knitting conundrum
I picked up some clearance yarn a few weeks ago, and I’ve discovered I can’t knit with it. Not because of the yarn, but because I decided to knit this for me. This would be the first time I set…
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knitting
Noah, knit me a blanket
God wanted a baby blanket for an impossibly tiny baby. Remember forever ago, when I felt pushed to knit a beaded scarf and donate it to the Angeltown Food Pantry? It happened again. I haven’t knit anything since Kiddo#4 was…
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crocheting for charity
I’m going to try condensing a bit of history. A while ago, Ivy taught me about coping with grief by crocheting, and she suggested the self-fringing scarf. I was not a crocheter before then, although my grandmother had taught me…
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response to previous post
Amy, a mom whose baby had anencephaly, sent me this story and gave me permission to post it here: I have a VERY wonderful story about my Anna’s cap in the hospital… I love to crochet and a couple years…
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I shouldn’t ever do this again
Product: one hat for anencephalic baby Materials: two size 8 needles, 2 size 8 dpns, about an ounce of pink yarn. Maybe. Cast on 46 stitches, k2 p2 with one k at either end. After about an inch, do two…
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Grandma’s crocheting
A while ago I had two posts about Grandma’s lace. That inspired me to get out the set she made for my christening. I was born in the wintertime, so there’s a heavy-duty blanket. It’s wonderfully made, and I wish…
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Lace, part two
Well, I’ve just gotten off the phone with my mother, and I’ve got some information that changes the first Lace post. Tragically, there is no more of “the real stuff.” It’s just…gone. My mother doesn’t have any. She says my…
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Lace
[There’s an update to this post because now we have more information. Link at the bottom.] My grandmother came home from school at age ten to crochet hats for her family to sell. They needed the money. It was New…
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My knitting stash
Ivy talks about SABLE, “Stash Amassed Beyond Life Expectancy,” where you have ended up with more yarn than you can knit up in the rest of your life. My Patient Husband has been moving things around in the house to…
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The scarf: finished, blocked, delivered
The scarf I talked about on Friday is done. Last night I finished it up and blocked it. This morning I wrapped it up and dropped it off with a bag of other things at the Angeltown Food Pantry. Here’s…
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