Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Machine knitting day whatever (no longer counting)

By day 4 I was no longer losing stitches at the ends, but I did finally drop one in the middle of the row.  I didn't catch it in time and it ran.



I don't think I did a very good job of picking it up, so I dropped another and let it run.  Fixing it went better the second time.



Next I decided to try knitting different yarns from my tiny stash, only to discover that moths had gotten to it!  This is all I could get out of the ball of gray yarn.



Isn't it pretty?  And it looks just like "real" knitting.  And finally I tried some slightly nubby tweed stuff (the actual color is a dark olive).



Sis has offered to put together a yarn package for me to play with, until I'm confident enough to start a real sweater.  Which should be soon.

In the meantime, I have no place to sew.  I'm thinking of moving the knitting machine to the top of the old ironing board, since it's easier to use while standing.

2 comments:

pam said...

You are having lots of fun! Are the cats playing with the dangling yarns or are they scared of it?

Annie said...

I am having fun! The cats don't show up when I'm using it, but balls of yarn mysteriously become unwound. Not that anyone is admitting to it.