the knitting finger moves...

hmm another week flies by....

mainly i dont post enough cause i only have a laptop and a dialup connection at home and well, after working all day in an IS (computer dept) when i get home (finally - usualy 7-8 pm) all i want to do is knit - something non-computer related and with the satisfaction of seeing immediate results. its like when i was studying piano and practicing 4-5 hours a day and working at night, i became a fiendish baker - baking all the time - bringing in goodies to work and to my teacher (who gave me extra time so i felt it was some small compensation) anyway - she said i baked to have a "result" in my day - since practicing and playing the piano is a long term process.

how i got to IS from music - dont ask. (and there are a few other twists in between).

anyway

yesterday i heard from the wonderous meg at Schoolhouse Press that the Frost JACKET book AND the republished A History of Hand Knitting by Richard Rutt are BOTH on their way in the mail.... ooooohhhhh i can not wait.

to quote Meg - "I was excited about the idea even before the publisher asked me to write the foreword. Am I allowed to quote myself?: What a useful and welcome book this is. At present we are happily awash in scores of books about knitting techniques and garment design, but relatively lacking in information about the origins of our craft. The knowledge herein offers the historical continuity necessary to provide a solid foundation for our ever-growing knitting community." see more on her New Books page.

i have been working on the Aran Cardigan i am designing (as i go)/knitting for my nephew. i am at the point where i need to decide to do something with the sleeves - either STEEK or split off the front and the back and proceed on them separately. i am also waiting on the total length of the cardigan (hopefully my sister will get it tonight). i hope i can get it cause its about 10 inches long right now and i just finished one of the valentine heart patterns so it would be a good place to steek or split.

i am really thinking i will steek the sleeves - i am already steeking the front of the cardigan - even tho i am making this in COTTON FLEECE. i have steeked in wool and it was fine. cotton will be another thing - but well, i am nothing if not adventurous. but for now i need to wait until later to get the length so i can figure out when to do this steek.

i decided to re read the Elizabeth Zimmerman books - so on the subway tonight you will see me reading "Knitting Around".
onward