This term I’m teaching three noon-hour classes at a local elementary school.
Last week in our “Yarn Play” class we made knitting spools out of toilet paper tubes and popsicle sticks.
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Gail sent me photos of her recent projects for her grandson and this delightful email.
Now finished my grandson’s JoJo sweater and matching Tobie’s mittens. He is 10 and a half months old and lives in Jakarta Indonesia…where the temp all year round is about 30 celcius.
Three new designs
Woohoo! THREE of my designs were selected for an upcoming book by a well known publisher. There is very little I can tell you about the projects right now except that I’m eagerly awaiting the yarn.
Two-Handed Two-Colour Knitting
I’m slogging away on my Rockin’ Sock Club stranded socks. I say “slogging” only because I’m finding the knitting awkward and I really need to do something about my technique. My hands cramp up and I’m having a hard time tensioning the yarn with my left hand.
Rockin’ Sock Club
Up until now I’ve never joined a sock club or participated in a knit along. Am I missing out?
So this year I decided to join the Rockin’ Sock Club by Blue Moon Fiber Arts—of course you know that they dye the fabulous Socks That Rocks yarn.
Travel Knitting
We went to France for spring break so there hasn’t been too much knitting happening around here.
I carefully planned a project for the trip—the Pinkerton shawl from Interweave Knits Spring 2011.
Your Knits
Hi Holli. I’m attaching two photos of finished sweaters. I love your patterns!
Thanks so much for many hours of great knitting…
Well, thank you Jan for sharing your photos and your kind words.
The Rabbit Problem – Children’s Book
In the 13th century, mathematician Fibonacci popularized what later became known as the Fibonacci sequence of numbers: each number is the sum of the previous two numbers, starting with 0 and 1.
