Yahoo!

One done. Three fingers to go on the other one. LOVE it! Hate knitting it, though.

Look Who's Back on Track!

AND she finished her vest! Angela is doing very well and will be at our next SnB.

Stinky Pinky

That was not fun. And that's all I'm going to say about that.
(Ok, one more thing: I need a break from these gloves!)

Super Snowy Saturday

Who's spending the day knitting?

Herringbone Glove Status

I probaby don't need to tell you who's is who's, but here they are: (if I get a pic from Dana, I will amend this post.) Don't they look great?!!

John

Tara

Wendy

Jennifer

Dana

A Super Sunday

Thanks, ladies and gents, for a really enjoyable Sunday SnB. Here are some pictures.

Dana with her Clara dress. The photo doesn't do the dress (or Dana) justice -- they're both really cute. Andrea's in the background, beneath our shedding ficus tree. And John's doing some swift wrangling.


Here's some of the food. Dried persimmons from the Asian market, poppyseed cookies with marmalade, spicy hot biscotti, pepper and purple potato frittata, olives, and bread. More cookies, cheese, and crackers made appearances later in the day.


Random photos from throughout the day:



You could tell when it was time to begin the herringbone project. Coffee cups were refilled, plates of food were set aside, and people gathered on the couch near the best light source. Why is Dana smiling? Because she has just cast on. She has no idea what's in store. Deep into the pattern rows, John and Jennifer, in contrast, are using all of their energy to concentrate. And sigh.


Knitting is serious business:


And the let-down, after everyone left.

Herringbone Glove Knit-Along

I have been meaning to send you all the links to the various sites that may be useful while knitting the Herringbone Gloves. Here's the pattern in Japanese. I think we could do it from there if we use this Japanese-English knitting dictionary. I may challenge myself and just use that. The charts are pretty good! Here are translations of the symbols used in the charts. And here's some more stuff on charts. Seems like they have two kind: simplified and detailed. I will try to print some of this out before the SnB. Also, Tara has finished one glove, so she can guide us along!