Comments on: The mindful vacation http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/27/mindfulvacation/ Watch out. We've got sharp sticks. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:14:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Knit Sisters » Blog Archive » Happy birthday, Sarah! http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/27/mindfulvacation/#comment-23383 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:25:20 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/27/mindfulvacation/#comment-23383 [...] In knitting news, I have finished Rogue (remember Rogue, from, oh, a year and a half ago or so?), but I am waiting to model her on the blog until such time as I feel more spry. In spite of our bronchial woes, I am delighted with the sweater, which is all the more special because my sister spun the yarn for it. [...] […] In knitting news, I have finished Rogue (remember Rogue, from, oh, a year and a half ago or so?), but I am waiting to model her on the blog until such time as I feel more spry. In spite of our bronchial woes, I am delighted with the sweater, which is all the more special because my sister spun the yarn for it. […]

]]> by: Ellen http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/27/mindfulvacation/#comment-289 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:26:08 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/27/mindfulvacation/#comment-289 Carolyn, the Celtic cables do look scary, but fear not! You can do them. I had never done them before, and not only have they come out pretty much fine, but I'm eager to do more patterns that incorporate them. The pattern is wonderful (I'm assuming the same would go for Eris). For your six bucks, you get 19 or 20 pages of careful instructions and clear, intuitive charts. Jenna is really painstaking in her write-up, so you won't encounter any problems there. The one thing I would recommend--if you haven't done Celtic cabling before--is to check on her website for the instructions about how to start a closed cable. I think the original technique came from Alice Starmore, and it is worth the three seconds to check it out. Can you tell that I didn't bother to do this? Being prideful and impetuous? Right. And my first one was crap. I was duly punished. But it doesn't have to happen to you. Go for it! I think you'll find it a challenge, but in a good way. Carolyn, the Celtic cables do look scary, but fear not! You can do them. I had never done them before, and not only have they come out pretty much fine, but I’m eager to do more patterns that incorporate them.

The pattern is wonderful (I’m assuming the same would go for Eris). For your six bucks, you get 19 or 20 pages of careful instructions and clear, intuitive charts. Jenna is really painstaking in her write-up, so you won’t encounter any problems there.

The one thing I would recommend–if you haven’t done Celtic cabling before–is to check on her website for the instructions about how to start a closed cable. I think the original technique came from Alice Starmore, and it is worth the three seconds to check it out.

Can you tell that I didn’t bother to do this? Being prideful and impetuous? Right. And my first one was crap. I was duly punished. But it doesn’t have to happen to you.

Go for it! I think you’ll find it a challenge, but in a good way.

]]> by: Carolyn J. http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/27/mindfulvacation/#comment-286 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:32:05 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/27/mindfulvacation/#comment-286 Hi, just popped over from Ample Knitters, and I see you're knitting a lovely Rogue. I'm thinking of buying the pattern for Eris, and I was wondering if you were happy with your experience with Rogue. Those cables look a little scary ;) Hi, just popped over from Ample Knitters, and I see you’re knitting a lovely Rogue. I’m thinking of buying the pattern for Eris, and I was wondering if you were happy with your experience with Rogue. Those cables look a little scary ;)

]]> by: Ellen http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/27/mindfulvacation/#comment-282 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:24:53 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/27/mindfulvacation/#comment-282 That's good news. That also presumes I'll live to be 90, but given family history it isn't out of the question... That’s good news. That also presumes I’ll live to be 90, but given family history it isn’t out of the question…

]]> by: lorinda http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/27/mindfulvacation/#comment-280 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:20:13 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/27/mindfulvacation/#comment-280 p.s. 45 is the new middle age, so you're okay for a while. p.s. 45 is the new middle age, so you’re okay for a while.

]]> by: lorinda http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/27/mindfulvacation/#comment-279 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:19:40 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/27/mindfulvacation/#comment-279 I'll take your Namaste if it looks like this: http://www.namasteneedles.com/products/accessories.php Have a wonderful, mindful vacation. I am jealous of you--able to wear a bikini. And I wouldn't have pictured Rogue in that particular color, but hey, it's vacation! I saw the Brothers Grimm book; is that going too? Or are you actually taking Heath Ledger and the Damon boy? A little gory moralistic reading is always good for the beach. You could also take Struwwelpeter http://www.fln.vcu.edu/struwwel/struwwel.html with you. He's good for a laugh or a nightmare. Since I am heading to Maine in two weeks, I will try to take your admonition to heart and not return more tired than when I left. Does yarn shopping count? I'll miss you! And my Mr. Kitty is just as insufferable as yours. "I made him an offer he couldn't refuse" he tells me of the cat he just displaced from the windowsill. Namaste back atcha. I’ll take your Namaste if it looks like this: http://www.namasteneedles.com/products/accessories.php

Have a wonderful, mindful vacation. I am jealous of you–able to wear a bikini. And I wouldn’t have pictured Rogue in that particular color, but hey, it’s vacation!

I saw the Brothers Grimm book; is that going too? Or are you actually taking Heath Ledger and the Damon boy? A little gory moralistic reading is always good for the beach. You could also take Struwwelpeter http://www.fln.vcu.edu/struwwel/struwwel.html with you. He’s good for a laugh or a nightmare.

Since I am heading to Maine in two weeks, I will try to take your admonition to heart and not return more tired than when I left. Does yarn shopping count?

I’ll miss you! And my Mr. Kitty is just as insufferable as yours. “I made him an offer he couldn’t refuse” he tells me of the cat he just displaced from the windowsill. Namaste back atcha.

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