Category Archives: knitting

Never knit one sock and then wait 2 years to knit the second sock

Posted on December 31, 2019 by forstegrupp

This I learned with much frustration, frogging, and reknitting. This pair of socks was started at least two years ago. Starter Husband chose the yarn from the stash requesting a tighter sock leg so the socks would not slip down … Continue reading →

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Knitting and Window Boxes

Posted on July 31, 2019 by forstegrupp

I will return to Yellowstone and the Tetons in a later post, but wanted to throw this up there about a recent weekend spend in Nantucket in June. This was my second weekend in Nantucket and once again did some … Continue reading →

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Yarn Tourism in Amsterdam

Posted on June 16, 2019 by forstegrupp

Yesterday we arrived early in the morning and after a brief nap, SH and I went our separate ways for a few hours. He had to go in to load his slides for his talk the next day and I … Continue reading →

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Sunset in stitches

Posted on March 17, 2019 by forstegrupp

I just finished a piece of knitting which will be going with me to Australia as a gift for a dear friend whom I have not seen in more than ten years. I started with a pattern which is a … Continue reading →

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Calculations in Knitting

Posted on February 10, 2019 by forstegrupp

In December, I was madly knitting a scarf to give to an old friend of my husband’s family at Christmas. This person took care of my husband and his four younger sisters for several years. She came over from a … Continue reading →

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A book uniting two passions: fairy tales and knitting

Posted on January 30, 2019 by forstegrupp

Yesterday on the new non-fiction shelf of our local public library, I found a book with a pebbled blue cover and gold gilded lettering and design. It was clearly a knitting book as you can see from the front cover … Continue reading →

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Brioche Knitting: A New Challenge

Posted on June 28, 2017 by forstegrupp

This past weekend my sister was in Philadelphia. She had to visit a chemical plant in K of P for her job and extended her stay a few days to spend time with us. While she was here, taught me … Continue reading →

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The last thing I “lost”

Posted on April 11, 2015 by forstegrupp

When I got the prompt “Lost Serially” yesterday from Writing101, I was less than enthused, but willing to give it a go. For a day I started cataloguing things that I had lost recently. It was not a very long … Continue reading →

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A Green Butterfly

Posted on August 5, 2009 by forstegrupp

The shawl was knitted from mohair on a size 6 needle. I began this scarf near the end of June and finished it the second week of July. At one point while I was knitting the main pattern, I had … Continue reading →

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Lace

Posted on May 20, 2009 by forstegrupp

This piece of lace was begun 20 years ago when I took a trip to Ireland to learn Gaelic. I used a size 0 needle and wool yarn that was no thicker than a thread. This past weekend, I found … Continue reading →

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