MaggieBKnits

Merry Christmas, all. Hoping yours was as wonderful as mine. We are now in our new home, it is wonderful and feels like home right from the git-go, and I simply cannot think of anything to be unhappy about. (not like I'm trying to be unhappy or anything.) Room for my stash, my books, my knitted objects, my lace-blocking... oh yeah, and room for my family too! ;) I would like to suggest that moving into a home on December 22 can be a trifle stressful. However, when the home is as yummy as ours, even the stress is nice. I have promised to teach a lace knitting class after we get settled in, and am thinking about first-time lace knitting concepts. Looking for opinions for the following: Good yarn for first project Good concept for first project Remind me to tone down my expectations and class plans, since lace knitting comfort rarely arrives overnight I am thinking of a rectangular shawl (possibly a scarf for the nervous-of-too-big-a-project, quite possibly a very wise position c...

I just got this last night (it got snowed on, but luckily those USPS priority mail envelopes seem to have some Water Repulsion Capability). Yes, it's a Bohus Stickning kit. I purchased it from a friend, who did not want to/have time to knit it. It is my favorite, I think (though it's a tough league-- they are all stunning). Forest Darkness. This picture (of course) does not do the colors justice. Nor, of course, the texture. Half angora. Half Merino. Really, what is not to like in that? I am going to start it in January. My only nagging anxiety is the fineness of the gauge, in combination with the miles, and miles, of black stocking stitch. Not sure how I will deal with that...unless because this yarn is Luxury Personified and who can resist working with it, black or otherwise. Now, I am sure some of you can appreciate my falling off the wagon for a Bohus kit. At least, I would hope so. But what about the other 24 (or thereabouts, what's 5 or 6 more between friends) skei...

Howdy. You'll be glad to know that somehow, despite my yarn fast, and determined reassurance that I have Not Purchased any yarn, something came today. I don't know how these will appear on your screen, but none of them are quite right on mine. Regardless, son #3 says it's the most beautiful yarn in the house, and when are you going to start it, Mommy? I feel like a criminal when I look at the stack of costume sewing I have remaining but, humorously, (he well knows me) he pointed out that there are lots of places we go that the sewing machine can't go, so I can bring his sweater and work on it then... What a cutie. The other funny thing about this yarn is that, to me, it's Ordered Clothing, not really Yarn-- perhaps as a knitter you understand. So when my DH told me "here's the receipt for your yarn order, sweetie," I gacked. "Yarn order? What yarn order? I haven't bought any yarn!" He just looked at me, a bit astonished, and hande...

Knitting done in last 4 days? A big fat Zero. No, not a slump, a time crunch. I have promised (and yes I freely acknowledge that my promise was foolhardy) to make the costumes for a Christmas drama that our church is putting on. Deranged, that's me. One of the actors is not a small man. I have two large bags of fabric staring at me (reproachfully: why have I not yet been cut out?) and a household that is moving into our new house in 16 days, and clearly I am out of my mind. In case you did not already know. No longer knitting on, but looking crabbily at fabric...