Friday, February 25, 2005

One step forward…

Friday again - seems to do that every week :) We got snow again overnight - not too much though and currently the sun is shining brightly and the roofs are dripping heavily.

Oh yeah - that chickadee that I was babbling about on Monday?  It’s not a chickadee; it’s a nuthatch so the hole in the branch makes a bit more sense.  I’m hoping there’s a little family in there - can you imagine baby nuthatches learning to fly?  Heheh - cute beyond words!

I’m not sure this will evolve into a moebius; it might just be a short, shoulder scarf, held in front by a pin or something. But it’s coming along reasonably well and so I’ll continue with it and see what happens.  I like the pointed end and I’m kind of liking the idea of fringe, though I don’t know that the chenille would fringe awfully well.  But it isn’t time to worry about that yet :)





What a way to go, eh?

I worked some more on the shawlette too but the progress is less obvious.  The rayon yarn is so slick that I have to grasp it very firmly to work with it and my fingers cramp after a while.  Still, I think it’s going to be worth the bother.

I made an attempt at adapting the Gift mitten pattern to working in the round and I got all the way to the part where you start decreasing for the top when I realized I had made a fatal error in determining the number of stitches for the thumb.  I was quite annoyed with myself and ripped the whole thing out to try again this weekend.  At least I know where I made my mistake and I shouldn’t have any problems next time.  It’s a really good thing those folks in Mongolia aren’t depending solely on slow, pokey me for warm heads, fingers and toes :)

Hope you all have wonderful weekends!  Go out and play :)

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1. the first picture is really a study of textures-

   you *will* conquer the mitten- isn’t it annoying when something small like a sock or a mitten tries to get the best of you?

   we don’t see nuthatches down this far south so i hope you will photo-document the bird nursery activity for us-

   stay happy-

   Posted by  on  02/25  at  12:41 PM
   Location : still in the same place



2. Congratulations on your nuthatch. 

   I love your flower pattern and your colour choice is gorgeous.  You really do have lovely taste :)

   Posted by Pamela  on  02/25  at  02:12 PM
   Location : UK



3. Barb - The mitten will not get the better of me :) What I lack in patience, Imake up for in stubborn!

   Posted by Robbyn  on  02/25  at  07:16 PM
   Location : East of the sun & west of the moon



4. Pam - Thank you :) Given your lovely taste in fabrics and patterns, that’s high praise indeed!

   Posted by Robbyn  on  02/25  at  07:17 PM
   Location : East of the sun & west of the moon



5. In my opinion, doing it and ripping it out is the only way to learn!  So keep learning, haha! Oh, to answer your question in my comments, Interlocking Balloons is another pattern out of Scarf Style.  Sorry for the confusion.

   Posted by Laura  on  02/26  at  06:29 PM
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6. Laura - Then I should be learning a ton - LOL!

   No apologies necessary!  I just hadn’t heard of the pattern and was curious :)

   Posted by Robbyn  on  02/26  at  06:51 PM
   Location : East of the sun & west of the moon

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