Responding to Comments

It looks like visitors have been leaving comments, and I got to respond to these. So, here goes . . .

Carola suggests that I stay armed with my knitting needles against all those crimes. Well . . . I've got something better . . . my pair of single-tine wool combs. Now, I'm not going to say where I have it put away in my home; let's just say that is easily accessible in the middle of the night if there's a prowler. The prowler had better make sure his tetanus shots are up to date. Oh, and there's an Eris knitalong in English at <http://www.livejournal.com/community/eris_rogue_kal/>. And here's kniteris on Yahoo Groups.

Yes, Genia, mother made both of these quilts. She's been making quilts for years. All the quilts that I have hanging in my living room were made by her.

Where can one get that pattern of the car blanket, Cindy D asks. This particular pattern came from InKnitters, Winter 2003 issue, Vo. 3, No. 11. Dawn Adcock (Dawn's Dream Designs) created this pattern. I think back issues are still available from InKnitters. Failing that, I think it shouldn't be too hard to come up with your own design, using your favorite stitch pattern book for inspiration and calculating the gauge. The pocket flap uses the seed stitch, and the hood is constructed using a Dutch heel.

I've finished my swatch for the Sockapalooza socks. I'm not entirely happy with what I came up with. I used one of the 2-color patterns from the Nancy Bush sock book and it is a bit too busy for the variegated yarn. The design makes sense when you use two solid colors, but turns into chaos when variegated yarn is used. I think I would be better off using a simple peerie pattern. Also, the fair-isle portion seems awfully bulky due to the thickness of the yarn. So, I don't think I'm going to go with knitting the top part in fair isle, then folding it down over the rest of the leg. I need to take a picture of the swatch so you all can see what I mean.

Updated: Here's the swatch. What do y'all think?