For positively the last time
Monday, April 19, 2010 at 4:46PM
I will post photos of this finished (yay!) quilt.
It’s had quite enough exposure, but I am grateful to everyone for the encouragement, helpful advice and kind comments without which I feel sure it would have still been lingering there on my table.
I’m often asked the question “why do you blog?” and I think the answer lies with my quilt. I blog to keep a record of what I’m doing, and of what I’ve done, mostly for my own personal use, but in sharing good intentions with friends I can also set myself up with a challenge. Sometimes, I deliberately post the start of a project, because sooner or later, someone will ask “whatever happened to…?” and I will respond in the same way I used to respond when my Mum asked the same question ;-) Yes, I’ll sigh, roll my eyes a bit and then succumb to the kindly shove and do something about it.
I will never admit to having stuffed “that yellow dress” down at the back of the wardrobe or to cutting it up for some weird project or other. But I might turn a delicate shade of pink and look a bit shifty…
For my next trick
I plan to get out the old “tricotin” again. Maybe you can remember the loopy scarf I knitted last year? Well, last week, whilst at Kelmscott Manor, Mary, Joanna and I stalked a French woman who was wearing this
I recognised the style immediately and began to mutter La Droguerie in a way which gave them some concern. When we got home, I opened one of my pattern books and Voilà! there was the pattern.
In French. Bien sûr.
Parlons-nous francais? Un petit peu. Fortunately there’s also a good, clear diagram.
So, we have yarn (Debbie Bliss 4ply Rialto), we have a working tricotin and later, we may have lift off.
There. I’m committed now, aren’t I?
Reader Comments (3)
Ah mais tu sais d'utiliser un tricotin c'est tricher! Where is your wooden spool with 4 nails? I cannot for the life of me remember what it is called. The girls used to have an "upmarket" version from Early Learning Centre which was much more safety conscientious than the wooden spool with nails. Anyway I cannot wait to see what you come up with this time.
Enjoy your quilt!
Marianne, we called it a "Knitting Nancy" and the process was called "French Knitting". The four nails are fine for a short piece, but for more than 10m? I'll take the cheat's route, thank you!! Actually, the tricotin makes for lovely, neat tension, too.
I have a modern version of the cotton reel and four nails, made by Clover (I think) too.
We finished a quilt in the same week - I am beginning to think we may never be seen at the same time! Love the colours.
Perhaps not! Your wonderful travels define you as very different from Wales bound me (but if I could I would!)
Love the mode a la Francais - very unusual!