Sometimes You Need to Improvise

As I showed you in an older post I am currently working on a shawl. It has progressed quite nicely, but I realized while I was working on it that I was forgetting when to increase. I came to the realization that I needed to come up with away remind myself which row I was on. This is what I came up with:
What is it? A hair elastic attached to the end of my knitting needle. It reminds me that when I am knitting off of that needle I am to increase; when I am knitting on to that needle I am not to increase. Here is a wider angle of the piece:















Part 1

Let the Ocean Roar

Here is a picture of the scarf which is the colours of the sea which was a comment was referring to in my last post. The yarn which it is made out of was slippery to knit. People love to feel the scarf, because it is so soft and fuzzy.

Beginnings

Everything must have a beginning that is fact; therefore all needle craft projects must have a beginning. Here is a picture of the beginning of my latest project:


You may think that this is just a cone of yarn, yet in my imagination it is a beautiful shawl waiting to be let loose. After struggling for several hours trying to conceive of the best way to create the shawl I concluded the a simple garter stitch pattern would do, considering my inexperience with lace knitting. The result thus far is a triangle which size continues to increase:



Part 2

The Coat of Natural Colours

A while back I was working at a pioneer village for the summer as a historical interpreter. As part of my duties I was to demonstrate various pioneer crafts.

This is a picture of a wrap/shawl which I made during my time there. It was knit in four pieces and then sewn together. The yarn is 100% handspun wool which I had spun, but not used over the years.

Here is a picture of a close up of part a section.

The yarn in this section is two ply with one strand being white and the other brown which makes an interesting barber poll.

The Square

Here is a picture of the first granny square for the blanket with my roommate is making:


Part One

Social Networking and Schools

Here is a link to a blog which features a video about a girl with leukemia who attends school via the Internet using Skype. The purpose of the post is to the show how social networking can be used constructively in schools. I really like the comment he makes about tools being constructive or destructive.

Pictures of Crocheting

A few weekends ago I was teaching my roomie to crochet. She wanted to make a baby's blanket for a friend who is having a baby. We started out by going to Wal*Mart to buy some yarn. We came back with some soft pink yarn in two tones.
She did quite well at her crocheting since I had already taught her the basic stitches. The first picture on the left is her starting to make a double crochet. The picture below is after the double crochet was completed.




When the square was completed it looked quite nice. Hopefully I can show I picture when the whole blanket is completed.

Part Two