I am a retired art teacher and second retirement as a costumer of Cirque du Soleil/La Nouba in Orlando, Fl. The show closed 12/17 after 18 years. I am a four year veteran of the US Navy. I have adult ADD….I have many books and projects going at the same time. I always finish everything….eventually. I have a new addiction….yarning podcasts. They have encouraged me to enlarge my scope of knitting and crochet projects outside my comfort zone.
I am originally from Upstate NY (Oneonta/Binghamton) and moved to Florida after the Blizzard of ‘96, knowing I would never shovel snow again. I went to college at the age of 50 and became an art teacher. When I left teaching I became a costumer for Cirque du Soleil/La Nouba. When I retired from there, I moved to North Carolina, to be near my children and play with fiber and paint.
I can only encourage you to visit The Grocery Girls Knit podcast on Youtube. They are amazing ladies. They never fail to make me smile, if not downright laugh out loud.
Working through Episode One:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOAczQO-EB8&t=1101s
My FO’s (Finished Objects): Conversationalist Hat, a free pattern from The Plucky Knitter in Ravelry. (Sidebar: you can get lost in Ravelry….a must join). Jodi knitted the hat for herself. I used her number of stitches, 96, on a 16″ US size 8 (5 mm) circular needle. I used acrylic yarn, because, lets face it……it’s easier for most people to care for, which sounds nasty, but most people do not know how to take care of good yarns. I like to audition most patterns with acrylics. It’s what I used for homeless knitting and most people because the items can be thrown in the washer and dryer for their convenience. I sent my hats to a friend who is recovering from cancer and lived in deepest, darkest Ohio winter this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ilFeg7dPIU
It was a hat FO kind of week. The second hat Jodi made was for her daughter. A Violet Waffles Hat, by Halldora on Ravelry. I used size 5 (for the ribbing) and 7 for the hat proper because I used worsted weight yarn instead of DK weight. I gave the hat away before I could photo the finished item.
Tracie did a shawl from Sweet Georgia yarns…..the Sail Shawl, by Liisa Nieminen. It is a paid for pattern on Ravelry….about $6.55 in US coin. I used, again, acrylic….in a lovely blue, white, dark blue, and dark chocolate brown. The one side on mine came out a little wonky, so it is MINE, and I love it. This winter has been the wettest North Carolina has had. It was damp and dreary most days, and I wore the shawl in my house and was wrapped in a comfort blankey.
That’s it for my FO’s………oh, look, shiny