Monday, February 07, 2005
Some personal details:
- I live with two cats and one husband in Boston.
- Today in a feverish rush to get this application up and running, I ate oxidized guacamole for lunch.
- I knit only with circular needles.
Hello! I've decided to start a blog to blab about the top obsessions currently running my broken little body, and that is knitting, cooking and gardening, and all these domesticate. I do draw the line at collecting vintage napkin rings however.
Since knitting came into my life, cooking and gardening and just about everything else, including work (don't tell boss), have taken a back seat. Oh and did I mention how much of a pain sleeping and working is, as it eats an entire 18 hours or so from the 24 potential hours of knitting per day? Also I really could do without another activity that involves so little moving and so much sitting hunched over. Between work (which I don't want to do) (don't tell boss) and knitting (which I want to do ALL THE TIME), my physique can be best described as rickity.
Well I first learned how to knit in 4th grade. Knitting career then was very short-lived. I had plans to make this colorful block sweater, but then I knitted a total of five incredibly misshapen rows and that was the last time I picked up needles...Fast forward to August 2004 when I visited my parents, spied my mother's basket of knitting, and decided to give it another go.
Mom taught me how to crochet too, and I thought I preferred that over to knitting because it seemed so much faster and easier. I crocheted a band in half-shell motif for practice, as handsomely modeled by Mocha:
Then I went home and crocheted this scarf, as handsomely modeled by Bunny (you'll be seeing a lot more of Bunny and his equally handsome bro Veebs):
He won't admit it, but Bunny loves this scarf.
Then I switched to knitting this green and gray scarf in double seed stitch, using super luxe cashmerino from Debbie Bliss. Handsomely modeled by (and made for) Duck:
A lot more scarves and hats ensued, since knitting scarves is easy and allows you to practice different patterns such as cables and lace:
Now I am into sweaters. And buying yarn, especially when I don't need anymore.
So until the snow melts and the danger of spring frost is over, and until I find the time to feed my family a proper home-cooked meal, or I win the lottery, this blog will be all about knitting.
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