I’ve worked on this most of the evening after I got in my groove. Just realized the time and decided to post an update.
I wasn’t happy with my gauge carrying one strand of yarn in each hand and figured out how to carry both strands in my right hand without getting them twisted. My gauge is good so far and the pattern is easy to memorize. No frustration, no distractions. I even worked on it while Brad and I watched TV for awhile. I’ve come to a stopping point for the night and will start getting ready for bed. It’s almost a quarter to midnight and I’m all funned out for the day.
I am a Native Texan, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Catholic Convert residing in rural North East Texas since 1975 when I married my husband and this small town girl became a country girl.
I was taught to knit at the age of ten and discovered the writings of Elizabeth Zimmerman shortly after I married. I learned to ‘unvent’ things as I went along, to create my own patterns and generally have a blast with yarn and needles.
In the mid 1980’s I explored the idea of spinning my own yarn and eventually got interested in weaving on a floor loom. I have three spinning wheels and a 24″ four-shaft Herald floor loom that I purchased from a friend in the 1990’s.
I also enjoy sewing, tatting and making rosaries. I have a work room that contains my fiber, yarn, floor loom, sewing machines, serger and rosary making supplies. I have a spinning corner in a bedroom next to my work room, both with north windows looking toward the creek.
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Rural Texas Knitter 