DIL called last night requesting a scarf for Youngest Grandson. I suggested a neckwarmer (what EZ and us ancient folk called Dickies). So I got the ribbing finished, 3 inches that can be folded down, marked the increase points and have done a couple rounds. I did a round of plain st st at 1.5 inches to create a fold line. No particular pattern...I CO 80 sts, 2x2 ribbing increase at four equally spaced points around the ribbing and hope for the best! Same number of increases per round as a raglan sweater so it should work just fine. I do love how the colors swirl around!
Worked on my sweater, too, while visiting with my BFF, F, over coffee and while watching a good, little known movie called
The Island on Bird Street, an autobiographical movie based on the
children's book by the same name. It's a good knitting read, with not too much drama to make one drop sts!
I want some!
Iris says there's lots of it in Virginia!
And JustJoan has some, too.
Google and Life Magazine have joined together to create some pretty fantastic photo galleries. Check out the
knitting one.
Keeping the "We" in "Yes, We Can!"
Here's something we all can do! An internet food drive. See what
Cocoa Daisy has organized! The amazing prizes are geared mostly towards scrapbookers. It's a good cause. Think about helping, then do it!
In a field one summer’s day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart’s content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.
“Why not come and chat with me,” said the Grasshopper, “instead of toiling and moiling in that way?”
“I am helping to lay up food for the winter,” said the Ant, “and recommend you to do the same.”
“Why bother about winter?” said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present.” But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
What
we can do to help. Yes, We Can.
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Finished up the neckwarmer for Youngest Grandson. I'm happy with how it turned out, although all by itself, I think it's a bit large. However, tucked inside a jacket, I think it'll work fine, and should be big enough for next winter, too.
A few days ago, I checked Mosaic Knitting by Barbara G Walker (who has quite a range of interests as an author) out of the library. I finally had a nicely quiet house last night to sit down and learn how to do it. It's slip stitch knitting and is the technique the famous Ballband Dishcloth pattern is based on. 
It is very simple once you understand it. Here's another tutorial. There are some beautiful samples in Flickr: Triangle Check, T Square, Chevron, Greek Cross, and French Weave. Mosaic Knitting is full of geometric patterns as borders or as complete squares. The back side is definitely a back side, but it's nice and neat. They are basicly st st patterns, so will curl.
