Baby has a New Sweater

 24.XI.19.Th Baby has a New Sweater

Most of my knitting past has been pretty much sock focused - thin yarn and tiny needles are the norm. I took a break from knitting altogether for a couple of years to let my joints recover (that old kniting injury of mine 😬) and am now just dipping my toe in the proverbial pattern pool again, focusing on projects that yield necessaries for knitworthy folks. It just happens to turn out that these projects tend to be knit on larger needles - makes my slow knitting feel so speedy and accomplished if I don't think about it too hard.

So my current necessary is for my knitworthy dog baby - here is Tara with her brand new shield against the cold:

I am quite pleased with how it turned out (aside from the renegade Tara tongue trying to energetically blep its way from the photo). I followed the design as you knit school of pattern-making and I'm particularly pleased with how well it fits. And isn’t she a beautiful lady?

Another More Looming Post

 

Ruthie and Ruthie Again

24.XI.10.Su

Ruthie and Ruthie Again

So we built the first Ruthie.  Then we disassembled the first Ruthie. It turns out that both looms are not the same - I thought they were both 48" but the first one we built was the 60" version instead and I would prefer to have the larger in the attic workspace and the smaller in the living room. Correcting the oversight does seem a long way to go though and I'm a bit embarrassed - how does one misjudge such a major aspect of the loom when purchasing it? Still, it does end up being kinda nice that the two are one each of both sizes and I will be much happier with how the smaller one will fit the downstairs space.

24.XI.12·Th More Ruthie and Then a Change of Plans

Addendum: So much for that, it is to be another change of plans. The last loom (as in I'm out of space already but can I keep this loom it followed me home and how could I turn another Cantilever down?) arrived yesterday morning and I really think it is the one that needs to live in the living room (and besides, it will be easier to shuttle the Ruthie's sticks up to the attic shop than would be the nearly assembled Cantilever, so musical looms and Ruthie disassembly it is.

In No Particular Order

 

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