Friday, March 18, 2011

Holy cow, it's been a long time since I've posted ...




A really long time. Until about a month ago, I hadn't really knitted in almost three years. I'm blaming it on the family tragedies/drama of the last couple of years. But really, I just didn't care about anything woolly for a long while. I still liked yarn, I just didn't want to do anything with it. Then suddenly, a month ago, I got interested again. Really interested.

I went on a knitting retreat at Sauder Village in February, and just was inspired by all the creative knitters. And the yarn everywhere. I was supposed to take a workshop on knitting lace mitts. But when I started to do the three rows of homework, I got carried away -- I picked a lace stitch pattern and just winged it. By the time the workshop was supposed to start, I was here:


And then I just got carried away -- I made two pairs of these:



one for me and one for Caroline!
I made these for my darling sister in New York:


And I'm about 2/3 of the way through the Irish Diamond shawl from Folk Shawls. I am making it in Bartlettyarn in blackberry -- it's going to be really warm, and the perfect alternative to the Aran sweater I thought I'd be making with this yarn.


Although I've been away from blogging, I've been writing a lot, and have had some poems published. And I have a new favorite activity:





Scott wouldn't camp in a tent -- but he will in this little beauty! We bought a pop-up two years ago, and I am in it every weekend I can be. This year, it's going to Allegan with me for the Michigan Fiber Festival in August. Hope to see you there!



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

...you still owe me my hand warmers, but I of infinite patience, will wait...almost patiently... :)

Elizabeth said...

Wait, did you not receive a lovely pair of felted slippers instead? Yes, I believe you did. :)