We survived homecoming, the house was rolled twice. We missed the deadline to register for MS State open house for my high school junior but will book a private tour later on. Other than that we are enjoying the cool weather and Cruising The Coast.
I have been a knitting fool. I started out with this basic beanie hat:
I have made more than one, some have already walked out the door. This is the Nice and Knit Beanie. This pattern is also available for free on the Ravelry website as well. This will probably be my go to beanie pattern, simple enough for a beginner like me.
My son wanted ear flaps on his so I found this pattern in a "learn to knit" box I have with various pattern cards:
I shorted the length of the seed stitch to make it a little more .... manly??? He likes it.
I cast on another sock. I bought this book and extra long circular needle when I did not know how to knit and had no business buying it at the time but I dove in to Socks From The Toe Up by Wendy Knits:
I desperately needed help trying to cast on with a long circular needle so thankfully I found a YouTube video from someone who has the book and a long circular : Judy's Magic Cast On.
Not too bad so far!
Knitting on tiny needles with thin yarn takes time. I love to see the pattern emerge from self striping yarns. I picked a basic pattern but may try something a little more difficult with the plain sock yarn I have. I want to say this yarn is from Big City yarns but I lost the wrapper.
Went food shopping and meat is on the rise again. I went shopping two weeks ago and my spaghetti sauce was $.79 and now is $1.09. This is just one example. I am going to have to make sure I go once a month in the middle of the month from now on.
I have been a knitting fool. I started out with this basic beanie hat:
I have made more than one, some have already walked out the door. This is the Nice and Knit Beanie. This pattern is also available for free on the Ravelry website as well. This will probably be my go to beanie pattern, simple enough for a beginner like me.
My son wanted ear flaps on his so I found this pattern in a "learn to knit" box I have with various pattern cards:
I shorted the length of the seed stitch to make it a little more .... manly??? He likes it.
I cast on another sock. I bought this book and extra long circular needle when I did not know how to knit and had no business buying it at the time but I dove in to Socks From The Toe Up by Wendy Knits:
I desperately needed help trying to cast on with a long circular needle so thankfully I found a YouTube video from someone who has the book and a long circular : Judy's Magic Cast On.
Not too bad so far!
Knitting on tiny needles with thin yarn takes time. I love to see the pattern emerge from self striping yarns. I picked a basic pattern but may try something a little more difficult with the plain sock yarn I have. I want to say this yarn is from Big City yarns but I lost the wrapper.
Went food shopping and meat is on the rise again. I went shopping two weeks ago and my spaghetti sauce was $.79 and now is $1.09. This is just one example. I am going to have to make sure I go once a month in the middle of the month from now on.
Miss M has taken up knitting. I will have to show her this. Thanks!
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I hope Miss M is feeling better. We had a brief moment of weather in the 70's in the morning lol.
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