Welcome To Mom's Knitting Room

Welcome to my blog page. My site will update from time to time. You may on occasion see items rearranged or removed. So don't think you're going "crazy". I am still learning to navigate within the blog world.
My knitting experiences have been very slight. I have only been knitting about four years. Learning the "ropes" and "ins and outs" of knitting from my mom who has been knitting for over 50 years. I have had the privilege of having many talented women and men teach me their "tricks of the trade". They have been generous and patient with me as I learn this craft.
You might wonder why its taken so long for me to catch the "bug" of knitting, but until recently it occurred to me that this long lived art would die with my mom as she is the only one of three siblings who can knit and crochet. So in order to keep the tradition alive and hopefully pass this on to future generations in our family, I ventured out on this new journey and chapter in my life.
There are many knitters out there so willing to help "newbies" along this expedition of knitting. Along the way, I have been able to impart some new techniques, skills and information to my 80 year old mom. I've been able to introduce her to fabulous fibers as well. . . . .
Who said "you can't teach an old dog new tricks?!"

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Small Throw Afghan


This throw was knitted by me for my youngest daughter. One of the very first items I embarked on that was not a scarf, but you can say this is a large scarf for the bed! I wanted to use this yarn as it felt soft and my daughter just fell in love with the color. So I decided to try my hand a doing something slightly different than a shawl or scarf. I used two colors as you can see, blue and cream and the color combo worked rather well.


I used Lion Brand's Boucle in blue and cream. Used very large knitting needles size 19 US. I used the wooden needles by Clover and they felt like drum sticks in my hands. I occasionally went around pretending I was in "Drumline" and did the moves to my daughter's embarrassment.

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