Are you ready to begin the journey ... journaling is such a popular trend these days, so why not leave your memories in lace - allowing the yarn overs of the past few days, the increases in joys, the decreases in pounds (if you're lucky!) .... special times captured and revisited for months and years to come ...
I've opted for Bernat Satin in Silk (4 skeins) and plan on adding a crochet edge by year's end with an additional skein of Camel... however, the choices are yours. Visit your stash or your local yarn shop .... but let's mark this new beginning by remembering the snow we all anticipated here in Alabama ... we stocked up on milk and bread, grateful that the blizzard never really formulated .... but being able to see snow for a few hours is still a precious reminder that each snowflake is a custom creation and that together they form a blanket of gentle beauty that seems to whisper in such simplicity the incredible Magnificance of the Maker.
I'm off to re-create my own freshly fallen snow ... hope you'll join me. Please let me know if you have any questions. Ready for the pattern?
Using size 8 needles,
Cast on 35 stitches and knit 4 rows before starting the pattern.
January Snowflakes (Multiple of 8 + 7)
1st & every other row (wrong side): Purl
2nd row (Right Side): K7, sl 1, k1, psso, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, *k3, s11, k1, psso, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, rep from * to last 7 sts, k7.
4th row: k8, yo, sl 2, k1, p2sso, yo, *k5, yo, sl 2, k1, p2sso, yo, rep from * to last 8 sts, k8.
6th row: Repeat 2nd row.
8th row: K3, sl 1, k1, psso, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, *k3, sl 1, k1, psso, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, rep from * to last 3 st, k3.
10th row: k4, yo, sl 2, k1, p2sso, yo, *k5, yo, sl 2, k1, p2sso, yo, rep from * to last 4 sts, k4.
12th row: Repeat 8th row.
Knit Rows 1-12 two complete times.
Knit Rows 1-7 once.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
2010 ... blessings
2010 .... seems to hold so much possibility ..... loose 20 lbs in 10 days (i wish) .... lose 10 pounds in 20 days/months (more likely and/or i wish) ..... simplify things by half (ie 20/10 = start with 20/ end with 10 = 1/2 as much now! i really should have been a math major! NOT! :) so many options, so many lists ..... so NOT FUN!!!!!
i'm really thinking that this will be a good year to slow down a bit, maybe get semi-organized by recording things as i go each week and then by the end of the year have something tangible to show for my journey ....
to leave such a trail i think i'll knit a scarf .... a single strand of silk and wool that will record in yarn overs and decreases, the highlights of each month. Then when December rolls around i'll have a very gorgeous and symbolic record of things i've learned, stories interwoven about each month, the zigs and zags of daily life, the moments i needed to rip it out and start over, the lessons learned from friends who are my lifelines in the lace of my every day living ....
would you care to join me in this endeavor ... each day is as simple or complicated as we allow life to make it ... much like the lessons of lace .... overall, things look incredibly detailed BUT when we slow down and realize that lace, and life, are constructed one row at a time, one stitch at a time ... and often there is the peace and rest of being able to get away from the 'pattern' and just let the needles knit a row, purl a row, find respite in the sanctuary of the familiar...
i'm starting with 2 skeins of a wool/silk blend in my stash .... not too thick, not to thin .... i'll probably do a bit of swatching to just see what feels right and then .... take the plunge. Actually, if you think about this it will be a Swatch Calendar that will be connected and continued from initial cast on ... to final cast off!
Happy 2010!
i'm really thinking that this will be a good year to slow down a bit, maybe get semi-organized by recording things as i go each week and then by the end of the year have something tangible to show for my journey ....
to leave such a trail i think i'll knit a scarf .... a single strand of silk and wool that will record in yarn overs and decreases, the highlights of each month. Then when December rolls around i'll have a very gorgeous and symbolic record of things i've learned, stories interwoven about each month, the zigs and zags of daily life, the moments i needed to rip it out and start over, the lessons learned from friends who are my lifelines in the lace of my every day living ....
would you care to join me in this endeavor ... each day is as simple or complicated as we allow life to make it ... much like the lessons of lace .... overall, things look incredibly detailed BUT when we slow down and realize that lace, and life, are constructed one row at a time, one stitch at a time ... and often there is the peace and rest of being able to get away from the 'pattern' and just let the needles knit a row, purl a row, find respite in the sanctuary of the familiar...
i'm starting with 2 skeins of a wool/silk blend in my stash .... not too thick, not to thin .... i'll probably do a bit of swatching to just see what feels right and then .... take the plunge. Actually, if you think about this it will be a Swatch Calendar that will be connected and continued from initial cast on ... to final cast off!
Happy 2010!
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