K is for knitter

I learned to knit at my grandmother’s knee. Literally. I sat on this needlepoint footstool next to her rocking chair and learned to knit.

Learned, but didn’t knit for years. And years. And more years.

Then, the recent scarf rage started me knitting them. Like crazy. I can’t stop! All the scarves shown I made with two types of yarn, except for the last one. It’s a knobby yarn and it was SO difficult to work with! I ripped it out three times before I finally got the gauge to be halfway consistent.

After I began copy editing for Love of Knitting magazine a few months ago, I’ve really become jazzed about knitting. I want to graduate, quickly, from scarves to socks like these. I just need a little guidance. Or maybe a lot!

Mostly I quilt, and using 50 or more fabrics in a quilt is the norm. Somehow I now have a healthy stash of yarns, and I want to make free-form stuff with lots of different yarns like Claudia makes.

K is not for crochet, but oh well. I don’t know when I learned to crochet. All I have ever made are these necklaces and a bracelet.

They are kinda free-form because I didn’t make each fringe with the same number of stitches and I didn’t use the same number of buttons on each.

The buttons in the top necklace are white plastic, and the buttons in the bottom necklace are mother of pearl (photo A).

The red, black, and white necklace is the first one I made, and it has plastic, metal, and polymer clay buttons (photo B).

The multicolored necklace (photo C) and the purple bracelet have plastic buttons (photo D). 

And now I want to combine knitting and crocheting to make free-form stuff like Myra does.

Oh, the possibilities! I'm raring to pull out some yarn from my sash and let loose those needles!

I’m ready to be a little zany!