knit knit knit purl

I think I may have mentioned I decided I'd better learn how to knit again ... I had knit a bit as a kid but had never cast on myself so I turned to the internet and  found a great little site to help me with my knitting questions.
Knittinghelp.com has other great videos too. And a discussion board. I haven't used anything but the casting on and off videos though.

I started knitting an acrylic work scarf for Big T. It's really long and really wide and was a huge project to start with. It's practical and will keep him toasty warm when he's working at the farm.  Then more or less together I knit a funky scarf for each of my  J's girl cousins and started a scarf for my Mum. Mum's scarf was the most ambitious project to date  as it was a pattern (which I played with throughout) and quite long. The cousin's scarves were in a neat chunky wool which I really like and will play with more.

I've got one more scarf on needles - a more formal dressier scarf for Big T. It's a basket weave pattern and I'm enjoying watching it come together. I need to find something else to knit or somebody else who wants a scarf for my next project. Knitting is helping me focus in meetings and I'm very content knitting while I'm a passenger - in fact it makes me feel like I'm doing something productive too.

knitting and chicks ...

Getting ready to order chicks
Silkies most likely ...in the hope that the girls come back to us for normal sized eggs ...

I'd love Ameraucanas, Runner ducks, Sebastopol geese and more too!
Nearly finished my fourth knitting project
first was a big work scarf for Big T
then two chunky wool scarves for the cousins Maddy and Jackie
finally a lovely tweed purple scarf for Mum

then one more city scarf for Big T and I'll be on to something else ... not sure what to knit next tho!

no voice ... no problem ...

Planted another 80 cloves of garlic yesterday bringing this fall's total to 170 ...which I think should be a fine harvest for next year - I was able to only plant the biggest best heads this year so I'm excited for next year already! We have plenty of decent garlic left for winter too. Big T tilled the second bed for me which made planting a snap.

garlic bed one - the rail is down to mark the Korean and Schoolhouse garlic divide

All Schoolhouse garlic in the back bed this year

Dinner last night was delicious ... local chicken breasts baked and then finished with a little tomato sauce and Swiss cheese with our own squash and baked potatoes - YUM!

After I did the planting and before I started dinner I was bored but not breathing super well so I pulled up a YouTube video on casting on (a piece of knitting I couldn't recall ever doing). YouTube is awesome. I did a long tail cast on and started knitting and purling. Too much fun! Too smart given that I'd like to work on sustainable farming in the most humane, least animal destructive way ~which fibre does!  We'll see what the final product looks like, then I'll have to try more complex things - but a perfect winter thing to learn!

This is the site I used for the knitting help http://www.knittinghelp.com/. Very helpful!