Zauberball

Webs talked me into trying a sock yarn that is very pretty with a particularly good sale.







I am knitting it on size 4 bamboo circular knitting needles.  And I am using the pattern Reyna that I downloaded for free on Ravelry.  So far it has been  a very fun pattern.




The color seems to be #1564   Frische Fische

Blanket for Mia

When I finished the mermaid tail for Kya, I celebrated the fact that Mia said she didn't want a mermaid tail.  It was a good project, but I was very excited to not make another.  So I made Mia a blankie.....and already the blankie has ended up in shreds.  So I have promised Mia another blanket hand knit by Nana.  I am knitting it on size 10 Needles and am using yarn that I bought on sale at AC Moore.

But it is honestly turning out very pretty.  I am pleased.  However, I don't love big needles and I find that I can only knit on it for a short time every day and then I switch to something on smaller needles that is more pleasant knitting.

So below is the blanket that I made for Mia last time that matched the mermaid tail.  I don't know it it was much loved or poorly knitted....but for sure it needed to be replaced.

And here is the new blanket that I finished on Mother's day for Mia

I also brought the girls the blanket that I made for their mom many years ago.  The blanket below was knitted to match a bedspread that was on Katie's bed.  I can't remember for sure if I knitted it for her for her room at #5 Partridge court.  But I suspect that the bedspread was new in our house that I live in now.  So I made the blanket c. 1991 if that is the case.  So here is the photo of Katie's blanket:

knitting group

Our knitting group was unusually small today....too many of us were struggling with injuries and health problems and health problems of spouses and out of town.  But it was a good day.  Betsy was making socks out of Berroco sock yarn that are particularly lovely.  She bought the yarn on sale, and I am about 99% sure that I bought the same yarn when it was on sale.  So her project was of great interest to me.  The yarn is self striping and has a bit of a fair isle look to it as the socks are made up.

The yarn is Berroco Sox.  Somehow my photo of the front of the label did not turn out.  But this is the right color.

Arm holes and sweater types

Lisa from the blogs at Interweave sent out a particularly interesting blog review this morning.  Unfortunately, I have a list a mile long of things that I want to get done before I go to bed tonight and don't have time to really read the one on types of arm holes in relation to types of bodies.  So I want to copy the URL here to read later:

https://www.interweave.com/article/knitting/lisas-list-6-types-of-sweater-armholes/