Posts by cathymacknits
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. Jim Rohn
What I’m Working On My husband and I just returned from taking our younger son to college which is the same college his older brother is attending. Before we left on the trip, I was thinking that I would have time this fall to make blankets for each of my boys for their dorm beds.…
Read MoreKnitter, we have a problem
So, I’m knitting on this Shibui cowl, so excited to be using this super soft yarn, and suddenly, I notice that my M1s are making holes. And I do not want holes in this pattern. I simply want increases. After some examination, I realize that I need to unknit a few rounds (of 260 stitches!)…
Read MoreShibui On My Mind
I’m knitting with a super soft yarn combination and I’m so excited about it. One strand of Shibui Staccato and one strand of Silk Cloud in Ivory held together are making up the most beautiful and fun-to-make cowl. Recently, I became part of the Shibui Spark program and I’m lucky enough to be knitting this…
Read MoreApril is Poetry Month! Poem #4
Oh me! Oh knitting! of the questions of these recurring, Of the endless faces of the failed, Of sweaters fill’d with errors, Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more error prone than I, and who more knitterly?) Of needles that vainly crave the stitches, of the sweaters mean, of the struggle ever renew’d, Of…
Read MoreApril is Poetry Month! Poem #3
Two yarns I pulled from upon shelf And sorry I could not purchase both And be one knitter, long I stood And thought about what I might make With the skein I held in left Then took the other, just as fair, And having perhaps a better claim Because it was bright and wanted wear;…
Read MoreApril is Poetry Month! Poem #2
A swath of Yellow led the eye Unto a Purple thread Whose soft inhabitants to be Surpasses in my head If hue the silence contradict Or shade presume to show In that low corner of the Shelf Impossible to know. Original poem by Emily Dickinson
Read MorePoetry Month
In honor of Poetry Month, the month of April, I will be posting poems that I have rewritten with a yarn theme. Enjoy! so much depends upon a red yarn skein spun with wool and cashmere waiting in the back Original poem by William Carlos Williams
Read MoreYour Summer is My Winter
What’s the best thing about waking up to 80 degrees and 42 percent humidity? Air conditioning! Grateful is merely the first thing you feel when you consider air conditioning. We could not live without it here in Phoenix – no way, no how. There is barely covered parking at major shopping centers, which shocked me…
Read MoreHow I Learned to Love Red Heart
Is it wrong to hate a yarn? Doesn’t every yarn have something to offer? Eyelash yarn was once cool. I knitted a few long eyelash scarves in my day. I’ve even seen it used effectively as an accent in a felted purse. And that popcorn yarn can be crocheted into an interesting necklace/scarf that makes…
Read MoreSharing What You've Got to Give
I’ve heard that a lot of knitters give away what they make but I know a lot of knitters who knit only for themselves. It’s hard for me to understand this because I have so little of what I have made over the years. I have always given away what I make. I like to…
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