Tag: elizabeth zimmermann
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Bookish? Thursday: How Elizabeth Zimmerman helped me get my laundry done
You can only ignore your laundry so long.. Then the piles start to attack! The kids start running around the house naked. and you can’t find something decent to wear. Sigh. Just when will the invent self cleaning laundry? Enter.. Elizabeth Zimmerman. Yes.. Elizabeth Zimmerman. See she must have foreseen that I would need something…
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Does This Book Make my Brain Look Fat?
My mission for the next bit is to do some reading and learning. I also plan to get some ‘official’ knitting credentials on my resume starting with the CYCA certified knitting instructors program. With that in mind the following books have been procured and added to my library.. I had planned to buy The Knitter’s Book…
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A Finished object that I can show you!!!!
Isn’t that exciting!! WOOO HOOO!! Specs: Heart Hat Pattern : Elizabeth Zimmermann, Book: Knitting Workshop Yarn: Cascade 220, used a bit of each skein. Needles: Addi US #6, 16″ Alterations.. none really. I pretty much just followed the pattern blindly! Changes I would make: None really except to use a longer needle, the 16 inch…
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And Now for the Rest of the week’s events!
It seems like this week has been filled with nothing but bad news…but other things happened this week.. good things! I was woken up by the sound of a hot air balloon this morning.. that was kinda neat.. I did some fun knitting.. * The heart hat from Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Knitting Workshop book. It’s turned…