It's been nearly a year since I last posted my knitting. I went back to work part time - teaching three periods a day at Elk Creek High School. So you could say I'm semi-retired. Had such a good year, I'm going to do it again. Keeps me busy, but doesn't stop my knitting which is so relaxing for me and keeps my creative juices flowing. But the blog went by the wayside. I don't want to give it up, so I will make more of an effort to blog at least once a month. I enjoy sharing what I'm knitting, and I have to confess I spend some time enjoying what others knit on the web sites, Ravelry and Pinterest.
Since the recent announcement of my great-niece's pregnancy, I've been knitting baby things, but can't show them yet. Will have to wait until November which gives me more time to knit. But I do have a few finished grown-up things stashed in my bin along with other things that need finishing. So here goes.
This is a mobius cowl knit in Lion Brand Homespun. it's basically a very long scarf, knit every row loosely. When cowl is as long as you want, lay it out, give it a twist or two and sew the two ends together. Save it for winter when you can wrap it around your neck to stay warm watching high school football games.
By far one of my favorite scarf patterns
works beautifully with yarn that has changes in colors or self-striping yarn.
I've made several and have one on the needles now in a bulky yarn. Here's where
it the pattern can be found: http://www.classiceliteyarns.com/WebLetter/283/SkinnyMiteredScarf.pdf I used
Lion Brand "Amazing" yarn which is worsted weight - wool/acrylic
blend - lots of wonderful color blends.
I loved knitting the next scarf. It's pattern can be found here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/absolute-beginners-scarf
It is based on the Fibonacci sequence, and knitters claim if you create stripes in any combination of the Fibonacci sequence, it will be aesthetically pleasing. I had to look this up. The Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...
The next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it.
- The 2 is found by adding the two numbers before it (1+1)
- Similarly, the 3 is found by adding the two numbers before it (1+2),
- And the 5 is (2+3),
- and so on!
- If you want to know more, and there is a lot more, especially if you like math, it can be found here: https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/fibonacci-sequence.html
To avoid using too much of California's precious water and still have a little garden, we put in a drip system which is working well. The plants are thriving as you can see by the marigolds - eggplant in the background. We have the basics - tomatoes, squash, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers. We didn't plant any other annuals but still have perennials and wild flowers coming up.
One more tomato plant in a pot, perfect backdrop for these colorful washcloths. Made from cotton yarn, they are the best for cleaning.
The perfect plants for dry weather are the succulents and cacti. I've always loved them because they are so easy to care for and easy to propagate. Break off a piece, stick it in some soil, and it will send out roots in no time. Too much watering will cause their demise since they store water in their leaves. Because of the mild winter, none of them froze, and the ones I thought were dead, came back to life with a little sprinkle of rain and lots of sun. Couldn't be easier - low maintenance plants and some give the gift of little flowers
