http://alice.homeschooljournal.net Just another Homeschooljournal.net weblog Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:44:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey, all you U.S. citizens out there - if you haven't voted already, it's time to get out and do it.  I just got back from voting and I'm all a-tremble, even a little weepy.  This has been such an emotional election - I'm much more vested in the outcome than ... http://alice.homeschooljournal.net/2008/11/04/get-out-and-vote/ I have knitted many things since I last wrote - I want to have pictures posted soon.   Socks, of course.  Especially an intarsia pair from Cat Bordhi's "Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles", and the Mermaid Socks from Lucy Neatby's "Cool Socks, Warm Feet."   I hardly ever make socks from patterns, ... http://alice.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/21/lots-of-knitting-not-much-writing/ I'm currently in Pearl Beach, Michigan, with Hawkeye and Dub, visiting Grandma and Grandpa.  The view out my window is of a beautiful wild river with a marshland and forest on the other side.  The river is always changing - sometimes iced over, sometimes running free. The birding has been fantastic ... http://alice.homeschooljournal.net/2008/02/04/pearl-beach-in-winter/ I've just proved to myself that it pays to walk on the dark side, sock-knitting-wise.  I knit myself a lovely beige sock (Invicta) in the Hartshorn pattern from the 2nd Barbara Walker treasury.  I finished the first and turned to other knitting - a hat in bulky yarn, a slipper ... http://alice.homeschooljournal.net/2008/01/14/gauge-can-be-strange/ Upon reading about my sock knitting, joVE commented that her knitting friends refer to sock knitting as - the DARK SIDE. Hmmmm, I wondered, never thought of it that way. Then, I remembered that I had just told a friend that my sock knitting method is similar to chain smoking - ... http://alice.homeschooljournal.net/2008/01/12/take-a-walk-on-the-dark-side/ I notice all the pictures I've posted so far show green knitting. That's because, a couple of years ago, I was suddenly attracted to the color green. I have a strong affinity for the cool colors - blue has always been my favorite. And, for the last ... http://alice.homeschooljournal.net/2007/08/19/my-green-period/ I finally felted the green bag - and here it is!!!! I feel terrifically accomplished, even though I see that I had vowed to felt three things by now. The green bag turned out so beautifully - so what if I'm behind schedule? Kim is right - it really is ... http://alice.homeschooljournal.net/2007/08/15/i-did-it/ I'm ready to get serious about felting.  I've done two felted projects before.  The first was a sling bag from Cat Bordhi's second Moebius book.  I totally overfelted it, producing an unlovely object.  Actually, I had put two half turns in the strap - instead of one - so it ... http://alice.homeschooljournal.net/2007/07/24/reluctant-felter/ Here is a pair of socks that I think of as the companion to Mrs. Montague's.  They are knit in Wildfoote Forest Fog, with Pine Tree heels, toes, and cuffs.  The pattern is Ladder Lace Rib from Barbara Walker's second treasury.  Ladder Lace Rib appears to be more or less lacy, ... http://alice.homeschooljournal.net/2007/07/14/mr-montagues-turn/ Here's my latest pair of socks - featuring Mrs. Montague's Pattern from the first Barbara Walker treasury.  It seems that Mrs. Montague, Lady of the Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England, made stockings for the Queen in this pattern.  I've always wanted to use this pretty diamond lace in some ... http://alice.homeschooljournal.net/2007/07/07/mrs-montagues-socks/