Inspired by your comments, I decided to play around with Celtic knots (as opposed to Celtic braids) this morning. Several hours of experimentation produced this: Technically it’s 26 shafts (92 treadles if you express it in treadles) but because of the symmetry I am fairly certain it’s reducible to 24 shafts (possibly even fewer!). I [...]
When I arrived in Maryland, it was in the high thirties or low forties and windy as we came out of the airport. Within seconds, my ears were freezing. So, of course, I decided to think warm thoughts. A hat! A hat would be just the thing to keep my ears from freezing off when [...]
Behold the result of five hours on a plane yesterday:
Flying out this morning on a whirlwind tour of family: my dad for three days, my mom for three days, Mike’s family for five days. Flying to Maryland and to Chicago, fun fun fun. With my terror of boredom, I’ve packed not one but three knitting projects, five or six novels, the just-finished shawl for [...]
Here is the latest shawl, the slow color progression from one end of the shawl to another: It’s a hideously bad photo (the colors are NOT true), but it gives you some idea. This shawl represents a turning point for me: it is the first shawl I’ve produced that is (I think – still need [...]
