Second Post, Knitting

Ok, I guess I've waited long enough to do a second post. I think I've had "blogger block."

I've been knitting a lot, mostly on a project for KnitPicks. I can't show pictures yet, but it's a red coat-like jacket, made from cranberry Wool of the Andes. I did make the Astera fair isle sweater sample that is now on their website and in the catalogs. I was thrilled to look at my new Winter 2007 Interweave Knits magazine yesterday and see the sweater in a KnitPicks ad on page 41.

I'm also working on a couple of projects for Elise Duvekot, a wonderful knitting designer in Toronto. This is top secret, as it's for a book being published soon by XRX, the publishers of Knitter's magazine.

I've been working on the innovative socks presented in Cat Bordhi's new book, "New Pathways for Sock Knitters, Book 1". I've completed 2 pairs of the socks (Bartholomew's Tantalizing Socks and Veil of Leaves socks) and am working on my third, the Master Coriolis. These three shown are in the photos above.

I'm still trying to figure out the techniques for blogging. I've just discovered how to hypertext, so maybe next time I'll figure out how to add captions to the photos.

My First Blog Post

Hi, This is so exciting! I've been reading blogs for several years and listening to podcasts for about a year, but never thought I would be blogging myself. I expect this blog will primarily be about my knitting life.
Although I've been knitting my entire life (I learned from my grandmother when I was a child), I've been knitting avidly for about 20 years. I'd been sewing a lot, but when my first child was born, I rediscovered knitting as an great carry-around entertainment. And eventually, I had finished objects as a bonus.

I'm married, still have one child at home, have 2 Alaskan malamutes, and work part-time as a home infusion pharmacist.

I've posted here a photo of our dogs, Crow & Ellie, the malamutes. I do spin their fur and knit with it. I'm also interested in soap & cosmetic making, herbs, and recently, bread and cheesemaking.