My friend who is teaching me how
to do this was back in town a few days and then took off again. I had to
navigate through the heel on my own. Let me just say that this was
extremely difficult. I pulled out the stitches over and over again
trying different methods for decreasing stitches and finally found the
one I liked. I could just not transition from the heel itself to the
straight up knitting to go up the leg. I worked it over and over. The
wording on every set of instructions I read just did not make sense to
my brain. Finally, I figured out something (or the correct thing (I’m
still not sure)) but I managed to make the transition and created my own
set of notes on how to do it. I probably don’t speak kitting well
enough yet.
Here’s the progress so far: The other sock
is just past ending the heel. I still haven’t found another set of
needles so I am still switching back and forth from my paperclip holders
I made and the needles. B seems to think I should stop pretty soon and
make these “slipper socks” but I may make them into knee socks. That
would mean I probably wouldn’t wear them here, but I would get the
practice.
Recently I learned
how to make 3 different types of 3-D quilt squares. Quite a few ladies
canceled out at the last minute leaving me with the “teacher” nearly one
on one. It was great. I am working on creating a pillow using various
types of these squares. Our next “class” will probably be next month. I
was a little concerned about lugging my sewing machine to Robyn’s house,
but it was actually pretty easy— Pak Oky carried it for me. He won’t
even let me carry heavy grocery bags! The lower right quilt square gets
those little pleats hand tacked after the square is attached to other
squares so for now that one isn’t finished. In the photo the square with
all of the pleats folded in the same direction needs to be blocked a
little. The seam looks really crooked in the photo but it really isn't.
One
day Pak Hendra was in our apartment looking at a new water leak. He had
to return later in the day and on his return he asked if he could take a
photo of himself by our window. It seems that he liked the background
of the filtrage(sheers). Most people in this building apparently have
ones that hang flat, they are not pinch-pleated and double or triple the
width of the window so there are no folds. I said, “Of course.” (Tentu
saja.) I snapped a couple myself. Here is Pak Hendra, our tenant
relations manager for the building, in front of our sheers.
In loving memory of MAJ:
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