Pink Knitting Adventures: July 2007

About Me

Name: Tiffany

Location: Oregon, United States

I am a homemaker by choice. My goal is to lead a life that is contrary to our culture. To create a home that is full of God's peace and love. To create a home that is a refuge in the midst of a crazy, crazy world. To seek balance and a pace of life that is able to hear what God is saying. When people come to our home I want them to feel the prescence of the living God. This is not a task I take lighlty nor one that can be truly achieved while I work outside the home. I believe that this is the call that God has given all women and that when we truly embrace it as Christians our world will radically change. As part of this goal we also home school our children. We believe this is the way God intended it has seen in Deuteronomy 6. Deuteronomy 6:6-9 - "And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on the gates."

It's been awhile since I've posted, but that's normal so oh well live with it. :) So just before my trip to Disneyland I got my invite to ravelry!!! I am so excited. I just got back from vacation so I haven't been able to get much done on it (I may or may not also be spending a lot of time with a certain boy which may or may not be causing me not to have as much time to play with ravelry). I did do some stuff yesterday for ravelry though. I put in one draw of my stash. A small dent but it felt good to get some on there. It helps me remember what I have. I have been knitting a ton. I will try to get pictures today so I can give you an update of my WIPs. Now that I"m not in school full time I've been getting lots of knitting in. So that's my little update for now. Come find me on ravelry. I'm under pinkknitting (go figure right?). And since no post is complete without a picture here is me with bug glasses on before the Bug's Life 3D show.

Well this is the sign that some swatching has been going on around here. I took my new Rowan Calmer and knitpicks needles to knitting group tonight and started swatching for the Tomato sweater from No Sheep for You. I just love this pattern. So I swatched with the intended needle size and I had 25 stitches to four inches instead of 18. So what do I do I go down a needle size. I still have around 25 stitches. So I go down another needle size I STILL have 25 stitches. Now most of you have caught on way before I did. I exclaimed out of desperation....THIS IS CRAZY I HAVE GONE DOWN TWO NEEDLES SIZES AND AM STILL NOT GETTING ANYWHERE CLOSE TO 18 I KEEP GETTING 25 OR MORE!!! Then Judy, the owner of my LYS, says try going up. I look at her with an astonished look. I say to her, "will that work?" She keeps looking at me like "I know the light bulb will come on any minutes." And then it did. Duh...if I need less stitches then I need to go up a needle size! Did I feel stupid or what? :) Unfortunately the next needle size up in my knitpicks set was at home so I packed up to leave. When I got home I tried with the next needle size up and what do you know I got less stitches. :) I still had to go up one more and I haven't finished that swatch yet to see if perhaps we have found the perfect fit. Sometimes I am a little slow. :)