Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Teeny Needle Tuesday

Good Morning!

The weather has finally calmed down a bit.  I did hear this morning that a tornado was confirmed the other night in Delaware.  We were lucky and didn't have anything come down (though I have not ventured out into our woods....).  Colin said he had a lot of branches and twigs to pick up and one of his fence rails came down.  Overall not bad considering the strength of the storms.  On my drive this morning I did notice a number of trees (some quite large) that had toppled over in the storm.  And the wind certainly brought in chilly weather!


After such a warm day on Saturday, I'm back to hand knit socks and even a shawl at work today!   My shawl pin is made out of birch wood and is one I bought (I think) several years ago at the Finger Lakes Fiber Festival.

Meanwhile it is TNT (Teeny Needle Tuesday) and here's a shot of Fox Forest from last night:


Another fox - pretty lean -- has joined in the fun.  There are still a few more to be put on the fabric along with a tree or two and some flowers.  And, of course, the alphabet sprinkled throughout the background.  I'm definitely not stitching as fast as I used to...and not as much as I used to either, but I'm pleased with the progress I've made so far.

On the knitting side of things I somehow managed to mess up the Hitchhiker again (and I didn't even take it on Saturday when I met up with Dee - I just knit on plain socks that day).  I think I managed to tink what I needed to last night an am (hopefully) back on track.  I brought the Hitchhiker to work today and am planning to knit some at lunch (maybe...).

How's your week going so far?

13 comments:

  1. Not sure what troubles you are having with the Hitchhiker but there is a trick you can use if you are not counting rows correctly (I have a lot of trouble with that sometimes!). Put a marker between the KF and KB (after one stitch) so that when there are 7 stitches before the marker, it’s time to bind off for the "tooth". On row 8 remove marker, and repeat. I got this tip from another knitter on Ravelry and it has turned this project into auto-knitting for me. Hope this helps.

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  2. I use the same marker trick as kayT to count rows on Hitchhikers and find that it works well. That fox is pretty lean; I hope some of the others are a little more well-fed!

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  3. The shawl is so pretty on you! I like to have a shawl pin to keep it in place, too! Those little foxes are so sweet-I think you making good progress!

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  4. I love those foxes! And your shawl looks beautiful.

    Sometimes I have a Knitting Slump for several days wherein I make mystifying errors on patterns I've knitted without incident for ages. Maybe kayT's trick will help!

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  5. Nice shawl pin: I use a wooden cable needle as a shawl pin - the grooves in it hold the shawl in place.

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  6. My week’s so far is “quiet” and lovin’ it...your shawl and that pin are gorgeous; sorry you had to “tink” a bit...stitch on and on and on!
    Cheers~

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  7. My week is going well . . . now that Sunday's snow has melted. (Yeah.) Your shawl is perfect -- love that color on you! -- and the little foxes are coming right along. So cute. Have a great day, Vera!

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  8. The shawl is just lovely!!! I love your little foxes. That is such a fun pattern.

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  9. I love Fox Forest. So cute.

    Sorry to hear about Hitchhiker. I am finally back to the spot where I had to rip all the way back. Hopefully, we will both make progress this week.

    I even have a teeny needle Tuesday post ON TUESDAY!!!

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  10. I love the shawl/pin combo, so pretty.

    And I think your foxes are adorable - though I must admit to thinking foxes are adorable anyway ...

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  11. It's been chilly the last few days here, but it's suppose to be summer-like by Thursday!
    Your shawl and pin are lovely and I love those little foxes!

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  12. beautiful shawl!! Love your pin too :) We had some tornado activity near by but not me.

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  13. I'm glad that you all came through the storms okay. I heard that they were some bad ones. Your shawl pin is lovely and so is your cross stitich. Those fox are so cute! :-)
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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