Mom's Knitting Room: The Unoriginal Hat - Designer: Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

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?!"

Saturday, November 22, 2008

The Unoriginal Hat - Designer: Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

The Unoriginal Hat is a free pattern you can obtain at The Yarn Harlot's blog. This pattern was a real exercise for me in cabling. At first I didn't like the 'work' involved, but once I got into it, I found that I truly did enjoy it and was loving the pattern being created by the cables. I used Cascade Yarns "Pastaza Paints" - 50% Llama and 50% Wool; the yarn is considered 'chunky' and the pattern called for bulky, so I doubled up the strands and knitted the hat on US #10 dpns. I encourage you to try this pattern out. . .

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Hope you can come to some of the groups in Brooklyn. The Park Slope Knitting circle and the Flatbush SnB on meetup.com are great. There are also knitting groups in the Brooklyn Public Library New Utrecht branch on Monday afternoons and Tuesday evenings and in the Dyker Heights branch on Thursday evenings.; Tue Nov 25, 09:45:00 AM EST

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Cats and Dogs

I am quite blessed to have a husband who indulges me to no end. Our dog rescued a tabby cat with three kittens, all grown at this point. There were three females and one male, but the male cat ran away. The others have stayed. We have been successful in domesticating one of the three kittens, pictured below named Scratcher, plus the mother cat. We managed to spay all three female cats (Mommy Cat, Scratcher Face and White Face) and care for them daily. Two live with us while the third one (White Face) refuses to be housebroken. Doesn't matter to us, we still care for her and look for her daily to be sure she is safe and sound. We have a doghouse outside under our balconey so she is sheltered from the snow, rain and sleet. During the winter months we use a heating bowl for her water and put lots of blankies in her doghouse so she stays warm and dry.