tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223728072024-03-12T16:53:43.746-07:00Knit and TinkSherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-44147101023165179942007-04-10T23:58:00.000-07:002007-04-11T00:12:33.454-07:00Going ... going .... gone!Don't forget to change your bookmarks...the coffee is on!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sherriknits.com"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052063626448725058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/RhyJGe0l5EI/AAAAAAAAACE/BmN4TzsHfTU/s320/imoved.gif" border="0" /></a>Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-45934210728878986692007-04-08T18:22:00.000-07:002007-04-08T18:25:42.434-07:00Moving day...I have moved....please come visit me at my new <a href="http://www.sherriknits.com">home</a>.<br /><br />Hope you had a happy Easter!Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-41815695911794567952007-04-03T23:02:00.000-07:002007-04-03T23:25:23.471-07:00ahhh, it feels so good ....<div><br /><br /><div>I am so glad I am knitting again! My pictures aren't great because my camera went dead today so I charged it and then had to use flash. I know there isn't a lot of progress on the sock, but I got to get away this weekend with my girls for a shopping trip. We had a great time, and I did manage to get a little bit of other knitting done in the motel room. I am really enjoying this sock. I really love the yarn!</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049451625183128258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/RhNBf_2PKsI/AAAAAAAAABs/lMn-X_MbDk8/s320/sockandsteph.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>I also got Stephanie's new book. I was so impressed with the <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2007/03/22/imagine.html">picture</a> on her blog (and a zillion others) that now I want to go to New York and find the same place and take a sock picture. For now, my sock will have to be content to show itself on the book. Hopefully I will not be on the same sock when I finally make it there! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The other day, I was startled quite a bit by this:</div><div> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049453953055402706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/RhNDnf2PKtI/AAAAAAAAAB0/MqL_sBvli6I/s320/sillytylerdart.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><br /><div>I am not exactly sure what went through my mind, but I was quite taken aback until I saw the grin. He loves to startle me in mischevious ways and I have been grateful almost every day of his life for how creative and typical he is. We've always had such great, great support, but those few "professionals" along the way who told us that these kids don't require much attention in the early years have been proven wrong. And hey, if it wasn't for some of the shenanigans, who knows if I'd have started knitting again!</div></div>Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-10313688476146252812007-03-29T00:51:00.000-07:002007-03-29T00:56:37.896-07:00living up to my name!As I expected, the sock hit the frog pond. They were too tight. It wasn't too painful to frog it all.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/RgtwdKVNj0I/AAAAAAAAABc/Lx3p6-krkyc/s1600-h/tinkedsock.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047251453690613570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/RgtwdKVNj0I/AAAAAAAAABc/Lx3p6-krkyc/s320/tinkedsock.jpg" border="0" /></a> Today I had a little opportunity to re-knit on size 2 needles and they are so much nicer. I am using the size 1 to do the sole of the sock. The only thing that makes me sad is that I didn't get to use my new lace addis on the cuff, I guess I will just have to get some of those, too! Here is my little imp holding the sock for me. He was tired but managed half a smile. <br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/Rgtwd6VNj1I/AAAAAAAAABk/z-sVo8gqXnw/s1600-h/Picture+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047251466575515474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/Rgtwd6VNj1I/AAAAAAAAABk/z-sVo8gqXnw/s320/Picture+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-18704246151581370162007-03-26T22:04:00.000-07:002007-03-26T22:47:16.111-07:00decisions<div>When I started knitting again about 4 years ago, I was an uptight knitter. I knit off and on from the time I was 8 years old. If I made a mistake, I either ignored it or ripped everything out. I know I made attempts at fixing errors, but it was not relaxing to me.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Then in the summer of 2003, I discovered sock knitting. My youngest son has Down Syndrome and he had started wandering away from home. His first escapade took him 8 blocks from home and earned a ride home in a police car. He had accidentally let our dog out and decided to round him up himself. In those days, when the dog ran...no one could catch him. He was only gone a few minutes when we discovered it. We all ran different directions but my hubby had the forsight to get in the car. He almost immediately got on his trail. People said they saw him go "that way" and to this day we wonder why in the world no one thought something was wrong with the picture of a little boy, obviously one who didn't look like he should be running down the street alone, barefoot no less...in hot pursuit of a runaway dog! He managed to get downtown and some kind soul along the way knew this didn't seem right and they followed him across one of the two very busy streets he had to cross and managed to get him into a pizza parlor and called the police. We'll never understand how the policeman managed to get both him and the dog into the patrol car...and then hubby flagged him down to alert him that we had an escape artist...only to find out the little stinker was in the car. Well....after that...dear boy thought he was a HERO....he caught the dog AND rode in a police car! Then he started taking the dog out looking for the police!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Needless to say, I was a bit of a wreck. I spent sleepless nights fighting off the "what ifs", but had to realize that time after time, he was only gone a few minutes and every single time, we got right on his trail. We asked everyone we knew to be on the lookout for him and life settled back down. We know that God has shown us over and over that He has His eye on that dear child. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>During this time, I decided to start knitting again...little realizing what therapy that has been. How I went from being so uptight in my knitting to confident and able to fix mistakes is beyond me. I guess I finally bloomed as a knitter.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>One decision I made was that no matter what, I was going to enjoy the journey. If I have to tink and frog until I get it right...I will. I would just look at that as part of the enjoyment of the finished product. I have learned not to put big pressure on myself by thinking I have to finish something by a certain time. I have decided instead to just get it done when it is right. If I have to take it out over and over...so be it. I am learning along the way....and I am enjoying it!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I told our son's therapist once that rather than knit her socks for an occasion such as Christmas or birthday and put myself under huge pressure, instead I would do it just because and the event is to say *I appreciate you*. I don't knit socks for just anyone (especially considering I have 12 feet in my own family to knit for!) so if someone happens to get some, it is a way for me to say I am giving you my best. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The wandering of the boy has pretty much come to an end although we know a big part of that is because every single ear in this house stays pretty tuned in to his presence. He has a little more understanding that this is not cool. I often wonder where I'd be today if I hadn't started knitting again!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Where is all of this coming from? I have spent the last several months struggling along...leaving a trail of unfinished projects behind me. Some of them will eventually be completed. Some served their purpose by keeping my hands and head busy for the moment. Some of the yarn has landed in other people's hands because I couldn't ever see finishing the project I started. Some of it I still love and will either finish that project or start something else. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>However...I am realizing that during this crazy time, knitting has carried me once again. If my hands aren't actually holding the needles, I am thinking about it, planning what to make or how something will work. And learning that is part of the journey also. Wow...is that satisfying? I'd say so. I can't think of anything else in life apart from my relationship with God and my family and friends that has brought me more comfort!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>And with all of this, here is my latest experiment with my Louet Gems Merino...that I am loving. This one may end up in a frog pond and I think I may have a solution figured out for what to do. It looks great on but tight going over the heel. I may knit the cuff in size 2s, then switch the sole needle to a 1. I didn't like the looks of the fabric in 2s on the little baby socks I knit but I think it will be ok with the cables because I need a bit more stretch. (Please forgive the picture, I had to take it with a flash and it's a little fuzzy.)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5046475949694584834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/RgivI40ZCAI/AAAAAAAAABU/kl036_V_pjI/s320/gemsboot.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><p>I also have a Springtime in Paris sock started with this yarn but the pattern repeat is 6 stitches and it's either too small or too big. I may try the same solution with that sock if it works. </p><p>Ok...back to knitting!</p>Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-29422104795241193352007-03-22T10:15:00.000-07:002007-03-22T23:06:27.845-07:00hi ... hi ... hello .... hiI have really managed to make a mess of my blog. I just didn't like the pink and blue so I started playing around and now I wish I'd never have done anything. I can't figure out how to get my original look back and now I get to find all my links again because I lost them all. ahhhh the joys.<br /><br />I wanted to share the very fun little surprise I got from a <a href="http://lauriknits.wordpress.com">friend</a> the other day. Day brightener!<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044799439275362290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/RgK6XI0ZB_I/AAAAAAAAABM/me4890Fa7n8/s320/hoopsyoyocard.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>The card talks when you open it! My little son had a blast with it when he first opened it...he slammed it shut, then very cautiously opened it and closed it. </p><p>These little guys bring lots of smiles!</p>Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-62928688040207741252007-03-20T21:49:00.000-07:002007-03-21T10:25:57.392-07:00when is a mother proud?What can I say? My 18 year-old daughter, who refuses to admit she likes to knit, made this sweater for a very special baby a few months ago.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044236970358278114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/RgC6zI0ZB-I/AAAAAAAAABE/oBVaSnmU2mc/s320/sweaterbec.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />Here's a close-up of the sleeve...the day before the baby shower, she took out the seams of both sleeves and did them again because she wanted it perfect.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044236283163510738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/RgC6LI0ZB9I/AAAAAAAAAA8/hkR7u4ztm-4/s200/sleevebecsweater.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />And here is the picot hem.<br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044236137134622658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/RgC6Co0ZB8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/ISVlAT_20Is/s200/picotbecsweater.jpg" border="0" /> </p><p></p><br />What I loved about this whole project is that she did it all herself. She looked up what she didn't know on her own and every time I saw the progress for the day, I was just astounded at what she'd taught herself. What a way to learn, eh?<br /><br /><br />Today she just finished a sweater she made out of Manos del Uruguay yarn. She knit 3 sweaters before she had something she liked. I am just amazed at her diligence and attention to detail. I'll get a picture of the sweater when she gets the buttons on it!<br /><br /><br />I've been knitting again and enjoying it. I don't have any pictures to show...but will soon. I also have to share a picture of a very fun little surprise I got today! I remembered to bring my camera home, but will take some pictures in the daylight.<br /><br /><div align="center"> </div>Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-67892202348485430482007-03-18T21:43:00.000-07:002007-03-18T21:55:53.837-07:00a new lookEven though I really don't like pink and blue together...I just felt ready for a change since I decided to come back...we'll see how long this lasts!<br /><br /><br /><br />I was going to show you some pictures, but silly me left my camera at work. I can show you this:<br /><br /><p> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043493844892752034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/Rf4W7iuzmKI/AAAAAAAAAAc/tSjd1JRz8T8/s320/Picture+060.jpg" border="0" /><br /></p>Most people don't know who these guys are...but this was practically my favorite Christmas gift this year...Hoops and YoYo! One of my dear daughters bought me these on eBay...and we all had a good laugh! They actually hang out with me at work some days!<br /><br />Obviously, I don't have much to say so I will go find something productive to do. :)Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-47094934792715873822007-03-15T21:36:00.000-07:002007-03-15T21:44:14.063-07:00Yes, I am still aliveLife goes on. :)<br /><br /><br />I have been knitting...<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042377935079839890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3UVGlJyeClk/RfogBCuzmJI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Y3bpzovII0s/s320/gemslittlesock.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />I've done a lot more than this but don't seem to have any pictures to share.<br /><br />Life is good...Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1160502575735761512006-10-10T10:41:00.000-07:002006-10-10T10:49:35.776-07:00Minimal knitting going on these days<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/1600/Picture%20253.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/400/Picture%20253.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I am so ready for life to return to normal. I have accomplished a little bit of knitting, though. I have another sock in progress (well...LOL....in this current phase of knitting anyway, I have lots of them in the forgotten stash) but it is at work...well, actually 2 there at work. I had to start a pair for hubby, he is so patient and gently requested a pair for him in the frenzy of the stress knitting. I'm not moving as quickly these days, just seem to have given it all up for a time. It is comical, though....when I do knit and the conversation even hints of stress, I speed up considerably! The yarn is Hand Jive and I'm teaching myself to do it the magic loop method. So far, very easy...but I haven't hit the heel yet!Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1158907308377592822006-09-21T23:37:00.000-07:002006-09-21T23:41:48.390-07:00I have amazed myself....I finished picking up the gusset early evening and tonight I have a new pair of socks! I need to keep on with the mindless knitting and we'll just see where this leads. :-s<br /><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/400/Picture.jpg" border="0" />Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1158716558735415492006-09-19T18:36:00.000-07:002006-09-19T19:44:08.390-07:00Stress knitting pays off :)I really am not walking around like a ball of stress...and maybe some of that can be attributed to mindless knitting. The time I have been knitting has been minimal, but I am sure making progress when I do knit. I got a bunch more of this yarn in today...the colors are so nice. I needed a mindless project and this has been great. I think I will start another mindless project as soon as I am done with this one. I have to say, the colors and the yarn are quite soothing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/400/Picture%20003.jpg" border="0" /> </p><p>Yes, I am getting a little bit of a ladder...it's cuz I am not used to knitting on dpns any more. It isn't bad though...showed up more in the picture than in person.<br /></p><div align="center"></div>Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1158549952683605892006-09-17T20:06:00.000-07:002006-09-19T18:47:53.353-07:00What do you do.....when life just feels tough?........<br /><br />Knit a sock!<br /><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/400/Picture%20001.jpg" border="0" /><p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/1600/Picture%20001.0.jpg"></a></p><br />My Charlotte is still on the needles and I have really not lost momentum on it, but I just don't have the concentration I need to work on it right now. It popped off the needles and I got the stitches picked up, but I need to figure out where the yarnovers were. So.....it is resting right now. Thankfully, it was at a point that I was pretty excited because the last color is coming in, so I am sure it's going to stay at the front of the to do/want to list.<br /><br />There is a lot going on in my life right now and I couldn't follow any kind of pattern so I started a new sock! Amazing what stress does for you when you're knitting socks! 3 days....a sock. I love it, too! I am using FlyDesign Monarch sock yarn, August colorway. The twist makes the yarn...it's a lot like Koigu and Socks that Rock. I got minimal pooling, which is a major pet peeve of mine. I am never content to let the yarn be what it wants to be (right, Lauri?) The only time it pooled was in the gusset decreases.<br /><br />This sock feels so good on my foot. I have a board meeting to sit through tomorrow and I plan to knit my way through it. :) It will be a relaxed meeting anyway.<br /><br />My method of choice in knitting socks is using 2 Addi Circulars....but this time, I was too lazy to go get my needles so I started them on my Addi DPNs instead. I'm glad I still remember how to do it. It's been funny, though. Several times I've pulled them out of the couch....they are dangerous, I forgot how much! lol<br /><br />Anyway...that's my update. I'll be back when I'm back. haha<br /><br />ps.....I cannot find my camera cable so pictures have to wait. boo hooSherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1156865725659104172006-08-29T08:26:00.000-07:002006-08-29T08:40:19.306-07:00There's going to be a Charlotte!My Charlotte's Web shawl is growing and not causing me any grief at all. If I had it to do over, I would probably not have picked some of the colorways in it, but I still think I'll like it.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/640/Charlotte%20001.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/Charlotte%20001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />When I first purchased the yarn for the shawl, the store I went to had a very limited stock and I was just too eager to get going on it to want to order the yarn. I did not like it at all from the beginning. The yarn was pretty but not exactly what I wanted. The whole project came to a halt shortly after and I just decided to wait until I could find a few more colorways to add to it.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/640/Charlotte%20002.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/Charlotte%20002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />When I went to Stitch n Pitch, I did buy a two more colorways. Then I got the chance to visit <a href="http://www.villageyarnandtea.com">Village Yarn and Tea</a> in Shoreline and I found another. I had to stop myself because I really could have purchased enough yarn to make another shawl completely and my budget just couldn't take it.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/640/Charlotte%20003.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/Charlotte%20003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />While on vacation, I just decided to put the colors together and go for it. I'm now halfway through the 4th colorway. I know if I stop now, I'll forget the pattern that is just flowing so easily. I'm excited because I just LOVE the last color coming up. I'm hoping it pulls the rest of it together but I'm not really unhappy with the way it all looks.<br /><br />When I get this one done, I'm going to have to go back to the "have to" knitting. Hmmmm, I wonder how long I can make this last!Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1156033765965867032006-08-19T17:06:00.000-07:002006-08-20T22:08:36.206-07:00Vacation knitting and a weddingI have no idea where my post about my vacation knitting went...and it was long.<br /><br />On vacation, I didn't do any of the "have to" knitting I brought with me...instead, I pulled out my Charlotte's Web shawl and started over. I didn't frog the first attempt, I just pulled the yarn out of the bag...ha ha. I was never happy with the colors of the first one and have been collecting a few new colors to add to it. This time around, it is just knitting up so easily. I've been putting in a lifeline faithfully after almost every pattern repeat and happily pulling them out after I get several past it. The way the colors have been coming out amazes me. Sometimes they pool even when I am using alternating colors through part of it. It's kind of cool how you move through the colors. One gets to shine in all it's glory, then you start mixing in the next color, so one fades out, one starts to bloom. Then it gets to shine in all it's glory until the next one gets a turn. I love watching it happen!<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/640/vacation%20052.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/vacation%20052.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We came home a bit early from vacation so we could go to a wedding. The wedding was great, just like I expected it would be knowing the bride! </p><p><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/vacation%20036.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /></p><p></p><p> <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a>Since I'm not sure she wants her picture linked to her blog, I am just going to leave it at this, but is sure was fun and I thought she looked so beautiful in the sweater her mom crocheted her! </p><p></p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/vacation%20037.jpg" border="0" /></p>Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1156032285433434772006-08-19T16:53:00.000-07:002006-08-19T18:16:40.023-07:00Vacation pt 2This is at the foot of our campsite...we had the only site that had privacy. Once in awhile, little kids would be in front of our site throwing rocks into the river, but never for long and it didn't really feel like intrusion anyway.<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/640/vacation%20018.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/vacation%20018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is looking up towards the front of our site. The kids are playing frisbee alongside the RV. See the little corner bench there under the trees? I never sat there, but it was a cute spot.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/640/vacation%20020.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/vacation%20020.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is standing near the end of the RV looking out towards the river. We had a lot of room!<br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/vacation%20017.jpg" border="0" /><br />One little picture of downtown Leavenworth. If you are ever in Washington state and get a chance to visit, do. It is so quaint. Our family always enjoys it. I just don't like how hot it gets, but love the little shops there. This is where we were on Sept. 11, that fateful day. It was our first time there and it was so strange to be where this happy music was playing on the streets and in some of the shops, the people are in costume. We love going there, though...have been many times since 2001.<br /><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/vacation%20002.jpg" border="0" /><br />Back to work next week, though. :( <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a>Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1156004740615925592006-08-19T09:25:00.000-07:002006-08-19T09:28:06.363-07:00Home from vacationWe got in last night....and our wireless connection is all messed up so the only way I can get online is through our desktop, which dear little son has totally messed up. As soon as I can, I will post a picture of my vacation knitting!Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1155276220563282022006-08-10T22:35:00.000-07:002006-08-10T23:07:50.596-07:00Ohhhhh my gosh......I am working on Cat Bordhi's new toe-up sock in the current issue of Vogue Knitting. When I looked at the picture, I thought she had matched up the yarn so I spent about an hour Tuesday getting it matched up and wound it all together into one. I was well into the foot of the sock and honestly was hating it more and more the farther I got. I kept looking at the picture thinking something was different. Well, I finally looked closer and I notice...her yarn is not matched at all. Hers has kind of a mottled look and mine is just cheap looking. Way too much pink and blue. Soooooo....Bunni and I decide we can rewind it. We started on it yesterday and ran out of time so we decided today we would take a different approach. We would pull the yarn all the way down the hallway at the shop and separate the two strands, and rewind it. Doesn't that sound like it would work? Well.....you would not even believe the mess we ended up with. That yarn was twisting and plying on itself like crazy. Customers were coming in to my family's business which is in the front part of the building my little shop is in. We just invited them to step over the mess. After an hour of this craziness ... and the yarn was so twisted, I realized that there is no way this is going to work. So, I don't know what will become of the sad yarn, but I know it's not going to become any socks that *I* knit! Sorry to say I never thought of taking a picture of it all.Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1155008646753847702006-08-07T20:20:00.000-07:002006-08-07T22:24:49.790-07:00My camera has a dead batteryI finished knitting my Marit bag by KnitWhits (the stripes in the previous post) and took it and all the bobbles outside to take their picture and my camera is dead! I just have the triangle band to make around the top and I'm ready to sew it together and felt it. The instructions say to felt it first, then make all the pieces work together...when they felt at different rates. I don't want to mess with that so I'm going to sew most of it together first. I'll do the mattress stitch around the bottom after felting and sew on all the bobbles after also. I'm loving the bag and it knit up so fast! I'm showing you the picture from the knitwhit website until I can get my own on here.<br /><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/marit_234.2.jpg" border="0" /><br />I've also been practicing the new toe-up cast on I learned in the class with Cat Bordhi. I really like it. I haven't been so successful at the toe-up socks I've made previously, can't get the fit right, but I'm going to keep trying. If you ever get a chance to take a class from Cat....DO! She is so incredibly encouraging and you learn so much. I will take one every time I get a chance whether I have already had the class or not! She has a new method and it works great. I want to make an adult size sock, though, to see how the new techniques work. We can't share what we learned until her new book comes out next Spring, but it gives me lots of time to practice and perfect it. She has a great pattern in this month's Vogue Knitting.<br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/socks6sm.0.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />I just bought my issue today. I'm going to go look at it now and figure out whether to do her new sock pattern or Nancy's Bush's. It's a great issue!Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1154405598258850902006-07-31T20:55:00.000-07:002006-07-31T21:15:16.360-07:00Sneak previewToday I am just wiped out from the crazy weekend. I had a dentist appointment at 10 an hour away. When I got home, I had to do my quarterly taxes then finish my bookkeeping for my real job. When I finally got home, I was just *done*.<br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/maritpurse.jpg" border="0" />Hopefully I will have more tomorrow to show you what it really is.<br /><br />And here is the crazy picture of our cart when we left the trade show! I know some people took home a lot more than we did, but we sure got a kick out of getting this all out of the hotel!<br /><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/wedding%2C%20etc%20048.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />I'll have more to say later when my brain is not fried.Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1154324687289678712006-07-30T22:40:00.000-07:002006-07-30T22:44:47.300-07:00'twas a knitting weekend for sure!I got to go to a trade show for my little yarn shop. One of the highlights was taking a class with the wonderfully encouraging Cat Bordhi! She's just awesome and we learned so much in a class called Sockitechture. We can't teach any of the things until her book comes out next March-June sometime. However, the stuff was just great and I can't wait to get ahold of the book. I'll just practice in the meantime. I learned a GREAT new toe-up cast on which was featured on knitty.com last issue.<br /><br />When I have time, I will post a picture of our cart when we left the show. Even though I couldn't spend a lot, I ended up bringing some things home. I've already started a pair of socks and a purse from the stuff I bought. The purse is sample knitting and the socks just because I wanted to try the new cast on before I forgot!<br /><br />More later, soooooo tired tonight!Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1153930576707359642006-07-26T08:36:00.000-07:002006-07-26T13:26:21.630-07:00Mariner's Stitch n Pitch.....We survived! Our seats were the next to last row in the highest level! As I said, I am terrified of heights, but will wonders never cease? It was a GREAT place to sit. We could actually *see* the game and we had some great knitters sitting around us! This was taken about an hour before game time. When Bunni went to find our seats and kept going up and up and up and up, I started to wonder if I would just spend my time hanging out in the shop area....haha<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 365px; HEIGHT: 259px" height="554" src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/beingknittogether/viewfromseat.jpg" width="795" /></p><br /><br /><br />It was soooooo much fun. There were a lot of stores set up there so we got a chance to add to the yarn stash!<br />The first pitch was thrown by a knitter and instead of a baseball, she threw a ball of yarn. :)<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 330px; HEIGHT: 241px" height="638" src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/beingknittogether/stnptch.jpg" width="905" /></p><p align="center"></p><p align="left">I decided to be kind in showing our presence at the game.</p><p align="left">Here's Bunni:</p><p align="left"></p><p align="left"></p><p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 339px; HEIGHT: 249px" height="587" src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/beingknittogether/bunnigame2.jpg" width="753" /></p><p align="left">And Lauri:</p><p align="left"></p><br /><p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 340px; HEIGHT: 237px" height="498" src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/beingknittogether/laurigame.jpg" width="604" /></p>And me:<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 356px; HEIGHT: 257px" height="567" src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/beingknittogether/sherrigame.jpg" width="744" /></p><br /><br />This is what happens when you are screaming for the Mariner's and not paying attention to what you are doing:<br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 368px; HEIGHT: 338px" height="532" src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/beingknittogether/oopsgame.jpg" width="696" /></p><br /><br />I knit off the second needle and it fell free into my lap and the sock was on one crazy twisted single needle.<br /><br />Of course, I had to get a picture of my sock in progress with Ichiro! This just happened to be his first hit of the night!<br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 438px; HEIGHT: 334px" height="425" src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/beingknittogether/ichirofirsthit.jpg" width="608" /></p><br /><br />and a picture of him doing his famous pre-batting routine:<br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 371px; HEIGHT: 223px" height="575" src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/beingknittogether/ichirogame.jpg" width="810" /></p><br /><br />We also got a close-up view of the Mariner Moose:<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 398px; HEIGHT: 315px" height="455" src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/beingknittogether/moose.jpg" width="610" /></p><p align="center"></p><p align="left">Next year we are definitely going to try to get together a big group of people to go with us!</p>Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1153854931287854052006-07-25T10:26:00.000-07:002006-07-25T12:17:48.823-07:00Still alive and knittin'<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/1600/projectsjuly%20003.0.jpg"></a><br /><br />I haven't posted in forever. However, I am still knitting. Lazy is the word.<br /><br />A few weeks ago I started a new shawl using a new pattern by Fibertrends called Ruffles and Ridges. I'm using JJ's Montage, a hand-painted chunky yarn. The killer? I had to cast on 807 stitches! By the 6th row, you have 273 stitches. Sometimes it helps to read the pattern. I struggled through one long row, knitting in the back of every stitch and needed to find the center of the shawl. When I was well past the center and there were supposed to be 30 more stitches, I had about 100! I had read the pattern as "k3, k2 tog" and it was actually "k 3, *k2 tog across row from *" Oh welllllllllll............<br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/projectsjuly%20004.jpg" border="0" /><br />It has been fun to knit and I do like the ruffled edge now that I am getting a little bit away from it. When it was all so tight on my 47" needle, it looked like a clown ruffle to me but not so much any more.<br /><br />The other project I am working on is a pair of Friday Harbor socks from Knitting on the Road by Nancy Bush. I'm using Bearfoot yarn for these. They are pretty easy to do and I'm enjoying them a lot. I even knit on them when we got away this weekend....in the Jeep with the top down! I had to contend with the tail flying all over and getting knit in here and there...ha ha. Pretty tricky trying to keep the pattern from blowing away and keeping that tail out of the work, but I did make pretty good progress! <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/projectsjuly%20003.0.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />Today I'm headed to the Mariner's Stitch n Pitch! I was trying to get the Friday Harbor socks to the point of mindless knitting, but they aren't so hard that it really matters. I'm really looking forward to the game although I am TERRIFIED of heights and we are in the highest level! Everyone tells me that getting around all those knitters will counteract the height thing. We'll see...if I make it through it, I will post about it soon!Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1152426538664105462006-07-08T23:17:00.000-07:002006-07-09T08:22:06.436-07:00Blah knitting days<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/1600/itsmemom.jpg"></a><br /><br />I have been knitting, I have nothing exciting to show. I am making a simple shawl out of handpaint yarn that starts with a cast on of 807 stitches. By the sixth row, you are down to 273 stitches. On the second decrease row, I read the pattern wrong... it said k3, *k2 tog* to last 3 st. So what did I do? k3, k2 tog across the entire row. Then I struggled through knitting through the back loops in the next row...only to discover that on the decrease row I should have k2 tog across the entire row. :( I frogged back to the decrease row and am halfway across the k2 tog row. I was so surprised when I was marking the halfway point and when there should have been 30 stitches left, there were about 100. oh wellllllllllllllllllllllllll. I'm not discouraged, I'm only working on it at work anyway. I didn't take any pictures because how many frogged pictures does a blog need? haha<br />Other than that, I have just been working on socks here and there. They are all projects I will finish for sure but I can't seem to stay with one pair. One of these days I will have LOTS of new socks!<br />Lauri gave my little guy a pirate hat today and I took his picture, dirty face and all. He didn't take the hat off until bedtime. I haven't been real thrilled about sharing pictures, but I thought he was pretty cute. This is exactly what he was saying.<br /><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="167" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/arrarrrboy.0.jpg" width="228" border="0" /><br /><p>Later:</p><p>Well, the adven<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/1600/pirateboy.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 242px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 198px" height="181" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/pirateboy.jpg" width="278" border="0" /></a>ture goes on...first thing this morning, this is what jumps in front of me:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>I just can never get him without his eyes closed. Lol....he's much cuter than he shows sometimes.</p><p></p><p>Well, he must have been worried because the next thing he does is this:</p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/1600/itsmemom.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 274px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px" height="175" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/itsmemom.jpg" width="274" border="0" /></a></p>Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22372807.post-1151988531703097962006-07-03T21:40:00.000-07:002006-07-03T21:48:51.720-07:00Sock CandyI've been playing with the Sock Candy yarn. I'm not sure how I feel about cotton socks, but I played with ideas in the car today. The yarn is really pretty...just not sure how I want to knit them.<br /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1643/2275/320/sockcandybasket.jpg" border="0" />I need to remember to take pictures in the daylight...but I stuck my started sock in this cute basket I got from a friend of mine. I should make the hot chocolate in the cute cup I got and put my feet up and relax. (like I've done anything else since we got home!) haha</p><p>Wow, I was tired when we got home...glad we get another day off! I need a rest after our time away...but what fun it was! </p>Sherrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06549298869416302089noreply@blogger.com4