Sunday, November 15, 2020

Stress relief Knitting

 

Thankfully the election is over and we can breathe a little easier now. The stress of the pandemic and the battle for the presidency of the United States left me with a lot of nervous energy and the inability to really concentrate on my creative processes. 

So-o-o-o, I've been knitting these wonderfully easy, but still creative, seed-stitch scarves. 

A couple years ago, I started one based on directions found in the 2002 Winter edition of Spin Off magazine. I finally finished it off in early September this year. But I didn't like the tightness of the cast on edge and the cast off edge. So I ripped them both out and tried several other options. I finally settled on a nice, stretchy bind off and wrote up my own directions. I'm trying to figure out a venue to share them now. 

This is a great project for using up those small skeins of handspun yarn and leftover yarn from other knitting projects. I haven't fulled these scarves, but I might give that a try on one of the longest ones. I will have all my scarves listed in my online shop









Getting ready for Christmas Markets!

  I'll be doing two Christmas markets this year. The first one is at Sapsucker Farms in Brook Park, MN Nov. 18-19th. And the second one ...