One-Row Buttonhole

Thank you to Nancy for showing me this video! It gives easy-to-follow instructions for a great, reinforced buttonhole that you complete within one row of knitting. I liked it so much that I've embedded it here for my own future reference.



It makes me want to start a cardigan!

Angry Birds, Happy Campers!

I have very little experience playing Angry Birds on my cell phone, but apparently many children between the ages of 6-15 do have such experience. The idea to knit Angry Birds came to me about a week before camp started. Who knew it would be the most popular knitting project at camp, and inspire knitters and non-knitters alike to pick up two needles and make one (or two... or three...) ??

This is the result of a collaborative design effort between a camper and yours truly. He wanted to knit one of the green pigs from the game. He opted NOT to add a moustache.

And here is a close-up of a 13-year-old's hand knit Angry Bird.

I am so proud of all the campers at Grossman Camp in Westwood, MA who learned to knit this summer! There is nothing more rewarding than the smile on the face of a child who has just made something special all by him/herself!!

Until next summer... Keep on Knitting!

Peace, Love, & Happiness

It was emblazoned in bright yellow electrical tape on the top of the black mortarboard I wore at my college graduation. Now it is knit permanently into an ear-flapped hat that I finished yesterday. PEACE, LOVE, & HAPPINESS. Although, this time, it's in Hebrew!



Charting the Hebrew characters was no picnic! Thanks to Crayola for making Magic Markers in the same colors as my stash yarn!



Doing the Math: Centering the words in the front & back of the hat meant that every color band had a different starting point. No problem. Color-coordinated baggie tie "marker tags" marked where each word chart would start.



It's almost done. Now to figure out how to handle the top of the lamed. Hmmmmm... center it between decreases, use Intarsia and a small bobbin of white yarn, change back to the purple main color.



A close-up of the finished hat. Read from top to bottom, but from right to left: Shalom (in white), Ahavah (in red), and Simcha (in orange) mean Peace, Love, Happiness.