'Been Knitting and reading and keeping warm

'Been knitting reading and keeping warm, that's the way to go as WINTER  gives way to Spring.

On the right is a pair of footies, the center socks are in 4ply Spotlight wool. and the left are 6ply Opal wool from Opal and Bead  .

 

Now this is my big old foot in these little footies they do look nicer on a daintier foot.

front view

side view

The sun shines in the morning and by noon the temperature drops down three degrees and the sky clouds over and it rains, sleets, hails what ever you can do with cold wet , that's what we get.

Now back to the footies I think they look like little baskets, and they would be good for Easter presents with eggs in them, and then worn when the weather changes .

Here is the pattern for the footies.
Left over ball of 8 ply wool and suitable needles.
Cast on 6 stitches knit 6 rows of garter stitch
next row  - K1 increase in next stitch and knit to he end of the row
Repeat this row until 22 stitches are on the needle
Next Row - knit, increasing in every stitch until end of row 44 stitches
Next row - K2 P2 to end of row
repeat last row until 6 or 7 inches long
Next Row - Knot 2 tog, until end of row 22 stitches
Next row K1 K 2 tog, knit to end of row
Repeat last row until 5 stitches remain
Knit 6 rows garter stitch
 cast off
 Fold knitting in half and sew cast on and cast off edges together, ( this forms the strap which goes over the top of the foot).
sew ribbed knitting together , both sides,
 Fold out right
 All done
 You can make three or four pair in a day, depending on  your leisure.

Enjoy.

And if you have a friend you might get a surprise in the mail and you can put your coffee on a personalised Mug Mat. Thanks Elaine , friends make the world go round.

As well as knitting I have been reading and I can't impress on you enough, the joy and music appreciation, and philosophy you will gain  from reading Piano Lessons by Anna Goldsworthy.

Anna was a 9 year old girl when she started learning music from Mrs Sivan and it is from Anna's memoirs that we read ,Insights like

“We need to respect our self, and not our ego,” Sivan explains to a 9-year-old Goldsworthy. “We need to respect our life in music, our position, our future, our achievement. Our aim must never be thanks and prizes and praise.”

Over her meticulous stages of instruction, Sivan took on each composer in turn–Bach was like God, she noted, offering “peace, of course, and bells,” while Mozart was like Midas, “every sound he touches turns into song”–and Goldsworthy tidily arranges her memoir according to their embarking on these composers’ works, from Shostakovich to Liszt.

Enjoy the weekend Blessings Margaret