Dec 20th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
Twas a rainy day in the capitol city, so much so that I'm glad it was warm enough to keep us from being up to our knees in snow. Yeah, it was a soaking wet day, but cooler temperatures could have made it a whole lot worse.After nearly [...]
Dec 17th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
How did I make the secret project? Begin with knitPro. Use a pen to trace where three distinct circles should be and a colored pencil to indicate which blocks should be used for letters. Label row and stitch axes. Find an old envelope to scribble [...]
Dec 15th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
I've cut back significantly on the Christmas knitting this year. I'm finding that decision to be a great relief. I've been in a bit of a knitting funk this December and am taking longer than usual to finish things. I've been busy, although when am I [...]
Dec 8th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
My second pass at designing the secret project is finished. Now comes the knitting.While I'm glad to be done with coloring in graph paper boxes, counting them, and trying to keep track in my head which stitches should be purls and which should be knits, it was fun [...]
Dec 7th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
I considered declaring my first FO of this week's new secret project good enough, but I reckon I've figured out how to use knitPro to get the net result I desire. Although one page of standard graph paper isn't big enough for plotting the pattern, I've pulled it [...]
Dec 5th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
The secret project, an item of my own design, is finished. Overall I'm happy with it despite the knitPro pattern image looking squashed a bit when translated into actual stitches. I'm wondering if I should get exploited the landscape size instead of portrait. Now that I've [...]
Dec 4th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
Last night I had an estimate for a knitting design that really energized me. I think piece of my trouble getting to rest was because I wanted to begin working on it right away; however, I had to hold until now to begin. I got cracking on [...]
Nov 26th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
You’d be surprised how actually working on projects eliminates time to blog about them. I thought for certainly I’d have all of this material since it’s cold and there’s more to speak about. I even need to blog about things, but it’s nice to only be capable to add them to ravelry and not bear [...]
Nov 18th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
The Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks scarf is coming along nicely. It may go out to be a much faster knit than I was anticipating, although its 3.75" width may make something to do with that. (OK, it has everything to do with it being a quick knit.Since [...]
Nov 17th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
By now you likely know I can be a fairly patient person. For instance, I tried and retried (and retried a few more times) to enclose my brain around knitting the star stitch in the Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks scarf and pick the right needles. Purling three [...]