Son's Afghan 149:2011 #365project #knitting

This March, my college-age son requested an afghan that had cable stitches in it. Never mind the fact that I had never knit cables! I let him pick the yarn and color for this afghan, which features the bubble cable. My daughter showed me how to do the cables. As it turns out, cables are easy and makes the knitting more interesting. He wants this afghan to be long enough to cover his feet and go up to his neck. Did I mention he's tall? Anyway, the afghan is over 5 feet long now and I think I'll go another 6-8 inches. I worked on this afghan a lot while my husband was in the hospital for his kidney transplant. Lots of nice memories are knitted into this afghan. The cat is my mom's. She likes yarn, and our couch.

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Son's Knit Afghan 86:2011

I've started a new project, a knitted afghan for my son, who goes to college out of state. After several crochet projects, I felt the need to knit, in a big way! My son's only request was that his afghan be "cable-rific" and washable. This afghan pattern has cables, and my daughter had to teach me how. The needles are size 13, and the wool is Lion Brand Wool-Ease Chunky in Willow. The pattern calls it a "quick knit." We'll see. I anticipate it taking a few months to complete. I'm enjoying the yarn and the pattern. Hopefully I can get it done before the heat of summer.

Brioche Knitting 22:365:2011

Brioche Knitting

The Dailyshoot assignment for today was to feature stripes in some way. I thought of my daughter's recent attempt at the brioche knitting pattern. She made this swatch to see how it worked. The pattern makes ribbed stripes but involves knitting each row two times, once in each color. She decided that was a bit too labor-intensive for her right now. I taught her how to knit one year ago, and she has far surpassed me, knitting cables, lace and brocade patterns. Her current project is a sweater (for herself) from the Vogue Knitting magazine.

I took this photo with my iPod Touch because it was handy. The background is my white kitchen counter.