November 13, 2006
Blah! Blah! Babble Ramble!
Um ....
uh ...
hi. What's up?
You know that dish cloth I'm making? It's working much better now that I'm following the pattern correctly. But I'm not sure I have enough yarn.
In the time I've been struggling to make it, my daughter Iliacat has also been learning to knit, and has made 3 dishcloths and a hat. The hat she made on the knifty knitter. It's a pretty nice hat, I must admit. I'm a little shamed by her knitting industriousness, but then again she has more time to knit than yours truly. I do have a blog to maintain, you know. And you can see how much thoughtful time I put into it.
Yeah.
So here's a picture of our knitting. One of her cloths she already gave away to her friend. Who, by some bizarre twist of plot, is also learning to knit and doing the VERY SAME PATTERN she and I have been working on, but came to it from some other source, as far as I know.
I'm still trying to decide if I'm past the half-way to out of yarn point. What do you think, looking at the pic? Will I run out before I'm done? Should I "turn back" and start decreasing early, to make sure I don't run out?
Here's a close up of my dish cloth looking so much nicer. Did I tell you I haven't used any of the previously attempted ones yet? I'm afraid to. LOL.
I just tucked the kids in bed, and discovered that Iliacat has another hat in progress and took up a pattern for another dishcloth! Oh well. I'll catch up someday.
Maybe.
Posted by Kim at November 13, 2006 8:39 PMWow! Iliacat's doing great!! :)
I think your dishcloth is looking really nice. Just keep it up!! :)
Posted by: Christina at November 13, 2006 9:23 PMif you haven't used the other ones yet, frog 'em and use the yarn to finish the one that's going well.
kudos to your daughter!
Posted by: Tess at November 13, 2006 10:26 PMYay knitting! Doesn't look half-way yet to me (which is 44 stitches). I have one of those on needles right now, I was working on it this morning. Personally if I ran out of yarn before I finished I would run to the store for another ball. But I love to buy yarn. Ask my kids. Or my husband.
Posted by: marcia at November 13, 2006 11:04 PMWow. You're really doing a great job! And Iliacat - fantastic! I hear that the younger they learn these things the more "natural" it comes to them. Explains why I can't use knitting needles for anything other than backscratchers.
Posted by: Peggy at November 14, 2006 12:18 AMwoo hoo! good job to both of you. I still in my life have only knit a hamster scarf.
Posted by: kelly at November 14, 2006 7:27 AMYou both are doing a great job. I asked Jim if I could learn to knit. Maybe after the holidays. Why do I always want toadd something big in the middle of 10 different projects?
Posted by: Robbin at November 14, 2006 9:12 AMWell, I say "Go for it!" Looks like you might be able to finish it up with what you have. And if not, then do what Tess said and frog one you are not happy with, or like Marcia, use it as an excuse to get more yarn!
Posted by: BusyHSmom at November 14, 2006 10:46 AMnot their real names. you know that cat on milo and otis. he so reminded me of him and his poor mother who was determined not to yell until she had milo.
hey, you're doing pretty good on the knitting. my husband noticed some gray hairs on his head and he took a look at me and said, why aren't you going gray, you're older than i am, and i said, color my dear. so who knows, i may have gray lurking up there somewhere but it gets wiped out about once every 2 months.
Posted by: melissa at November 14, 2006 7:58 PMOh I'm glad I saw the photos. What fun. What a lot Iliacat (and you, heh) have done. Isn't it funny that you and I, independent of each other, both started learning knitting at the same time?
I think it's such a coinkadink.
The stuff is all reeeeally pretty. I would even like to see the hat on a model. I'm undecided about making a hat.
Posted by: Liliana at November 15, 2006 9:01 PM
