Knit

Whoa...woulda ya lookit that?  Knitting.  On a knitting blog.  The world is outta whack I tell you.  Wonder if I'll actually finish this?  It's just a scarf.  I sure hope so.

Not only did I knit this weekend but we also attended a dulcimer jam.  Yes, those are my hands playing a dulcimer.  I learned a couple of chords then sat in with the group using a borrowed dulcimer.  It was a lot of fun.  So much fun that I'm going to call a teacher this week and look into lessons.  Knitting and dulcimers...kind of a cool fit.  I think I even spied some hand-knit socks on one of the players, but I was kind of busy trying to keep up with woman who'd taught the beginners class to look much closer at the feet of the players.  (Yes, I looked at the instructor's hands and used my supah keen sense of hearing to play.  haha)  

Back to that knitting, though.  Part of the pattern calls to purl two together.  I don't know about you, but I have a death grip on the needles when I do that.  I have no idea why.  It's like somehow that stitch is gonna rip the needles right out of my hands.  I need to relax or the whole thing will be outta whack.  Plus it my screw up my chances at being a dulcimer prodigy.  That would suck. :-)

Comments

[Sandy]

Pretty yarn! There's a local dulcimer artist who usually plays at the Ren Fair and the Sheep and Wool Festival. She's really good and I have a few of her CDs. Love the sound.

[kmkat]

The sound of a dulcimer is so lovely -- I wish I could have heard your group. Is that Malabrigo in the scarf? It is also lovely :)