Wednesday, May 16, 2012

YARN ALONG


And the day came when
 the risk to remain tight
in a bud was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom.

~ Anais Nim





At the risk of repeating myself
once again and boring you
to tears,  here are my clothes
line baskets. [I'm sorry ].
While I really love the finished
products, I must be honest
and say that I despised
knitting them; they were
a lot of work and just not
enjoyable.  I can not say
if I will ever cast on another
clothesline basket or not, but
I do know it won't be anytime
soon.

And what is up next? Yes, another
repeat, but I am finally at
the border of my cardigan
and then I can move on to
the sleeves so this will be
off the needles very soon.
This knitting is very easy
and now that I know what I
am doing I am really enjoying
myself which is what knitting is
all about right?

I  received a lovely surprise in
the mail last week from a
dear friend, a copy of
Country Weekend Socks.
There are some beautiful
sock patterns in it and I
do know there will be a
pair of socks being cast on
in the near future.

What have you been up to
this week?
I am joining with Ginny
for this week's Yarn Along.

48 comments:

  1. The baskets are beautiful Well done!. And good luck with your socks. And I love the little blue bowl as well. What is it made from?

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  2. Love those baskets (and the bowl). Looking forward to seeing the socks you knit.

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  3. Your clothes line baskets are really worth the effort Tracy...they are lovely.

    Your cardigan is coming along nicely too...love the rich colour. It's nice when you work with a yarn that you enjoy using. Although I'm really pleased with my Donegal cardigan now it's finished, the yarn was quite rough to work with...I even got a blister on my finger! So I can appreciate how you feel now that you are working on something that you enjoy.

    The sock book sounds good, that's something I want to start working on soon.

    Not so much knitting going on at my end at the moment...I'm doing a spot of sorting out, de-cluttering and even a bit of decorating whilst we have the nice long light days.

    Have a fruitful day
    Deb

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  4. Wow, everything is so beautiful. Those baskets came out so well! I can imagine how hard it was on your hands but I think they're well worth the effort. Can't wait to see this cardi.

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  5. those baskets are really beautiful, i can imagine the amount of work that went into them but so pretty!!! can't wait to see the cardi, i'm sure it will be beautiful - the orangey yarn is gorgeous - have a knitty wednesday xxx

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  6. Your baskets turned out so lovely. And with the gourd bowl - fantastic. I love all of it. Some times knitting does take a bit and feel like we only talk of one project, but I love hearing about it all. Enjoy your day, Tracey and give your hands a rest.

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  7. I love the baskets but I can imagine they were hard work! The quote at the start of your post is exquisite! Thank you xx

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  8. I love seeing the baskets! It reminds me that I want to make them :-) I could imagine it would be a lot of work with that thick clothesline though. Hopefully my hands can work it out!

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  9. Well the baskets are great and I am sure your memory will dim and you will once again knit another. Just not soon! Sweaters do take a while and I love hearing about your progress in knitting!

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  10. gorgeous baskets! I have just finished the cable and fancy stitch socks from this very same book (I chose alpaca yarn) - seen on my yarn along photo today :: http://snowflakesonourtongues.com/2012/05/15/finished-and-unravelled/
    I have also knitted the wellington boot socks (like a tabi sock)........which pattern are you going to try first?

    Louisa

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  11. The baskets look gorgeous. Have fun choosing which socks to knit. Now if only we could smell those gardenias through the screen. They are so beautiful. Jacinta

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  12. I love those baskets! What a great idea!

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  13. I can almost smell that gardenia here! Beautiful. I meant to grab some clothesline last week and try---mental block maybe. (I'm only happy knitting with tiny needles.....clothesline on jumbos??? Don't know.) Still may try, because I adore you baskets!!!! (and gourds!)

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  14. Those baskets are pretty cool; even if they were a pain. That gardenia looks lovely; I can almost smell it!

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  15. I love seeing those baskets! You could do many more posts about them before I tire of seeing them :) You've got me thinking I should try my hand at knitting again! Have a wonderful day!

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  16. Tracey, your baskests are lovely and your cardi is looking beautiful.

    What a thoughtful friend to gift you with such a beautiful book.

    Take care
    Linda

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  17. I love your baskets but understand why they would not be an "enjoyable" knit.
    Your cardi color is wonderful, can't wait to see the cardi finish.

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  18. Those baskets look amazing....but really knitting is for fun...and if they are not fun to knit..I wouldn't do it. But...they are amazing...

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  19. What lovely pictures. The baskets are gorgeous but I totally understand them not being an enjoyable knit. I can't wait to see your finished cardigan. I especially love the last picture of your gourd bowl!

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  20. Love the baskets but I can only imagine how tired your hands were while knitting them!! Enjoy knitting your cardigan now ... more human size, right?

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  21. Is that a gardenia? We have a bush in our backyard that was here when we bought the house. It's been overtaken by weeds and vines through the years. Once I even had B cut it all the way to the ground, figuring that possible death was better than being slowly strangled. Well, it's back. And there's even a bloom on the top - which it's never had. (:

    I love your baskets. Seriously, I'm going to have to give them a try. This weekend I'll check my needle stash and see if I have circulars in anything big and then head to the hardware store. (:

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  22. Well all that hard work has paid off - the basket LOOK wonderful. :) Repeats are great in my book - I seem to have lots and lots of repeats when it comes to yarning along recently.

    That flower is gorgeous...I don't know its name. Is it a camellia?

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  23. You do some beautiful knitting! I can only with to be able to knit socks like on the cover of that book. But yes, I enjoy knitting my simple projects. I find it very relaxing and that's what knitting is about for me. Have a lovely day!

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  24. Those baskets came out lovely!!

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  25. I'm sorry they were such an unpleasant knit...the results are amazing! I'm still swooning over the yarn for your cardigan - gorgeous! Can't wait to see what socks you make!

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  26. "At the risk of repeating myself
    once again and boring you
    to tears, here are my clothes
    line baskets. [I'm sorry ]."

    How cute are you? I love those baskets and I think you are so creative and awesome!
    You rock my world.
    XO
    C

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  27. The baskets are wonderful! Your photos show them off so well. I can't wait to see your cardi and the socks you choose. What a great surprise to receive.

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  28. The baskets look really beautiful, despite, or maybe because of all the hard work :)

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  29. Your baskets are marvelous-well done and congrats for working through it! I think that cardigan color is gorgeous and that book looks very interesting. I absolutely love that last photo. I do miss my Magnolias.

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  30. I love the baskets!

    ~Have a lovely day!

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  31. well it looks like they were worth the pain - they're lovely tracey!!!

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  32. Your clothesline baskets are anything but boring. I love them. But I can see they would be hard work...My arms could use some toning up, though...hmmm.
    That first photo is glorious!
    xoR

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  33. Holy fabulousness. Clothes line baskets? How entirely nautically perfect. Love it. Wow. So cool.

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  34. I was so sucked into the gorgeous pictures I almost didn't notice the knitting. Those baskets are really cool, but you make me not want to try them. LOL. I'm working on a project right now that I'm LOATHING, but it's for a gift so I keep chugging along. ;)

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  35. I love your baskets!!! That gourd bowl is awesome too!

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  36. Your photography is beautiful. And so is your knitting. Did you also make the gourd?

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  37. Neat baskets! They do look like they might be a little tricky to knit. I recently took that sock book out from the library. I really like it but I have a bad case of SSS (second sock syndrome) so I don't knit many pairs of socks... only singletons and I don't know many people with only one foot.

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  38. I love your baskets! Great knitting! I wonder, would bulky yarn, held double, do the same thing?

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  39. I would say the baskets were worth it, they are amazing!!!! And your cardi looks like it will be lovely, great colour.

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    1. The baskets look great, it's a shame they were no fun to knit.

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  40. Lovely photos and a shame to read you didn't enjoy the making of the baskets - they look great though! :)

    the cardi is the most beautiful colour x

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  41. I think your baskets are wonderful, Tracey! It has been an interesting journey watching your progress and hearing your report on making them. I hope you do make them again (just not so soon!).

    Woohoo! Socks!

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  42. everything looks so beautiful! and i can almost smell that flower, these have such a wonderful fragrance, don't they?

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  43. Oh, I just love those baskets. You did such a beautiful job, they are perfect!

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  44. Read your comment on Cory's tonight. I do hope your day is going much better. Sending warm thoughts your way.

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  45. Oh, it was a bummer that the baskets were a bear to knit, but the finished product is definitely something to be proud of. Hope all is well with you and yours today. You're in my thoughts!

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  46. Love your pictures, as always. Your baskets are awesome, so even though they were terrible to make, at least your finish product is fabulous!

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  47. I feel like those baskets would hurt my hands! Don't feel bad about not liking them, knitting is supposed to be fun:) (Sorry it took me forever to comment, I was barely home this week, and when I was, I was in the garden).

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