• Knitting

    Knitting up some trouble

    So me and my knitting group are meeting at my place today. Hope we don’t scare up too much trouble.

     

     

    Tell me do you have a group that you like to meet with regularly to get into some mischief?

    Happy Friday!

     

    Best,

    Kwana

     

    image from here. Aren’t they so cute?

  • Knitting,  my view

    Knit Wednesday

    Happy Wednesday. Looking to knit myself right over that Wednesday hump. Or maybe it will be needlepoint today. Either way I’m getting crafty.

    Would love these cool needles though. Aren’t they fun?

     

    Best,

    Kwana

    image from here

  • Knitting,  my view

    Knit Wednesday

    I kinda wish with all the Royal Wedding hoopla my little group was knitting here just for this week. I know all the coverage is over the top and I’m getting pretty over it. But I will admit that come Friday I will be watching along with the rest of the world to seewhat Kate is wearing and I’ll probably get a little choked up when the couple take their vows. And I too will wish them well and a happy ending.

    For more on the wedding check out my post up today over at Heroes and Heartbreakers.

    Best,

    Kwana

    Image from here

  • Knitting

    Tick and Tock

    The clock is ticking but look I am knitting, taking a moment to call a halt on all my running and spinning for a little laughing and chatting. A week of family, food, friends and I’m sure more food is ahead I hear a little snow.  Maybe I should knit something for that. Um, not.

     

    Oh and hey, if you have some time stop here tomorrow for a small celebration.

    Best,

    Kwana.

  • Knitting,  life,  my view

    Knitting on the Run

    Tis the season. Today is my knitting group day, but sadly I have to knit on the run as there is so much to do today and I don’t have time to sit with my dear girlfriends as leisurely as I would like.  I’ve been so busy with the twins and writing and the holidays and Jack stealing bread that I seem to only pick up my knitting needles the one time a week that I do meet with my knit buddies. My only other relaxation time is in the tub and I have not figured out how to knit in there. Yet.

    I hope you find a little time to sit still today.

    Best,

    Kwana

    image from here
  • Knitting,  life,  my view,  Uncategorized,  writing

    Lesson In The Frustration?

    What’s wrong with this picture? Why it’s the fact that the knitting is not on the needles as it should be. See I made some sort of mistake in my last lacy row and now my count is off and I have no clue how to fix it and I must start over…again.

     

    So I’m going back to zero and unwinding. I put the knitting down for a full week as I thought of going forward with the mistake but I knew in my heart I couldn’t do it. There would be a flaw in the pattern. The only way forward was to go back and start over.

    So painful as it is this is where I am now. Unwound and snipped off and back to the starting point.

    Of course there is an obvious lesson in this pain that has to do with life and writing that’s hitting me on the head that I’m sure will make a great speech later when I’m feeling more accomplished, but right now I’m just feeling like a person that can’t walk, chew gum and knit.

    Best,

    Kwana

  • jack,  Knitting,  my view

    Unlaced

    What’s Jack up to? Hmm… I know Jack’s been up to something when I come in the front door and he doesn’t come forward to greet me. I’ll call him and there will be no reply. Now it can be one of 2 things. 1)an intruder could have come in when I was out and, well, I don’t even want to go there or 2) Jack’s in trouble and he knows it. Usually I can find him either under my bed or in the basement in his crate or his favorite spot is in the hall closet which is never closed because Jack knows how to open the pocket door with his paws. So when this happens I leave him be and go investigating. My latest find was on the kitchen floor. A ripped apart and empty bagel bag. Don’t ask me how he got to it. I thought it was in the fridge. Oh Jack you are good.

    So I’m getting elbow deep or maybe it’s knuckle deep at this point in my lace project. I can’t tell you my frustration with this thing. Well, really I can but first isn’t this book cover just gorgeous. I’ll have to put it on my TBR list.

     

    Now back to my first time at lace knitting. Grrrr…. First off the counting or miscounting if you are me, every row a different count. And then it was the fact that my needles were way too close in color to my yarn. Eyes crossing.

    So after unlacing so many times I took a trip to the craft store and brought some deeper rosewood needles and started again, and again and again.

     

    Finally I opted for a smaller scarf repeat instead of a shawl and I started again so this is where I am now.

     

    This is going to be a long project. At least I’m plotting while I’m knitting or unlacing if you will.

    How’s the hump day treating you?

    Best,

    Kwana

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    Knit Wednesday

    Look at the pretty new yarn I just got. I’ve been in the mood to try something totally new in the knitting arena for a long while so I’m taking the plunge and finally giving lace knitting a go. GULP. Be very afraid. I’m sure I’ll be tangled up in knots the next time you see me. Well, more tangled. Double GULP.

     

    Best,

    Kwana