My tutor - you tube

I cheated in m last cowl and knit the two sides together instead of learning to graft.  I found the you tube instructional video on grafting.  It was actually pretty wonderful.  I do enjoy watching those videos and I often wonder, who the heck thought of that?? how did they figure that out??  The Kirtchner stitch is complex until you figure it out...  It is so cool and I love having all of the lessons I need.. right at my fingertips.  I made my second cowl a little shorter.   It will be a little tighter to the neck.  awesome...

Two new things

So today - I am sampling, now no one faint - please.  But I have this lovely smoke ring pattern that has glass beading on it - awesome.. so it gave me pause to choose some colors for the beads.  It will be beautiful.. making it for Lauren.. she will be the one to do it justice when finished.

Now on the the next project.  For my dear UK sister by another mister Suzanne Wild.  A pair of socks.  I have heard all kinds of great things about Malabrigo yarn.  It is a small south american yarn company that does all of its dying in small batches.  This yarn got such rave reviews that I could not  NOT try it.  I asked Suz what color she wanted in her socks and she said Terra Cotta - brick or lettuce.. and well - this is what I picked... I know..I know... nothing like what she said.  But to me it looks like spring flowers peeping out of the ground, and I have to look at it while I am making it-- so I guess I choose...:-) I wanted her to have a choice...

 but when it came down to it.. knitting is so personal for me that I wanted to choose something for her that would be what I thought of her.. and her little tootsies.. she is like a spring flower - full a vibrant color and creativity...it will remind me of her as I knit.

And that brings me back to my first love and my first project above - my daughter is a freakin moviestar.  She has this 40s and 50s appeal that is amazing - the piece I am working for her will marry her movie star persona with her earthiness... and fairy like qualities... isnt she something. Wow sometimes I cannot believe I gave birth to that.