The Sewing Lawyer can't even use gardening as an excuse for her absence from this blog since DH is the gardener around here. He's very good at it! (More pictures here.)
What are the odds of that happening? Apparently 100%.
However, this delightful sock is emerging. I took a day off work a week ago to learn sock-knitting from one of the masters (mistresses?) - Cat Bordhi. She's a knitting genius.
Knitting a sock from the toe up, sculpting it without seams or even picking up stitches into this astonishing 3 dimensional shape, reminds me of making a shirt with every seam perfectly felled, no raw edges anywhere, entirely by machine.
And for those of you who are contemplating unsubscribing to my blog in disgust at finding (again) no news of actual sewing, I promise you the machines have been in use today also. Please don't go just yet!!!
Your garden looks very inviting! I wish I knew how to knit socks. Home knitted scks are the very best for lining wellie boots in winter, and my husband's grandma is getting a little old for it! I'm a beginner knitter, and scks look awfully tricky.
ReplyDeleteYours look lovely and comfy.
No fear of my unsubscribing! I love your knitting! That sock is coming along nicely. I need to convince myself to work on the pair I have on the needles. I have a hard time knitting when it is warm outside, but perhaps I need to take your example and move out to the porch...
ReplyDeleteI love all the colors of your garden!
ReplyDeleteHey, no fair! You're not allowed to start a garden blog, too! J.k.! As the kids say. Love the socks and the garden photos. Kudos to D.H.!
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks beautiful. I'm sure you can take a little credit for it. I've never made a pair of socks. You're inspiring me to do so.
ReplyDeleteThose flowers look lovely!!
ReplyDeleteI'm not unsubscribing!
I'm green with envy. A class with Cat Bordhi! (I love knitting :) ) I'm not unsubscribing ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying your descriptions of the differences between knitting and sewing because that's what I'm experiencing, too. The ability to shape in knitting is a revelation for people like me who start with sewing. Gloves are fun, too, although they don't have the turn-of-the-heel shaping that socks have. But they're the "socks" that everyone can see.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you are well - I was, truly, beginning to worry....keep those posts a'coming!
ReplyDeleteI'm touched!
DeleteLove your garden - it has one of my favorites, a bleeding heart.
ReplyDeleteI always love reading your blog, whether it's sewing, knitting, your lovely garden, or other stuff. We all need a break once in a while.
ReplyDeleteWhat yarn is that Kay? I suspect it's the same I have just finished a pair in.
ReplyDeleteDid I spy a trillium and a sanguinaria in your garden? Your garden is gorgeous. I would love to visit it.
ReplyDeleteMay