http://www.theknittingscotsman.com Just a guy who likes to knit. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:17:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't have any pictures to post right now, but I'm glad to say I'm caught up on my Capathon. For February, I knit Cap Karma Hat.  It was a pretty good pattern.  It ended up a bit longer that I would have liked.  Overall it's a good solid design.  For March, ... http://www.theknittingscotsman.com/2008/04/01/chemo-capathon-update/ I haven't posted in a long time.  It's been over a month since my last post.  I've been busy.  I've done a lot of knitting.  Have a lot of updates to give. However, I've got some very sad news to share.  Everything else can wait. Joel was killed in a terrible car accident last ... http://www.theknittingscotsman.com/2008/03/23/a-sad-day/ After much cussing (and I do mean a LOT of cussing!), My January Chemo Cap is finished (yea, it's way late).  It's only as late as it is because I was 80% done with a different hat and I decided it was entirely to sucky to finish.  So, I frogged ... http://www.theknittingscotsman.com/2008/02/18/hallelujah-amen/ My FLAK is making good progress.  I've moved the back to scrap yarn, and I'm picking up stitches for the front.  I made a minor change to the pattern here.  The instructions call for knitting the right front, then putting it on holders, kitting the left front, putting it on ... http://www.theknittingscotsman.com/2008/02/11/flak-update/ Many of you know that my father died from complications after a bone marrow transplant.  He developed Leukemia late in life, and was just not able to survive the treatment. One of the things that made the horrific treatment a little more bearable was the generous gifts that people made and ... http://www.theknittingscotsman.com/2008/02/02/chemo-capathon/ I finished this up, and gave it to Gwen as a Christmas present.  But we haven't been able to get her to wear it! She finally put it on this morning.  Isn't she adorable! P.S.  She only wore it for about 5 minutes. http://www.theknittingscotsman.com/2008/02/01/she-finally-tried-on-reid/ I finally had enough of the sloppy, not fitting ribbing on my Triquetra Cable Gloves.  So, I cut the ribbing off, picked up the stitches and knit a new ribbing with different yarn and smaller needles.  I originally used size 6 with Queensland Collection Kathmandu Aran, which is 99.99% inelastic, ... http://www.theknittingscotsman.com/2008/01/30/glove-repair/ I finally broke down.  The ladies at my LYS have been "gently encouraging" me to try the magic loop for a while now.  I had a pair of mittens to make for Gwen, so I decided to try it.  I went on over to knittinghelp.com(very instructional website) to learn how to ... http://www.theknittingscotsman.com/2008/01/28/magic-mittens/ The yarn arrived for my sweater yesterday.  I was so excited that I got right to work.  After taking some measurements, and some quick (and painless) math, I knocked out the shoulder saddles.  I can't wait to get to work on this sweater!  I heard some slightly sad news.  Janet Szabo ... http://www.theknittingscotsman.com/2008/01/26/flak-is-on-track/ I finally finished up my socks.  I started them when I came down with influenza.  That was not a terribly fun experience.  I spent two days with a fever and wicked cough.  On the third day, I went to the doctor, who gave me Tamiflu (wonderful drug, but soooo expensive).  ... http://www.theknittingscotsman.com/2008/01/19/influenza-socks/