Bluegrass

I attended the British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop, otherwise known as BCBW ,
for two weeks this summer. There are too many highlights to talk about them all,
but one of the best was playing Cripple Creek with a little band. We called
ourselves Sorrento Ride, because (most of us) we rode together from the island
to camp. We met the mando player there but otherwise were new friends at the
start of the trip. Thanks friends for a great couple of weeks!

I'm Knitting

Dishcloths. Yup. Dishcloths.

Somehow every time I starting knitting I forget what I'm doing. Then I thought, well, maybe if I knit the same thing over and over again I'll remember! It's like memorizing a song, I guess.

so I have a bazillion plain knit cloths - gave them away.

And I have a few slip stitch cloths - they them away too. I didn't photograph a single one. Shame on me. Right now I have a bit of leftover yarn and some white so I'm knitting up a couple more slip stitch cloths and will photograph these ones. I think i finally have the pattern memorized. The book is from the library. It's called Mason Dixon Knitting - if I figure out how to make a link for it here I'll do it but for now you'll have to look it up yourself. It's a really cool book, with lots of awesome fun knitting in it that's not all that hard. This is one I think I'll buy.

In the meantime I'm learning to knit by dishcloths. So far I have 2 that I can make without a pattern. Crochet seems easier somehow - I'm learning that too. Afghans with granny squares are the easiest thing ever. The kind of blanket that goes round and round is the most fun because I don't have to sew all the little squares together! The thrift store supplies most of my yarn too so the blankets are cheap to make. So far they're all given away too! One of these days I'd like to learn a new crochet thing to make into a blanket. Flowers are fun too but I haven't done much of them yet. I want to be able to adorn whatever I have with flowers and other motifs - that's the fun part of crocheting!

later then..

it's been a while

Almost a year in fact. I guess I've rather given up blogging. At the urging of fellow bloggers and friends I've decided to try this again. Maybe I'll be regular...