The Knitting Fiend

 
 

I cast on in May
hoping to wear this in June.
Now it’s September.

 
 

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Have you noticed the hiatus? I got sort of busy with home and work stuff. But… the other reason is I also started a blog on blogging.

Oddly enough, by just posting things I’ve learned while blogging about knitting I am experiencing quite a bit of traffic and thing called “stumbles” from the “in the know” people.

Mind you, I didn’t even know what “stumbles” were before I began blogging about blogging. That said, it looks like my post on how to protect your blog from being hacked using “htaccess” has gotten a few “stumbles”, and may soon get a flood of traffic. ( Never mind that that’s a rehashed post that appeared on a knitting blog back in 2005! )

Still, when I saw this from Berrocco and had to post. The blogging, work and gardening projects have been interfering with my knitting. So, projects I strated in May are being finished now. (I’ll try to show the “gardening” projects soon. They involved filling the garage with flagstone to create a sort of second patio where we plan to put a fire pit. The garden changes are actually unbelievable.)

I’ll try to resume posting two or three times a week now! I hope you all had a great summer!

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The pattern for the top is from Berrocco.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Fun Fur in France
is knit into fuzzy tops
and floppy berets.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I’ve often shown clothes knit out of novelty yarns — mostly unwearable. I’m not sure I’d wear this to and beret, but I have to admit, it’s more attractive than Annie Modesit’s fun fur halter top! (Do people in New Jersey wear the stuff Annie designs?)

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The patterns for the top and beret are by Phildar. The pattern for the halter is from Knitty.)

 
 
Mighty Hercules,
this strong muscular hero
is a real softy.
 

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On kids, anything looks great — even intarsia cartoon characters.

I found this Phildar pattern at the French ebay site. French grandmothers must have real knitting skills to knit these for kids.