knitwise

Hooked!...

My granny squares blanket is still growing...  Initially, my idea was to use as much of the stash as I could in the true spirit of a Granny blanket making. I have run out of the grey wool now, so I am on to the border. The work is slowing down as the rows are getting longer and longer and I had to buy more wool because now using odd balls of yarn is not possible.  I love making this blanket!... I started with an idea but as the wool runs out, I have to improvise so, in a way, the end product will be as much a surprise to me as to others... Now it is the blanket dictating to me what to do next!

I don't think this crochet experience will be the last as my eyes keep getting distracted... I can visualise every single bed in this house being covered one day by a crochet throw hand-made by "Moi"!...

I am already browsing through those 200 crochet blocks. You might say I am definitely hooked on crochet at the moment!

Agatha and Martha

I have finally found the "energy" to thread beads on the yarn and Martha's back is well on its way.  The gentle rhythm of 4 ply knitting has slowed me down.  When I am not at work and the children are at school,  I like to alternate knitting with reading. Unfortunately I can't do both simultaneously!... It is frustrating as I can remember my mother doing just that with perfect ease. She would read book after book whilst her needles were clicking happily away...

I am in a detective story phase at the moment and who better than the "Queen of Crime" to entertain me?  I must have read almost all of her books at one time, but it doesn't matter with crime novels as after a while you don't remember who "did it" anyway...

Some might argue that Agatha Christie's novels are old-fashioned and it is true but it is exactly what I need now. They go perfectly well with the slow rhythm of knitting and, like Miss Marple, I can pause in the middle of a row and say to myself : " Now, why did the maid leave the tray of scones in the hall???..."

A few projects on the go...

Last week the children were on holiday for half-term and this week will be spent mostly in trying to restore the house to a presentable state...  At the moment,  it still looks like it has been hit by a mini tornado!...

Of course,  knitting and crafting of any kind, usually take a back seat when the children are around.  I just pick up a "wip" where and when I can...  I finished Martha's sleeve some time ago, but I have to thread more beads for the back and I haven't found the energy to do that yet...  Once I find a moment to do this, I can carry on.  The Tyrolean cardi's back is almost finished and I am glad of it as I find plain stocking stitch very soporific...  Another row of Granny squares is also almost done and it looks as if, after all,  I will have enough grey wool for yet another row... 

Actually it has been some time since I had a few projects on the go at once and I kind of like the choice it gives me to jump from one to another as the mood takes me...