mustard and orchid...

five skeins 
of 
luscious 
color

i hadn't intended to use them together

but i find the combination 

so very yummy

what shall i knit with them?

blue and green...

it has always been a favorite combination...

a blue verging-on-turquoise

with a pea-soup green

they are the colors of the pacific ocean

on a bright spring day...

this latest version of the beach sweater 

which is currently on my needles

is knit in berroco's wonderful ultra alpaca

the colors?

irwyn green and turquoise mix

i like...

beach sweater pattern...

it is coming...

albeit slowly

the loss of my pattern notes

and calculations

 to the great computer crash of 2011 

(yup...hard drive dead)

has thrown me off course

but the delays have given me new ideas

and perhaps will make for a better pattern...

last week i played with this version:

by the way...still only two photos have been received

for the tangled knitter "contest"

where, oh! where are you, you tangled knitters?

don't be bashful

or ashamed (tangles have their beauty)

send in those photos!

you could win a copy of the new pattern...

tangles...

tangles occur quite naturally...

especially in my stash...

do they occur quite naturally in yours, as well?


then please consider
sharing your tangles...

show us your tangled knitting, your disorganized stash, your incredibly embarrassing scramble of yarn and needles and what-not...

send me your tangled photos!

i will post the photos on the blog 

during the remaining days of january...

email your photos to: tangled knitter

please put "tangled knitter" on the subject line

and let me know how you would like me to recognize you

i will gladly link to your blog, if you have one...

your email address will remain private

all who participate

(by submitting a photo or simply commenting on one)

will be entered in a drawing

to be held on the first of february 

two thousand twelve

at seven pm california time

soup...

potato and kale

decidedly NOT tangled...

...mary's stash is definitely an inspiration to those of us with
tangles

says mary from america's knitting:

"I’m the tidy type of knitter, not tangled.  All of my 50 some odd projects are all “on needles” (yep – yikes) and in their respective bags.  All my stash yarn is not listed on Ravelry but nicely tucked away in the ‘yarn pantry’.  More is upstairs in the apartment armoire.  I’ve got all my books in the pantry and the needles are all sized and hanging in the closet with straights looking lovely in two separate fun vases.  All loose patterns are in sleeves and organized in a HUGE pink binder with more patterns in a folder on the computer.  With my mountain of yarn, way too many patterns and books and needles up the wazoo – I think I’d go crazy for sure if it were all tangled.  I did have a panic attack about 5 years ago when I had to move it all – whew glad that’s over."

w o w . . .

inspirational, isn't she?

or do we just hate her?

thanks, mary, for sharing...

and knitters, do check out her website, america's knitting  

you can also follow her on facebook 

honoring doctor king...

"Did you ever stop to think that you can't leave for your job in the morning without being dependent on most of the world? You get up in the morning and go to the bathroom and reach over for the sponge, and that's handed to you by a Pacific islander. You reach for a bar of soap, and that's given to you at the hands of a Frenchman. And then you go into the kitchen to drink your coffee for the morning, and that's poured into your cup by a South American. And maybe you want tea: that's poured into your cup by a Chinese. Or maybe you're desirous of having cocoa for breakfast, and that's poured into your cup by a West African. And then you reach over for your toast, and that's given to you at the hands of an English-speaking farmer, not to mention the baker. And before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world. This is the way our universe is structured, this is its interrelated quality. We aren't going to have peace on earth until we recognize this basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality."

...Martin Luther King, Jr.  1967

oh where oh where...

...are the tangled knitters?

we have had only one photo to date...

from Anne at talkingtomydog

come on everyone...show us your tangles!

don't have tangles?  you can still participate!

details here

tangled is now on facebook...come like the page!

ms. tangled anne...

our first "tangled knitter"photo!

anne, who blogs here, sent this....

says anne:

"I try I really do... it just gets away from me every single day!   I have bags and baskets full of balled up and tangled balls and skeins of yarn.  Jars and tins of buttons. Drawers, boxes, jars and rubber bands full of needles. Printed  Patterns are in folders and baskets . Hen scratch notes are in an old blue spiral bound notebook.  Thank heaven for my blog and for ravelry or I really would lose my mind and all reference to my work.

Does it matter?

Not really. I love to knit and I always find my way through my projects.  The only real problem is that sound a needle makes when it drops to the hard wood floor and rolls away under the bookcase.... that....grrrrrrrrrrrrr

:)"

seems we have a truly tangled knitter here...

thanks, anne, for sharing your story!

be sure to visit anne's blog, talkingtomydog.blogspot.com

are you a tangled knitter, too?

check this post

and join the fun!

even if you aren't...leave a comment 

and you will be entered in the drawing next month!

a bit of tangled fun...

dear fellow knitter...


perhaps you are a neat and tidy knitter...

photo from:  knitty.com

perhaps your stash is organized, with everything in it's place...

photo from laughingpurplegodlfish

perhaps each of your projects is contained in a cute little bag...

from jenniegee's etsy shop

and you never get tangled in your yarn...

(i'm jealous, if that's the case...)

or perhaps...

just perhaps...

you are, like me, a tangled knitter...

perhaps your yarn is in twelve different baskets

and in every room in the house

your knitting is always tangled

and you are forever searching

for that size 3 circular...

if so, please consider showing us your tangles...

show us your tangled knitting, your disorganized stash, your incredibly embarrassing scramble of yarn and needles and what-not...

email your photos to: tangled knitter

please put "tangled knitter" on the subject line

and let me know how you would like me to recognize you

i will gladly link to your blog, if you have one...

your email address will remain private

the more tangled the better!

i will post the photos on the blog 

during the month of january...

and next month we will all vote for

"HER (or his) TANGLEDNESS"

the reader with the most...shall we say...interesting tangles

what an honor, no?

all who participate

(by submitting a photo or simply commenting on one)

will be entered in a drawing

to be held on the first of february 

two thousand twelve

at seven pm california time

two of you will win a copy of my 

soon-to-be released new pattern

okay?

i look forward to seeing the photos...it will make me feel so much better to know that i am not the only tangled knitter...




kind regards,
             pamela

cleaning...

i found this hat, unfinished, live stitches dangling, as i was cleaning my woefully tangled stash yesterday...

of course, i am easily distracted...especially when it comes to tidying up...

so i pulled out a circular

picked up those stitches

and finished the hat, adding a floppy pom-pom to the top

it's cute...

i think this may be the next

free pattern

yes?

back to cleaning...

oh...by the way...

do come back tomorrow for something fun!

knitting in intricate confusion...

oh...woe is me!
the mess!

my workspace is a tangled wreck...

you, most probably,

have never seen such a frightful 
confusion of yarn and 

stuff...

 

or...
 maybe you, too, are a tangled knitter?

if so, stay tuned...you could win something...


 

tangled is now on facebook...come "like" the page! okay?

a new year...

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two thousand twelve

two thousand twelve

two thousand twelve

two thousand twelve 
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 may it be as bright
and full of promise
as this glorious morning...

happy new year
and

happy knitting