Category Archives: Life

Look Who Came to Visit

Look who came to visit

Do you see the little bugger? Actually it did not come to visit but was brought in very unceremoniously by Saki, Joe decided to save it and the little bugger jumped and went to check Joe’s calf (very handsome calf),,, as you can see Saki was on the watch, trying to get his toy back. Cruel us, do not enjoy his gifts and do not let him play with them either, ackh .

Oh and the other night my stew tried to kill me,,, you can see the result in the photo that Joe had to take (he thought it was funny too, the wicked man)

.The Wicked Stew Attack

Luckily no real damage was done and the stew was very tasty too.

Apparently I put the lid on the pot too soon after I added the white wine and when I noticed that something was going on in there and opened the lid, I saw fire on the stew, I think some burning alcohol was on the lid and this is what caught some of my hair, it is a good thing I still have my chemist instincts, I pulled my head back automatically and moved away from the stove. Having glasses helped to!

And the knitting keeps going on! One Kaleidee is ready and his brother is on the needles as we speak.

My autumn throw gained another one and a half pattern repeats! Oh and the best thing about it? It helped! Last night we slept with open windows for the first time in months and months and it is after one o’clock already and the windows are still open – YAY!!!

Shanah Tovah – שנה טובה

Today is erev rosh hashanah the evening before the first day of the Jewish new year and according to our tradition its the time to wish everybody a very happy sweet new year, so: Shanah tovah u’metukah = happy sweet new year everybody :) שנה טובה ומתוקה לכול�?. May it be full of fun knitting, beautiful projects some finished even, loads and loads of beautiful soft yarn and needles too!

Wrong Side? Why Wrong?

Can someone please explain to me why you call that side of our knits wrong?

As the title of my blog suggest, I am knitting in translation, and it goes further then me knitting in English (which is not my mother tongue) now. But this is the subject for another post.

Today I wanted to understand something that baffles me every time I hear it, see it or read it, the wrong side of the knit?!?

I don’t regard this side as wrong and can’t use this term, no sir! (or madam for that matter). I call it the back side or the left side as opposed to the front side or the right side of my knit. The right and left come from the names of the basic stitches in Hebrew, we call the knit: right and the purl: left!

Anyway, I can’t see anything wrong with that side of my knits, actually in many cases I quite like the looks of that side especially when the knit is done with many different yarns like fair isle. When it is done right, the back side of such a knit looks to me like the true manifestation of the piece of art that shows the skill level of the knitter.

Also, if something was wrong on that side of our knit, the whole thing would be wrong, no? as those sides are very strongly connected,,,, so I really don’t understand that term and don’t like it either.

And I wonder, is it only me or is there something wrong with that term?

Oh and by the way, I don’t understand why people don’t like to purl, actually I think it is my preferred stitch, maybe this is why I have such a problem with the name of it side of our knits!