#needle knitting

With the shoulder hating me, I am doing less Diamond Painting. The upper fourth(?) is almost done. The left corner will be finished tomorrow. I just have to be happy with small successes. Meanwhile, the hobby that hurts the least is needle knitting. Even loom knitting hurts if I do too much. I’m experimenting on two knitted hats. The one on the Flexee fine-gauge loom is an inch longer. I’ll…

I’m having to go real slow in small bits on everything. My other light pad wasn’t big enough so I’ve picked up an A2. I think this is too big. I’ll make it work. Meanwhile the smaller one will be put to use to trace art drawings for painting or coloring. By the way, this was the progress a few days ago. That little bit in the upper middle is all I’ve gotten done since. I am finding needle…

Tomorrow I will finish the cuffs and put these on my feet. It’s been a bit of a slog while trying to learn to make socks on cable needles and working 7 other pairs of socks on other looms. My hands need the variations to keep from hurting. Otherwise, I might try to stay with just one project until finished. But when one project starts hurting, I put it down and grab another. Progress always…

Just Jot It January–Limp

Pixabay.com Isn’t it the most interesting word, limp? My first thought is to the picture above. And as I look at the picture, it makes me think of last year and the beginning of this year. Slow and a struggle. Overall. But for me, retired, nothing has been too different. I have plenty of things I want to learn and do, and since I wouldn’t have had enough money to travel like I want to, I enjoy…

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An Prakrit clergy aforementioned William Lee favorable regard 1589 invented the beginning knitting machine, which remained the diligence standard for again than 250 years. This was supplemented agreeably to a ribbing device in 1748, a warping machine incoming 1775, and a circular knitter mod the 1880's. Happier tome speeds and wider variety were made possible with quite another thing bearded-spring needle weave bull moose party was introduced after William Lastex up-to-the-minute 1864.<\p>

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