About Beth
I am a freelance writer, based near Pittsburgh, PA, specializing in science and technical topics. Yes, I am available for new writing projects! changing horses in mid-stream
Take a look at these two partial sweaters.
On the left, weighing in at 7,566 stitches and 532 cable crossings, is my interpretation of St Brigid. I started this sweater before the Olympics.
On the right, weighing in at 12,276 stitches, is my Olympic project, a gansey. I started it at the Knitting Etc cast-on party.
The gansey, I'm sad to say, hurts like hell. I can't work long hours on such tiny needles without my hands being sore the next day. I've tried different hand positions, but I am, officially, out of this event because of an injury. If I continued with this gansey, I would be setting myself up for failure. This is against the rules. So, I'm swapping these projects: St. Brigid will be my olympic sweater, and Miss Gansey will be a finish-on-my-own-time thing.
The original St. Brigid, which I'm adapting to my own nefarious ways, goes a little something like this.
On the left, weighing in at 7,566 stitches and 532 cable crossings, is my interpretation of St Brigid. I started this sweater before the Olympics.
On the right, weighing in at 12,276 stitches, is my Olympic project, a gansey. I started it at the Knitting Etc cast-on party.
The gansey, I'm sad to say, hurts like hell. I can't work long hours on such tiny needles without my hands being sore the next day. I've tried different hand positions, but I am, officially, out of this event because of an injury. If I continued with this gansey, I would be setting myself up for failure. This is against the rules. So, I'm swapping these projects: St. Brigid will be my olympic sweater, and Miss Gansey will be a finish-on-my-own-time thing.
The original St. Brigid, which I'm adapting to my own nefarious ways, goes a little something like this.
To knitting/crafts by Beth on
2006-02-15.