by Helene | Jul 8, 2008 | Cats, In Stitches Knitting Blog, Knitting
When choosing my name for Ravelry (which of course led to this blog) – I went to my oldest daughter who works in advertising and marketing to come up with something catchy and fun – it took her about a minute to come up with “FredHatesString” which still...
by Helene | Jul 4, 2008 | In Stitches Knitting Blog, Uncategorized
So one bath poof does not a crocheter make. In my efforts to see just how much I liked crocheting I decided take the plunge after finding the pattern for the Boteh Scarf on Ravelry. I have all this sock yarn in my stash and figured I could use one of those…or not…each...
by Helene | Jun 22, 2008 | In Stitches Knitting Blog, Knitting, watergarden shrug
After a few starts and stops, a rip here and there, a challenge or two… I finished my shrug! Even with all the small issues, this was so much fun to make. There was a certain freedom in this project – choosing which yarn to use when and what stitch to use with...
by Helene | Jun 12, 2008 | In Stitches Knitting Blog, Knitting, Shrug
So I’m having a great time with my shrug – mixing fibers – feels like free form knitting. This is knit in all one piece cuff to cuff. As I get closer to finishing the “back” I’m just having that feeling that something isnt making sense. Its beautiful but...
by Helene | Jun 2, 2008 | In Stitches Knitting Blog, Knitting, Knitting Shops, Yarn
Part of finishing projects is that emptieness I’m left with when I only have one substantial project on the needles – a far cry from when I thought the only way to knit was to do one thing at a time – seriously where’s the fun in that! I found a really...
