Knitting Dragonflies

Photo taken at Blue Grass DNR in Southern Indiana I been totally out of the knitting spirit. For way to long, I have a load of excuses. Looking back in the times of my life when I’ve not been creative, it seems the especially emotionally draining periods leave me too tired to create, or think of creating! My husband got me a new knitting bag for my birthday, I think that is a hint. LOL Knitting wife better than non-knitting wife? Bag is a Vera Bradley, tote in the Dogwood pattern, love the inside pockets! I’ve got it filled up already with two projects, which are both shawls/wraps. Simple and fast, I hope. *grin* New bag and new cover on chairs, need to replace seat foam also, hopefully before two years pass! If you struggle with lace knitting charts or have never tried them, I found this excellent blog post with videos from Emily ONeal. I have 3 lace projects going, all are out of a yarn, which I would have never bought, but I was not close to a real yarn store and needed a yar

This is the month that I finish my UFO’s. Not planned, but it seems to be what is happening. I picked this up and like so many UFO’s, I’m not sure what my problem was when I put it down. I finally finished this easy repeat up. This pattern would be good for a beginning lace shawl knitter. Simple, and it teaches you to “see” the pattern and follow it. I was trying to bind off, and after trying several methods, Obstiknit on Plurk helped me out by suggesting I try the I-cord bind off. I searched on You Tube for some help and found a good tutorial from iknitwithcatfur , she has a variety of knitting tutorials to view. Yay, it is not pulling and looks good! Chart in Norwegian translates to “Monsters seen from the right side”, could this be right? That doesn’t seem correct! -From Knitty Winter 04, an article about reading knitting charts.   -Another take on how to read knitting charts from Smart Knitting-Crocheting.com -Need to make a knitting chart? Here is one that y

Here are some free face patterns from fabulous knitters. Woman Knitting by Martin Driscoll Aeolian Shawl pattern from Knitty From Subversive Knitting, her pattern Aunt Phebe’s Comfort Shawl I like the Column of Leaves lace scarf pattern from Brooke, see her on Ravelry Sticks and Circuits has this beautiful Raindrop Shawl At Elann.com by Shui Kuen Kozinski this Lacewing Shawl, elegant. From Knitty the Laminaria shawl by Elizabeth Freeman All beautiful Enjoy some lace knitting while we wait for spring Technorati Tags: free knitted lace shawl pattern links , knit , knitting , lace knitting