DK the Nautical Knitter

"Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"  Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry

I was informed this morning by a fellow blogger that I "Made her day".  Thanks Amanda for the awesome award!

Now it is my turn to give the award to others who make my day with their blogs…  I will be posting comments to your blogs, so look out!!

On the travel front, we will be leaving tomorrow for Dallas to spend about a week with my parents while my mother has surgery.  Hopefully the Secret of the Stole II KAL group will run smoothly by my remote control.  That is what laptops and iPhones are for anyway, right?

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Since I (like everyone else I know on the planet, it seems) have way more to do than is physically possible right now, does anyone out there have a free moment that they could just whip this out for me? HAHA

Seriously, black would be preferable and perhaps a little longer length….

Just kidding. Winter 2007 Knitty surprise is up. There are three offerings this time and this one is in my queue!

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Have you visited this site?  I know there are many of you out there that like to listen to pod-casts, music, or even audio books while you knit.  Even though Librivox has been around a while, I never actually had an opportunity to check it out thoroughly until yesterday.  I started listening to Alice in Wonderland while I was knitting and found myself laughing out loud several times.  After I had finished knitting I surfed the titles on the site for more things to listen to and found this awesome recording.  Have a listen to this reader’s voice.  Too Cool!

On the knitting front, I am busy scouring the internet for video and audio podcasts to put up on the KnitWith.us web site.  Today we had a revelation of sorts.  We realized that we cannot produce all the video’s we want to do in a timely fashion.  So we have decided to locate videos that relate to a certain knitting technique we are currently working on or any others we come across that provide valuable knitting information.  We are writing a review of the podcasts and uploading them to the Knitwith.us site.  Hopefully, when you are looking for a tutorial on a specific technique you will be able to find a wealth of information on the site to help you.  If you know of a good video of this type, please let us know and we will review and upload it.

We will be continuing to add our own videos as well.  I haven’t found a chart reading video that I like yet, so that one is probably next up.  So, bookmark the site and visit often!

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Here are the first 29 rows of my Civil War Shawl KAL and behind me you can see where I work on it the most.  College basketball provides  a great block of 3+ hours of knitting time for me.  The shawl is growing slowly, stay tuned…

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Sots decided that he needed a way to keep up with the Secret of the Stole KAL groups and still be on the move, so here he is with his new toy important electronic device, that was a necessity really…

Now I think I will be able to blog and keep up with the groups from anywhere. Too cool!

In other news, Mr. K created a new tutorial blog post on images on KnitWith.Us explaining how to put a button up on your blog and link it to another page. Check it out.

On the sewing front, I cut out the sleeves for my father’s costume shirt and ironed on the design that now has to be embroidered. If all goes well, I can get the embroidery done and the sleeves sewn into the tuxedo shirt he sent to me soon. Right now the shirt is sleeveless, somewhat sexy looking and appears like it could have come home with me from a wild night at a Chippendales show. I’m just sayin…

Here is one of the sleeve designs that needs to be embroidered. Any volunteers? I’ll keep you posted.

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The presents have all been opened, the decorations have been packed away, and we are all back to work.  William likes his new Candy Corn Hat his Nana (DK) made for him. 

Looking ahead to 2008, we have already booked our calendar full of travels and other fun stuff through June.  The first change of the year to take place here at Nautical Knitter Designs is the opening of the new web site: KnitWith.us.  The new site offers pod-casts, videos, the largest knitter’s blog-roll, technical posts, links to the latest knit a longs, and so much more.  Stop by for a peek and let us know what you think. 

The Nautical Knitter blog will still be up and running, but will be more tuned to family happenings and personal knitting projects. I hope you will continue to read my blog and throw me a little encouragement every once in a while when the design muse hides from me or the projects just don’t seem to be flowing.  I love reading your comments and hearing what you are all up to out there.

I am working on a post for the new site on substituting yarns (including different weights) in knitting projects that I think you will be interested in.  Additionally, I have three new books to review, so please stay tuned for those as well.

The Secret of the Stole II KAL begins in just 15 days and we are so excited to begin and share this new pattern with you all.  If you have joined, get your needles ready it is going to be a fun ride.  If you haven’t joined yet, please do.  We are waiting for you.

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