I didn't tat today, but I did get through row 34 on my sleeves!
Friday, April 26, 2019
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Just another Thursday
Today I subbed in fifth grade. While the kids were at p.e. and band, I had time to tat!
When I got home, I worked on the sleeves for my knit-along sweater. It's going slowly, but I'm starting to get a rhythm. I have two weeks to finish the two sleeves, and I'm pretty sure I'll have no problem reaching the goal!
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Subbing
I subbed yesterday. I subbed today. I'm subbing tomorrow. Luckily, I've been able to carve out a little time for tatting!
I'm still working on Ice Drops for my dear friend Eileen. I do carry tatting with me all the time, but I haven't found much time to tat in the past week for a variety of reasons.
One of the reasons is the sweater I'm working on. Today Marly Bird released the sleeve pattern, and I've decided to be really daring and knit both sleeves at the same time!
This project has been great for me. My mom knits beautifully, and I've always admired the sweaters that she made. I'm a little late to the game. Mom did teach me to knit way back in junior high, but I had one major hiccup when trying to knit a sweater way back then, and it has taken me all this time to try again.
I'm happy that my front and back pieces are the same size, and I am eager to finish My First Sweater!
I'm still working on Ice Drops for my dear friend Eileen. I do carry tatting with me all the time, but I haven't found much time to tat in the past week for a variety of reasons.
One of the reasons is the sweater I'm working on. Today Marly Bird released the sleeve pattern, and I've decided to be really daring and knit both sleeves at the same time!
This project has been great for me. My mom knits beautifully, and I've always admired the sweaters that she made. I'm a little late to the game. Mom did teach me to knit way back in junior high, but I had one major hiccup when trying to knit a sweater way back then, and it has taken me all this time to try again.
I'm happy that my front and back pieces are the same size, and I am eager to finish My First Sweater!
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Plans
I had plans to spend the morning tatting. It is easy to see that tatting has been left behind so that I could focus on my knit-along sweater.
I was able to finish an Ice Drop last night.
I found these cute, inexpensive shuttles on Amazon. They're Clover knockoffs, which I usually avoid because I've found that they're usually a waste of money. I was attracted to the color, and it turns out they're pretty decent. The tips are nice and tight. The biggest difference I noticed, is that the signature grip strips are missing. I was afraid the shuttles might fly out of my fingers, but they work just fine.
I finally finished off the next skein of yarn on Alison's waffle stitch afghan.
I expected to get quite a bit done today, but there's a stomach bug going around and I wound up subbing for two teachers today. One teacher had to stay home with a sick child, and the other teacher went home sick at lunch time. Yikes! Germs, germs, stay away!
I was able to finish an Ice Drop last night.
I found these cute, inexpensive shuttles on Amazon. They're Clover knockoffs, which I usually avoid because I've found that they're usually a waste of money. I was attracted to the color, and it turns out they're pretty decent. The tips are nice and tight. The biggest difference I noticed, is that the signature grip strips are missing. I was afraid the shuttles might fly out of my fingers, but they work just fine.
I finally finished off the next skein of yarn on Alison's waffle stitch afghan.
I expected to get quite a bit done today, but there's a stomach bug going around and I wound up subbing for two teachers today. One teacher had to stay home with a sick child, and the other teacher went home sick at lunch time. Yikes! Germs, germs, stay away!
Monday, April 22, 2019
Goal!
I'm not referring to a goal in sports. No, I'm referring to my knitting goal of finishing the front of my sweater before Wednesday.
It took a bit of concentration with the Easter weekend, but I did it!
I love the drape of the fabric created with this yarn.
I wasn't able to capture the color. It's really slightly lighter than the top two pictures, but darker than the bottom one. I'm looking forward to the next step, knitting the arms. I'll get the pattern for that on Wednesday. Until then, I'll focus on my other works in progress!
It took a bit of concentration with the Easter weekend, but I did it!
I love the drape of the fabric created with this yarn.
I wasn't able to capture the color. It's really slightly lighter than the top two pictures, but darker than the bottom one. I'm looking forward to the next step, knitting the arms. I'll get the pattern for that on Wednesday. Until then, I'll focus on my other works in progress!
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Chains included
I was at school all day today, but I did manage to find time to re-tat the Doodle Ice Drop for my college roommate, Eileen. This time I remembered to tat all of the chains!
I was able to finish the back of my sweater last night. When I posted, I had misread the pattern. I thought I had 8 1/4" of ribbing left to knit. That didn't seem right, so I reread the instructions and found that I needed to knit 8 1/4" from the armhole stitch markers, which meant I really only had about 1 3/4" to go. That was an achievable goal!
Before heading off to school this morning, I started the ribbing for the front of the sweater. Then when I got home, I took time to work on it some more. I wonder how much I'll get done tonight?
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