework Magazine and the designer is Nancy Bush.

One of my vices

I love watching knitting shows on TV.

Scarves and Spare Time

This is a photo of my first completed knitting project after I rekindled my interest in knitting a couple of years ago. It is knit in rib stitch using no particular pattern. I made it for my daughter. She lived in Illinois when I made it for her; now she lives in Venice Beach, California. Maybe she can use it for a dresser scarf or something! I am not what you would call a prolific knitter...yet. Partly because of lack of time and partly because I am...well, slow.

My knitting will be much the same as this blog...getting better all the time!

On another note, I don't want to feel obligated or bore anyone who might come across this place by spouting excuses on why I haven't posted. So I will try not to do that, but for now I have to say that my *spare* time is being eaten by a rental house my husband and I are remodeling. We are at the point that we must get it completed and rented in the next couple of weeks in order to avoid financial ruin.