Today I have put the house straight and set the 1920's Cymbal Circular Sock Machine back up. I've started a sock in two colours i.e. rib, heel and toe are going to be in contrast. Another pair for the local museum shop. At present, I only have three colours to choose from, as we need to be using labelled yarn for sales purposes, so I need to ring the changes. Last week I finished a pair of roll top socks, two pinks sandwiched with grey. I cheated on this a little, by starting the top two rolls on the Knitmaster flatbed. Then I e-wrapped a cast-on row on the CSM, but this row came undone later, so I must have done backward "e's". Always something new to learn!
Monday, 23 February 2009
Busy Weekend
No.1 son plus wife and all three grandchildren (youngest 3 years old) were coming up for the weekend for the first time, which took some organising. No. 2 son and wife decided to join in pretty much at the last minute to surprise me, booking themselves in at the local hotel as I don't have elastic walls. I seem to have spent most of the weekend on my feet cooking for nine, but there were a magic few minutes when my grand-daughter "knitted" my craft room with a ball of wool. I got proper needles out for her and we did the "Under the fence, catch the sheep, back we come, over we leap" bit, but she was far more interested in the Art Installation. She didn't tie me up, but I had to cut my way out of the room!
Today I have put the house straight and set the 1920's Cymbal Circular Sock Machine back up. I've started a sock in two colours i.e. rib, heel and toe are going to be in contrast. Another pair for the local museum shop. At present, I only have three colours to choose from, as we need to be using labelled yarn for sales purposes, so I need to ring the changes. Last week I finished a pair of roll top socks, two pinks sandwiched with grey. I cheated on this a little, by starting the top two rolls on the Knitmaster flatbed. Then I e-wrapped a cast-on row on the CSM, but this row came undone later, so I must have done backward "e's". Always something new to learn!
Today I have put the house straight and set the 1920's Cymbal Circular Sock Machine back up. I've started a sock in two colours i.e. rib, heel and toe are going to be in contrast. Another pair for the local museum shop. At present, I only have three colours to choose from, as we need to be using labelled yarn for sales purposes, so I need to ring the changes. Last week I finished a pair of roll top socks, two pinks sandwiched with grey. I cheated on this a little, by starting the top two rolls on the Knitmaster flatbed. Then I e-wrapped a cast-on row on the CSM, but this row came undone later, so I must have done backward "e's". Always something new to learn!
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