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the second cream sock got finished
and I am on to a shawl that I started 3 times and had to rip back several times once started now I am using a safety line which I just learned about it is when you take a piece of yarn and run it along your stitches on the needle(picking them up) it means if you drop lace stitches or if you have to rip back you have a place where all your stitches are on the extra yarn and so you know where you are hope that makes sense you move the safety line forward as you go, making sure that everything before it is correct what a life saver Corkey's happiness correlates with my sanity:cherry::blink: |
I had gotten rid of a bunch of my yarn last year when I did a huge purge. I found a nice little stockpile up in the top of the closet in the guest room when I was in there purging today.
Going to start on a simple granny square throw! |
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Yesterday, I got my Tomten out of the corner where I had stuffed it when the shortrows misbehaved. Apparently a few months in the Penalty Box was good for it. I have lost some weight since I started it, but I'ma gonna stick with the original measurements, because it's meant to keep me warm this fall and the more of me it covers, the more effective it'll be. Weird question though....
I have weird hair. Really weird hair. It makes mad curls, it sticks to things, it scoffs at braids and stuff, it's highly susceptible to static electricity and humidity. I have some nice bits of silk laying around my stash and I was thinking of lining the hood. The fact that silk is supposed to be a ESPish insulator and will help keep the aliens from monitering my brain activity is a complete and total coincidence. But I do not have enough silk to line the rest, and since it's really only my crazy hair I'm worried about, I wasn't going to bother lining the rest of it. Would it be too weird for words if I just did the hood and not the body? |
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this sounds cool I think, that it is your project for you, and so the only opinion that matters is yours. So I say do what makes you happy and makes you smile!!!! |
I keep starting one project, stopping because I get distracted by another, and then going back to the original...and it's maddening. :blink:
I would love to learn to make a cool granny square afghan! |
Like usual...
Working on several at once, yet I don't often have the desire to right now. One is for the girl and will be similar to a quilted blanket. Two others utilize the same colors and therefore being worked on. Plus various cross-stitches... So, with all that to work on... Off to play a computer game. |
I have been knitting a scarf for my Mom for a really long time and I finally finished knitting it last night.
So today I went to cast off and it was going perfectly until I ran out of yarn 2 stitches before the end. Seriously. And it was the best cast off I ever did!!! :seeingstars: |
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that other bit, well that happens to every knitter, sooner or later. |
I am not motivated, but I want to be!
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I discovered better yarns (generally not found at chain stores) I discovered better supplies (again generally not found at chain stores) Better doesn't mean the most expensive, it just means the tools that work best for me/make me happy. I also learned I don't have to love what is "popular" currently. I spend serious time finding the right yarn, supplies and pattern before I start something. They all have to make me happy! Good luck! |
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that unfinished objects are called UFO's that sometimes UFO's go into hibernation that some people are poly knitters and must have multiple projects on the needles to be happy and some people are monogamous knitters and must finish one project at a time. Both ways are cool!!! |
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I got into making cute little baby hats etc... I've sold a few on Etsy for photograhy props. Just lost my interest but it does come and go. Here is a sample of a creation: http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...37895740_a.jpg |
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I made this hat over December, and a hat for a friend for Christmas.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw...zft9o1_500.jpg |
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I promised my daughter a special, unique baby afghan, she's due in March, so I have a few months, thank goodness, to work on it.
She wants a black/white zebra pattern, first. She would like a red/black/white wave pattern also. Ideas on decent baby yarns and where to find them in black and red? thanks! |
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lion brand, red heart, patons, all have baby yarns that are soft and have web sites. |
A little self promotion!
Just opened my shop on etsy.com, I am so excited! I need to improve my photo taking though!:
http://www.etsy.com/your/listings Elle* |
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Going organic!
Oh! I wonder why! Let me see if I can fix it!
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Any Fellow Knitters?
There have to be some out there. :vigil:
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Sure.. I knit .. and i know ..many knitters. there is even a Butch Femme group on Ravelry ... :)
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i've been on that site a couple of times, i crochet and found a neat pattern on there for something or other, for free! |
I am on ravelry
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I'm on Ravelry as well. It's such an awesome site. I love free patterns! I'll look for you all.
Thanks, Christy :blueheels: |
Oh my.. Why haven't i browsed the hobbies section in this forum before? i have subscribed to so many threads, and responding in this one because this is exciting to me... Years ago, i would spend lots of time with my grandmother as a child. One thing i hold very dear to me, was her teaching me to knit and crochet. Also, a dear friend of mine taught me to do tatting, much fun as well. i'd love to revisit that one day as well. Isolating myself for years and years, i let go of many hobbies of mine.. Merely not allowing myself to do things i love..Knitting and crocheting is one of them. Since being here in Oregon, i had the pleasure of being tasked with cleaning through some boxes and things Mr Mtn has been wanting to clean out, and i found some knitting books and magazines which belonged to His mother and started to go through them. A friend of Ours here We gave the yarn to, and will give some of the books but since then have decided that i will keep some for myself as well, i really want to get back into knitting and crocheting and creating some beautiful things again! Love that i am taking my life back, and will love revisiting old hobbies as well as finding new hobbies.. Much looking forward to looking back in this thread & getting myself back into this! Especially now that my Nanny G can't knit or crochet anymore because of her eyesight, and alzheimer's.. But i would love to do this, for her especially.. <3 Thanks for this thread! |
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Me too! My mom is left handed and she tried knitting with me but I just couldn't pick that up. I enjoy my craft room and get lots of crafty ideas from Pinterest. I'm working on something with old car license plates right now. I will be trying my hand at using metal scissors. Lol I'll post the completed project when I'm finished..stay tuned :)
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I've just finished about 4 tunisian crochet scarves, i love em !
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I am a crocheter and just recently got the Beading/Jewelry making Bug.
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I just bought a book to try and learn basic crochet. I don't want to make fancy patterns right away, but I would love to have something to do with my hands while I am recovering from my upcoming surgery. Im not sure I am coordinated enough to actually crochet! My past "squares" all came out looking like pizza slices!!!
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Chain row is too tight Leah. Relax. Practice chaining. I had to for the longest time. Another solution is to chain with a hook one size larger than hook for blanket. For example, I may use a J hook for chaining and a K hook for crocheting the actual square.
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Damonk, thanks for the advice. I will try chaining a bit more. I got many sizes of hooks in the kit, so I will practice with the bigger ones.
Elle, I agree with you. I just turn the yarn around and start crocheting backwards down the other side. I think I need to take Damonk's advice and stick to chaining for a bit! I also have to learn how to make the loop at the very beginning. |
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Beginning loop, pull out enough yarn for about a 6 in tail. Pinch yarn between fingers, twist over so creates an x, grab strand to yarn skein, tighten.
I forgot, pull that strand through loop to tighten. I'm a lefty so I do a lot of these techniques very different. |
I love to crochet...especially in the winter... I'm wanting to learn to knit. There was a knitting circle in my town and I'm regretting not going since the sign for it is now down from the library where it was held :( And the place where I get my gooder yarn has closed and they had lessons also...I did try to learn from a DVD but I can only get so far (casting on) before I get hopelessly losted :( I do have an aunt that says she can teach me and I was fortunate enough to "inherit" my grandmother's knitting needles...so hopefully her skill will channel through them into my inexperienced hands <3 Miss you memere....xoxo
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