YARN ALONG.

Each day I knit
and I breathe,
and I wrap it all
together into 
this life.

For many years I wanted to
learn to knit

so I could knit socks

and seven  years ago
this month, with the
help of Youtube,
I taught myself
this amazing craft,

 and I've been knitting
every day since.

.I usually like
to have only
two wip's going
at once, but I seem
to have thrown that
rule out the window
and now...

have three pairs
of socks in progress.

 Using yarn imported
from Germany,

 soft and colorful
 yarn spun by
a dear friend,

 and self striping
 yarn mass produced
for a box company.,

 worked on
 Knitter's Pride
Karbonz dpn's,

 Brittany birch dpn's

and Hiya Hiya 9-in

circular needles

slowly I make socks.

I am thankful in more
ways than one for having
this fiber love in my life.

On my night stand is a beautifully

written book...

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos .

 Joining Ginny

LOVE KNITTING:: YARN ALONG

Knitting may not on the surface
seem relevant to engines that run
the world, but at its essence, it is
actual quite vital.  For knitting,
which can express so many emotions,
most often expresses love. And when
all else is lost, love is what most
often stays with us.

~ Melanie  Falick

It has been a very cold and wet
day here in the deep south so I
have been staying inside by the
woodstove, drinking hot chai
and knitting.

I ordered a 9 inch circular needle
to knit my sock with and it
is working out just like I wanted.
I will switch back to dpn's when I
work the heel and gusset since that
is what I know how to do, but then
it will be back to this little circular
needle because I like it.

One problem I was having while
working the cable of the pattern
is the length of my cable needle,
it was just too long and kept
getting in my way. My solution?
I went out and found a pecan stick,
whittled it down, sand papered it
smooth, added a little stain and
polyurethane and made just what
I needed. It's working great.

I forgot to take a photo of my
reading, oops, but I am reading
How to Catch Frogs and am
finding it a very easy and relaxing
book.

Joining with Ginny