Want a quick, easy project?

You are absolutely right....updating my blog has been long overdue. What started out as a short bloggy break ended up lasting much longer than even I anticipated. But all of a sudden following my birthday (my last post), life got way to busy, and it has stayed that way for quite-a-while. And guess what....I've concluded that things are not about to let up just yet. So, in spite of all life's business, here I am again in 2K10 attempting to talk about the craft of knitting...hoping that nothing and no one will distract me until I've posted a little something about the scarf I just finished. If you want a quick knit project, this is it!

I really love the yarn which I bought on my November 2009 trip to my home state of Mississippi....at Yarns Downtown (Columbus, MS). I recommend you make your way there for a visit (in person) as soon as you can.

In fact, I have several pictures (which were taken on a previous store visit) that show just what a wonderful array of yarn and what a magnificient haven this store is for me; I always find something different whenever I visit there.

Click on pictures for close-up, detailed view.

In case you want to know more before you visit; however, here's the web location:

Every time I visit the store, I'm like a kid in a candy store. I really get inspired just looking at all the yarn and books! It really is a nice place of retreat, and it reminds me of my blog name, Knitter's Nook. I could stay there for hours.....and that's normally what I do when I stop in.

I fell in love with the Frivola yarn, by Trendsetters, while there this past Thanksgiving holiday. Check it out for yourself right here.

[Go directly to http://www.trendsetteryarns.com/mondial/frivola.asp if you prefer, or if you have problems getting the "back arrow" to return you to my blog, as I did.]

Doesn't the yarn remind you of popcorn strung together as garland. It's fun to work with and has that soft, plush feel that's just heavenly next to the skin.

I just love the scarf, and am very pleased with the finished product.

Every new day is a day to celebrate!

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So, it's my birthday!

I'm working on the honeybee stole.

Current Project: Honeybee Stole from Knitspot
Yarn: Paloma – The Purled Llama Yarn Company
Color: Rainbow Glow


I’ve had a few challenges with this project. The stole is made of six sections that are symmetrical. It begins at the center back with a provisional cast-on, a new technique for me, which I chose to perform using the crochet hook method.

After figuring that out, I proceeded with section one. It initially took me a while to get into a rhythm with the pattern stitch in the first section because it didn’t seem as if my work looked like the picture on the pattern. I forged ahead, nonetheless, and indeed my stitch work began to take on the appearance of a pattern…after much knitting, re-knitting and unraveling.

Because I’m working with a finer yarn, my work did not appear as defined as the photo I was so drawn to when I purchased the pattern, and I’ve concluded that my handiwork probably won’t totally take on all the character I’m looking for until I’ve completed and blocked the entire project. Also...I hope to have sharper images by the time the stole is completed and blocked. :-)

Of course, I intentionally purchased the finer yarn to wear with this lovely, light-weight fabric dress.

I needed a color that matched the dress, and the Paloma Rainbow Glow matches perfectly and looks oh so good when you put it next to the soft lavender dress.

Now I’m at section three. Excluding getting the (PU4 bars k1) down, this has been the easiest section of all [Section two was the worst for me]. I seemed to have gotten lost many, many, many times in all those yarn-over’s (yo’s). But once I slowed down so that I didn’t accidentally drop them, this section started flowing a whole lot better.

To sum things up, I’ve learned a lot more about lacework, and I’m more confident in ripping out and recognizing stitches (the ssk’s, yo’s, knit two together, and slip one, k two together, psso’s).


Honestly, this was the first project that I came oh so close to, gladly, giving up on and saying ENOUGH, I’m defeated. I thought to myself many a time….no one in their right mind would keep working on something like this. But being the patient person that I am, I wouldn’t give up. In fact, if anyone can lock in on something or get kicked and stomped and still get up with some fight left, that’s me. Oh, the things I’ve learned about life from this project will help me to persevere even more whether through the next challenging technique or a challenge in my personal life. I’ll have a lovely, finished honeybee stole to prove that…yes, I will come out the victor.

If experience is the best teacher in life, let me avoid its long lasting hurt and pain and learn about things like perseverance, patience, and fortitude from the joys and pleasures I’ve experienced through knitting so that I may apply the things learned during those quiet hours of solitude to real life issues.

Season's Greetings!

Spread love and cheer this holiday!

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Camp Stitches - North Carolina 2007!

I had a great time at Camp Stitches - North Carolina! Our instructor was the best, and I learned so much in the class, Fair Isles: Everything you need to know. I met so many wonderful knitters, and look forward to seeing everyone again at the next Camp Stitches event.

I'm a happy camper!

....and on my way to Camp Stitches - North Carolina!





I hope to learn a lot in the class I'm taking, "Fair Isle: Everything you need to Know".

To practice on the technique, I knitted this headband.