Arachne's Child Fiber Arts: January 2013

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Madeline gets a new sweater

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55658166@N00/8407005398/" title="I knit Maddie a new sweater by jbmill_2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8056/8407005398_652564614d.jpg" width="384" height="500" alt="I knit Maddie a new sweater"></a>
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It's the 'Bones and Biscuits' pattern on Ravelry, made with Ella Rae classic heathers (which I got for a steal on clearance). Maddie hates it, but it sure is adorable on her!

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Teaching a boy to knit

The boy wonder wanted to learn to knit "with sticks" today. (He already has a good grasp of finger knitting). I pulled out some size 10 straight needles, and took him to a store to choose some bulky yarn.

I tried to teach him the traditional rhyme:

In through the front door

Out around the back

Peek in the window

Off hops Jack

It made no sense to him. He struggled with the rhyme, and the hand motions.

So, we made him a new mnemonic, a bit more up his alley:

Stab it in the back,

Strangle it,

Scoop out it's innards,

Then dump the body.

He has completed 30 stitches, with a gleam in his eye and a maniacal grin. He's off to a fantastic start!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

It's been a long time

I lost the mojo for a while, though seem to have found it again. More on that later. Here is E's new hat, made of Corriedale, colorway chosen by him. I think it's darling.