Counting Down to MDSWF
It's that time of the year . . . anticipation of Pascha, which we Orthodox Christians celebrated this past weekend, which means that MDSWF is just around the corner (hmm . . . I notice that Pascha and MDSWF are on the same weekend next year . . . hmm . . . what to do? I'll have it figured out by then, I hope).
This is what I love about spring because there's so many mileposts. Lent . . . the blooming trees and flowers . . . Pascha . . . seeing the new lambs at the festival . . . preparing the garden. Knowing that summer is just around the corner, with the warm sun and vivid colors of blooming gardens. I have a lot of tulips growing in the backyard, which I hope were able to survive the frosty evening. Father Frost still isn't quite ready to let go just yet.
Because I had a busy weekend, what with Pascha and all, I didn't have much time to knit. I'm almost done with knitting the heel for the Brown Sugar sock, though. One thing that I'm not happy with is that it seems rather snug. I had cast on 56 stitches, I think. but I'm a bit of a tight knitter, so I probably should have cast on at least 4 more stitches or so. Perhaps stretching it out after washing will improve it.
I've been checking out my favorite blogs and there are quite a few interesting posts out there. At string or nothing, there's a really good explanation on how to rip out a mistake in lace knitting. Lace patterns can be intricate, and you may find that you've got an error 4 rows down and dread the prospect of ripping back to fix the mistake, because I don't want to have wasted the 3 days of knitting yarnovers and decreases. I'm going to have to try this out with a relatively easy lace pattern so as to get this technique down.
Yarn Harlot is going to be at MDSWF, it seems, and will be autographing her book. I hope to pick up a copy there and get it signed by her. And Curlypurl is at her loom again . . . I'm in awe of her weaving skills and wish I had a loom. I've been seeing quite a few comments about recent magazine issues. I stopped by Borders and picked up Interweave Knits and SpinOff. I just finished skimming through SpinOff. I had a look at Knitters, but it didn't really strike a chord so I left it there. Now I'm off to looking through Knitters and to see another knittting blog is struggling with . . .
Thanks, Lola. Alas, No MDSW for me -- way too much stuff here and no place to store more!
Sorry you won't be here in MD . . . maybe next year. And Bruce and I are thinking about heading up north for NY Sheep and Wool.