Oct 17th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
I am completely smitten with freeform lace crochet (see this book).
I was hesitant, as I am not actually that just at crochet, but I don’t want to recognise what any of the names of the stitches for this, so I am fine.
(I trust the same stitches have different names in different places, and they don’t [...]
Oct 15th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
In 2 more sleeps I will be on my way to New York City, to the wait and generous spare bed of my knitting pal Rebecca, then on Saturday it will be off to the New York Sheep and Wool festival, aka Rhinebeck. Wait, there’s something lacking in that description, what was it…oh yeah: WOO [...]
Oct 15th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
I am still form of recovering from my prescribed, deadlined, focussed knitting of the summertime and am currently knitting like Bridget Jones eats when she has a hangover — I am running on whatever indulgent thing I look alike and exploring the more exciting aspects of instant gratification.
Here is one of my recent creations:
It was [...]
Oct 2nd, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
I started knitting this scarf while we were in Kansas in August. The yarn came from the Newton Beadery in Newton Kansas. I couldn’t tell it was a yarn shop at all from the street, but then I saw the crochet friendly yarn shop sticker from Interweave on the door, and I knew.
This [...]
This is my version of calorimetry by Kathryn Schoendorf from The winter 2006 issue of Knitty. I realized after I decided to knit it that a very large proportion of the number of knitters on Ravelry have made one too (see here).
The gauge on mine was really far from that of the original as [...]
Sep 29th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
Here are some pictures of the scarf I knit with the yarn I spun from the Pixie batts from Evonne Wee’s Etsy shop:
I am very pleased with it. I have listed it in my new Parallax Knitting Etsy store (here).
I didn’t realize that usernames mattered on Etsy, so I created a new one (my [...]
Sep 19th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
The internets tell me now is Talk Like a Pirate Day. Yarr, mateys).
I’ve been having one of those weeks where I wish to knit everything. Like, everything. Only willpower is standing between me and cast on for three more sweaters, two shawls, and four pairs of socks right this very minute. It’s that form of [...]
Aug 12th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
And that’s a wrap, folks.
Pattern: Halcyon, by Lisa Lloyd in the book ‘A Fine Fleece’.
Yarn: Briggs & Little Regal (light worsted), in ‘turquoise’, just under 6 skeins total. It’s a sheepy sheepy wool, so sheepy that you will regularly encounter bits of straw and grass, etc, but is a bang for your buck at $5-6 [...]
Aug 4th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
Now it only has to stop blocking so I can sew it together and pray it fits properly bide my time until autumn when I’ll be capable to endure it for real.
Also, now that this is finally moving off the needles I give my next 3 sweaters all planned out. Gonna have a bit out [...]
Apr 22nd, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
Last week when I was in Boston I took with me a plain sock knitting project (stockinette, navy, men’s socks - for my grandfather), but I also brought some yarn and a new pattern to start as a treat. Since I was tired and vaguely stressed for a little while (what with almost losing my [...]