cast on, cast off
aha! the knitting bug is back. with a little help from megan, i figured out how to knit continental (although i am still sucky at purling continental). this then led me to a whole new area of knitting. 2 color knitting. yeah! i can hold a strand on each side and it goes so easily! there was no way i was going to let my lack of 2 color knitting knowledge hold me back from making this
it is the candy cane hat from handknit holidays. funny that it was called candy cane in the book but no pictures of it in red and white. i love it! and it is for me! yeah! notice i am hiding behind a box that is another do it yourself furniture assembly project. ugh.
it is a good thing i joined the handknit holiday knitalong (see button at right). i cast on for a third project today (another 2 color one, can you guess?). i think this one will be a gift, we'll see.
quick update on the 12 days of christmas, it will happen, but i am going to knock it down to be a bit more manageable and do 6 days. i'll keep you posted, it won't start until next week.
now, i have been meaning to post about this for a few days. if you are a cat owner you will appreciate it. i was surfing knit blogs again and always stop by purly whites beautiful blog (check out that sweater, lovely!). she linked a couple weeks ago to this. now, truthfully, i don't have cats (yet). all the cute kitty pictures are my parent's cats. but they are like family to me so i ordered them up some DVD entertainment. i got both the bug and the bird DVDs. and thankfully, the money was well spent. here is abby ann watching her bugs. she seems to think that when they crawl off the screen they go behind the tv!
now she goes into the den and just sits under the tv and looks up to let you know she wants to watch her DVDs!
ok, off to get some dinner and KNIT! yeah 2 color knitting! a whole new world has opened up for me!
it is the candy cane hat from handknit holidays. funny that it was called candy cane in the book but no pictures of it in red and white. i love it! and it is for me! yeah! notice i am hiding behind a box that is another do it yourself furniture assembly project. ugh.
it is a good thing i joined the handknit holiday knitalong (see button at right). i cast on for a third project today (another 2 color one, can you guess?). i think this one will be a gift, we'll see.
quick update on the 12 days of christmas, it will happen, but i am going to knock it down to be a bit more manageable and do 6 days. i'll keep you posted, it won't start until next week.
now, i have been meaning to post about this for a few days. if you are a cat owner you will appreciate it. i was surfing knit blogs again and always stop by purly whites beautiful blog (check out that sweater, lovely!). she linked a couple weeks ago to this. now, truthfully, i don't have cats (yet). all the cute kitty pictures are my parent's cats. but they are like family to me so i ordered them up some DVD entertainment. i got both the bug and the bird DVDs. and thankfully, the money was well spent. here is abby ann watching her bugs. she seems to think that when they crawl off the screen they go behind the tv!
now she goes into the den and just sits under the tv and looks up to let you know she wants to watch her DVDs!
ok, off to get some dinner and KNIT! yeah 2 color knitting! a whole new world has opened up for me!
13 Comments:
that is very funny. i may have to get those for my cats.
and the hat is adorable -- glad to see you're knitting again.
Hi Amy! Love th hat! That is so cute ;) I am in the knitalong too.
Thanks so much for your tips on the pompoms the other day - I am going to follow your advice and try some more tonight!
Way to go on your 2 color knitting, quite a feat!! It looks yummy! Hmmmm....I have a good little kitty here, maybe Santa will bring him a dvd...
Love your hat! I thought it was a really fun knit. How did your decreasing top turn out? I'm going to check out those DVDs. My cats would probably love them. ;-)
I love the candy cane hat! Really must learn the two color knitting thing.
Aren't kitties the cutest? My cats go crazy when they see something like that on TV.
Those kitties are really cute! I love the candy cane hat too. Way to go. I really need to master that too. Although knitting continental wasn't too bad, but purling?! Ecch, I thought I would get carpal tunnel from doing that, very uncomfortable.
Very cute hat!
I'm so glad the kitties like the DVDs! My kitties always look behind the tv too! Isn't it comical?
Wow, that is a great hat! I'm going to have to get my hands on that book. And I find it hard to believe that my crappy Continental lesson actually worked, but I'll take the credit anyway. :) And let me know if you need an extra hex wrench for putting together all that furniture - I have about 4,692 of them left over from IKEA projects.
You look so festive in your hat! Isn't two color knitting a blast?
On the Houston news last night, they did a story on those videos. The owner of the Houston Rockets is the person producing them. Now your whole household can be addicted to the boob tube!
Amy
Hi! Cute hat.
I hear ya on having to assemble furniture. I'm getting ready to move myself and I dread buying things that I have to put together. Hey welcome back knitting bug... more like knitting fashionista :-)
Happy Knitting!!!
i love the candy cane hat! ever so cute.
That is too funny! My cat watches animal planet with me! It looks like you're parents cats love the videos!
Congratulations on learning two color knitting! The hat looks great!
Love the hat its so cute! Continental...like whoa. That seems hard. Your parents have the cutest cat! That DVD is so halarious!
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