I’ve talked about how I enjoy knitting on the blog before…so I thought I’d show my finished sweater. I think it’s funny that for me here in Mazatlan this will be something I wear in the winter! It’s made out of a beautiful cotton yarn that I brought with me when we moved here.
I still haven’t found a source for yarn here in Mazatlan, or I guess I should say yarn that I’d consider using. Not to be elitist, but I just can’t handle acrylic yarn. When you spend a lot of time making something you really want it to turn out gorgeous!
With my son and his wife in Mexico City expecting a baby this winter, I’ve been frustrated with not having yarn to knit with! And the fact that I bought blue yarn when I was in the US this summer as they’d been told they were having a boy, and now it turns out they are having a girl!
So the solution to the yarn situation is that they are going to buy some yarn in Mexico City and send it to me! I think it is a great solution because they’ll have input into the colors and washability and all that. They hope to go this weekend – they went last Sunday to Crochet, a nice yarn store in Polanco, but it was closed.
But I still have the itch to knit, so I have started a hat for the baby using the blue yarn I had bought this summer. It’s a very feminine hat, so I think I can get away with the blue, and I think I’ll make some socks or booties to go with it. A picture from the hat pattern is below. Isn’t it adorable? Oh, and the baby, too?
One thing I have noticed is that even when I get frustrated with something that’s unavailable here, an acceptable workaround always reveals itself.
Now, time to gather my knitting and get ready to watch the debate this evening.
American Mommy in Mexico
September 26, 2008The sweater is very nice. I like the trim work at bottom!
jennifer
September 26, 2008Nancy, you are so resourceful and go with the flow, I love it! But sometimes it is hard to resolve the hip, young person you are with doing grandmotherly things. I still find it hard to believe you have grandchildren.
Nancy
September 27, 2008American Mommy, Thank you! Lately I have enjoyed making garments with lacy or open type designs like that. It is really pretty over a pair of white shorts so you can see the pattern clearly.
Jennifer, You are so nice to call me hip and young! I certainly feel it. But when you have your kids at 17 and 19 even if they wait a reasonable time before having kids, you still are a grandparent early! And girl, get with it…knitting is hip and young and not grandmotherly at all. Check out http://www.knitty.com for some inspiration. Want me to teach you?
heatherinparadise
September 27, 2008Wow, Nancy, you are really talented! I really regret that I don’t know how to knit or crochet or sew. But to be honest, I don’t know how you can stand to touch yarn in the heat.
jennifer
September 27, 2008Nancy, I didn’t in any way mean to say that knitting is grandmotherly (although the only person I have ever known to knit besides you is my Granmother), but, well, knitting baby hats kinda is 😉
islagringo
September 27, 2008Good job. Thanks for sharing! And geez, what a stereotype Jennifer has tried to back her way out of! I knit sweaters, ponchos, hats, scarves, mittens, purses, water bottle holders and even necklaces. And I certainly wouldn’t clasify myself as grandmotherly!
1st Mate
September 28, 2008Nancy, I think it’s a good thing you used a dark color for that sweater (actually I’d call it a tank top since it’s cotton yarn) because I bet you’ll wear it a lot. I love the pattern at the bottom, what beautiful work! Knitting is very much in style, you know, even movie stars are doing it between takes, they say it relaxes them. Better than Valium.
Nancy
September 30, 2008Heather, it’s easy to learn – I have a hard time sitting still so I like to have something to do with my hands when I watch TV.
Wayne, no I don’t think you’re grandmotherly at all. Water bottle holders? Love to see a picture.
Bliss, Who knew, I’m cool!
Jennifer, you never know, you may even get a knitted gift someday so don’t knock it!
islagringo
October 2, 2008I was just thinking. It would be really cool to see a picture of you modeling your latest creation!