FOs 2006

While I suppose that technically I should be posting these things as I finish them, it's only fair that I get to show some knitting. I'll be adding some photos of previous knitting as I get pictures. My first FO for this year (the knitting year beginning in the fall, that is) is a pair of fingerless gloves for me. I used no pattern--just swatched and measured. The yarn is the (now discontinued) classic elite studio, a viscose-linen blend.




Here's what I learned on this project:

1) Fingerless gloves are a much more useful item than I originally thought.

2) Viscose is slippery and tends to stretch, so knit it VERY SMALL

3) Mirror-imaging your cables rocks.

Here's my new blog everyone

My friend Jennie has been bugging me over the last few months to start a blog. We spend many hours on the phone each week discussing both work and knitting. I would not call myself an advanced knitter by any stretch--maybe more like intermediate. But I'm very interested in developing techniques. I have learned recently that I am a Zimmerman-style process knitter. This means mostly that I don't have the patience to follow patterns and usually just make it up as I go along. It also means that I have experienced more than one knitting disaster but many exciting successes.

I don't envision this blog being limited exclusively to knitting. I am a very jack-of-all-trades crafter who easily gets bored doing one thing. I also spend a lot of my life doing non-hobby-related work which some people might find interesting.

I look forward to the suggestions and insights of the wise online community.

Enjoy!