Ever since I decided to jump off the hooking bridge, it has consumed me. Let me tell you something.. it is A LOT harder than knitting. My right is constantly looking for the something in my left hand to work with, and it’s not the yarn!!! I don’t know what stitches are what and it’s all very frustrating not being able to whip copious amount of potholders overnight is just killing me dead.
All that has been put aside for the moment. Since princess M has decided to get super sick, first with strep and then I guess she figured that wasn’t good enough and upped it to walking pneumonia. The kicker is ..she seems fine. But, the minute she gets up and starts moving around – she’s down for the count. She has missed 7 days of school and God willing and with the help of albuterol and zithromax we’ll send her back tomorrow. The upside of this is that the albuterol dose gives her a little buzz and Mr Knitpho and I find this hysterical.
Half Marathon training has “officially begun. I met up with others who are training to run their first half and I still can’t get the voices out of my head telling me I’m crazy and to give up. But, it looks like I’m down with the chest wheezing and throat issues that my little one has, so running right now today.. just is not in my plan. Perhaps a trip to the doctor and some tea though.
My yarn and hook are staring at me. I guess I will give it a whirl and see what I can come up with that resembles crochet.
Today, I thought I’d share with you, for those of you haven’t seen them … the thrummed mittens I made for my BFF, Holly for her birthday which was Jan19. She lives in Denver and you never know about the weather there. It can be 70 one day, and blizzard the next. That’s what happens when you live in a city with mountains on one side and plains on the other.
I wanted to do something different for Holly, something I had knit yet. She has scarves. Dishcloths. Fetchings. But, I knew the weather had been cold in Denver, so I thought this girl needs a pair of thrums. Then that would be a for sure for the weather to change and warm up so she’d never need to wear them.
Field trip to The Yarn Store in Uxbridge and picked me up some Berroco Vintage in a soft buttery yellow. Now, for thrums you need roving. fiber. unspun yarn. Hmmmm. Did I know where I could get some of this? (laugh track here) Did I know anyone who could hook me up? (laugh track again) Yes, indeedy. You see, more than half of us in our knitting crew are spinners, they all have wheels and spindles and delicious fibery goodness. I have yet to jump on this bandwagon. So, I beg borrowed and stole some fiber goodness from mah friend Steph and started thrumming. I first watched this tutorial and then I started making my thrums. I made a whole bowl full and casted on.
For me they went super quick and I was always so excited to get to the next round. I finished them within a week and sent them to the birthday girl. She loved them. I loved making them for her. Can you feel the love?
outside and the inside
So, now I’m finishing up a bigger project that I’ll have to wait to show you, and RavOlympics is right around the corner!!! Do you have your event picked out?
It’s a new year, hell it’s a new decade! I figured it was time update the old knitpho homestead and liven things up a bit. Maybe I’ll even like it enough to share my world with you via le blog again, instead of relying on status updates and tweets.
I have a lot of photos to share, knitting, stories about those kids of mine, that husband that can’t live without me, my KRAZY friends and of course last but not least – the pots I love stir.
Recent Comments