Monday, March 29, 2010

Knitting by candlelight







these are the swatches I managed to make during "the Planet Hour" (last Saturday)



Saturday, March 27, 2010

Blooming


I love the sea








My first guinea pigs




These women are lovely indeed, the black-and-white scarf was given to the person who patiently taught me how to cast the stitches.

Knitting is all about patterns!

I finished this scarf yesterday, not without making some mistakes and having to undo the work.

What I mean by patterns


Sometime ago I became a little obsessed with patterns...

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Proud of my achievements


This is a project of a scarf, I'm using slightly bigger needles; this makes the progress more slow. I've already learned to be patient and do only a few rows at a time...

Learning to Knit


After a year going to many physicians I was finally diagnosed as having focal dystonia. Although this might mean the end of a musician's career, I still have hope to recover. Meanwhile I am knitting as a form of therapy. Mind you that I had never knitted before in my life...