knitting kitchen

Just because I wasn’t posting, didn’t mean life had stopped.
Back in April, Mark, Alle, and I went to Citifield on opening day. This was not opening day for the Mets; this was the first day they opened Citi Field to the public. March 29, 2009, St. John’s versus Georgetown University. We were gifted tickets to [...]

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My daughter Olivia wondered why I never made felt. I told her I’ve felted things (bags, mittens, the usual). She said she meant felt fabric that you sew without ever having knitted it.
I had some time today so I thought I’d try. Here’s my first attempt.
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I’m afraid it looks like some scary sci-fi thing, but [...]

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There’s been knitting…

Seaweed socks by Wendy Johnson in Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock - Let’s Knit colorway
And there have been some other adventures.

Retro 51 Scriptmaster II in pink!
like fountain pens

and jell-o mold
and

kayaking at a bird sanctuary near Old Saybrook.

There was an afternoon with the Mets’ wives followed by a game at Shea.

It was a beautiful, sunny [...]

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I bought a couple of skeins of cormo from Martha’s Vineyard Fiber Farm. Despite the 4 tons of yarn I have in my stash, I feel very careful of these skeins. The first one became a cowl. The second skein, also worsted weight, was swatched for a hat.  I will still design the hat, but [...]

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We were up at 5:30am yesterday so we could get a jump on helping awordygirl move before the heat of the day hit. Lots of packing, lots of hauling, lots of contractor’s bags.  When we were all done, M and I decided to go swimming in Lake Waramaug. I don’t think I’d noticed until then that [...]

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