Comments on: Of squash and twisted stitches

By: Lene

Lene — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:30:47 +0000

The swatch looks delicious!
Congratulations to your friend and Abbie (and Leif of course;))with baby Maren. How do you pronounce their names? I’m Danish and my guess is that you pronounce Leif like the foliage but Maren I can’t really tell. We say something like laif with a strong “a” and Maren we pronounce like the french mar (sea) and then add an “n”. Very cute, strong and traditional names but not very used these days.

Thanks for the always very interesting posts!

By: =Tamar

=Tamar — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:22:46 +0000

Twisted stitches look so good; one day I will try them. Blue Hubbard squash are my favorite, but they rarely show up in the local stores. My father grew them when I was a kid; one year the smallest one we had weighed twenty pounds. We cut them with the wood-splitting axe. Yum.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:46:17 +0000

Hey! Whose hinder end are you calling largish?

Love the twisted stitches. You were right – perfect for the yarn!!

By: livnletlrn

livnletlrn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:07:20 +0000

mmm…twisted stitches. Thanks for the link to the book. Tempting!

By: Seanna Lea

Seanna Lea — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:04:05 +0000

I love twisted stitches, but haven’t really seen them that much outside of sock knitting. I will have to take a look at what other things I can do with them.

I have a pair of acorn squashes from this week’s farmer’s market. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with them yet, but the butternut squash became a soup with creamy neufchatel. It’s in the freezer waiting for me to run out of leftover lasagna.

By: meg

meg — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:29:14 +0000

I just got that book and have been looking at it nightly before I go to bed! I read through it immediately, brought it with me for two car trips just to flip through. The fantasies are never ending. Your swatch is so tempting. I think I might have to look through my book again.

I think we live parallel lives – I have squash on the menu for tonight! (Mine is acorn, however.)

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:22:41 +0000

Oh man, I ADORE twisted stitches. Your little swatch is so appealingly autumnal. And thanks for making me feel better about my calves definitely meriting a special increase panel!

By: michael

michael — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:16:04 +0000

Mmm squash and twisted stitches. I’m actually contemplating making myself a set of kilt hose for my new kilt

By: Wendolene

Wendolene — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:03:42 +0000

Delicious-sounding recipes and delicious-looking knitting! I look forward to more of both.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:48:53 +0000

ooh, I love where you’re going with those twisted stitches! gorgeous effect.