I have mentioned before that, along with 3 of my knitting friends (not one of them has a blog!), I am working on The Knitting Guild Association’s Master Knitter program. I decided to borrow (again) from Marlene over at Wovenflame, and set aside Mondays to post about my progress. Hopefully, being accountable to the Blogosphere will help keep me moving this project along.
Candidates in the Master Knitting program knit up a series of swatches, a few specific kinds of projects, and prepare a research notebook, all of which is sent to be evaluated by a review committee. A pin is awarded upon successful completion of all three levels of the program. It is actually very interesting work and I am looking forward to improving my knitting skillz and to learning some new techniques–especially the Arrrgyle sock (sorry, my inner pirate got the best of me there. Aarrgh).
So far, I have knitted and blocked nine of the required sixteen swatches and have three I plan to reknit. Also, I have knitted the two lace swatches, but have not blocked them. Here are some swatches about to be blocked:
See the lace one? I decided not to do that one. Here they are, all blocked and behaving nicely:
So, there are 9 swatches blocked, tagged, and bagged, plus two to be blocked. That leaves 5 more to go, plus the project–a stripped hat. Also, I will need to answer the research questions and write the paper. I’m still feeling a little ambivalent about that, but I think I’ll manage.
Finally, did I tell you my cat was cool?
I’m glad you’re enjoying this…maybe I’ll join ya’ll in the ranks of knitmeisters when I have a bit more time…Hmmm. Well. Maybe sooner. But not this year. I think. Javier would kill me!
I sent you a new email address! For us, duh-rect inner net is history! Love you! Mom
PS–interesting blocks you knitted, these don’t look like socks to me. .
Did you ever notice how your cats tummy looks knitted?