More socks

I just can’t get away from the socks!  Mom saw the one I’m doing for me… and asked for some, so I put mine aside to knit hers while she is visiting.  She is diabetic and a dialysis patient so I want to make sure they fit her well.

I’m using the Ridged Feather pattern from Sensational . . . → Read More: More socks Read more »

A little lace

This is what I’m up to now… These are the Lacy Mock Cable socks.  I started these back in the summer of 2007.   The yarn (Fleece Artist Merino) was given to me by a knitting friend and she was going to China to pick up her adorable adopted baby girl… So, I thought I’d knit some . . . → Read More: A little lace Read more »

Does this count as lace?

I made a Farmer’s Market Bag…. does this count as (simple) lace?? (Us beginning lace knitters need all the practice we can get!)

I plan on making several more of these, they hold a TON!  I gave this one to my SIL, she . . . → Read More: Does this count as lace? Read more »

Catching up

Man, I haven’t posted since the beginning… It’s been the season of the kids out of school for me! LOL   Who knew that summer would be so busy?

But… I did finish my first ever lace project AND I’m entering it in the State Fair (and this is Texas, so that is HUGE!)  It doesn’t count for . . . → Read More: Catching up Read more »

Showing Off

Okay, I’m a slow knitter and I have kids at home for the summer so I have no delusions of winning most yards knit or anything like that… but I do like to show off what I have done….

Here is the Tropicana lace scarf i started on my retreat last weekend with the Knitting Fairy.

Notice the . . . → Read More: Showing Off Read more »

Ye-Ha! We’re off!

I was away this weekend at a knitting retreat… a LACE knitting retreat!  Yea!

I can finally knit from charts and I’m so excited!  I have to (still…) finish those last 2 repeats of my Bluejeans lace Leaf shawl and then I’ll get back to my retreat project, a Lace scarf… and the best thing is that . . . → Read More: Ye-Ha! We’re off! Read more »

Whew! I made it!

Hi everyone!  I’m Rondaben on Ravelry…. I’m a new lace knitter… about to finish my first big project (it’s my second lace project, the first having been a lace dishcloth) It’s the Blue Jeans Lace Leaf Shawl and I only have 2.75 repeats to go!  I’ve been working on it for almost 2 months now and . . . → Read More: Whew! I made it! Read more »