Wow. I absolutely LOVE this square!
So far, in most of the other squares I’ve used a more darker solid (except the really light one that almost disappears into the variegated), but this buttercream sort of solid, I pulled out this afternoon. It not only stands out remarkably [...]
Dang, it’s already the end of AUGUST. Holy jamoley! How does that happen???? Time just flies on by. Anyway, I just keep my head ducked down low so I don’t get knocked out and just mind my own business and keep on knitting.
So….
Let’s join hands … umm… BANDS!
Okay, so here [...]
Is this thing on??
hehehehe…
I’m working crazy-mad on this project, my mind is racing, and it dawns on me — I need pattern testers! EEK!
But before I get volunteers for the task, I need to know from other pattern testers how it all works:
do designers go out looking for people with particular expertise, or [...]
Yep, I did some more!
There’s three for one side, and (will be) three for the other side. I suppose on garments to be worn they call these “shoulders”. hehehe
That lighter one (upper left corner of the pic) really is stitched the same as the rest. It just looks funny because I [...]
What a day this is!
First off, today is August 28. One year ago yesterday I moved into this house. Two years ago tomorrow was the day Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, so two years ago today I was running out of people to call for a ride out — [...]
Here’s the start of the mitering project:
I started with the square on the right, alternating between a variegated and solid. And with the solids I also created a simple slip-stitch pattern, which you can see — four blue lines up from the bottom and inward from the right, [...]
ta-DAAAA!!!!
The “Miter Fighter”!
Uhhh.. “Miter Biter”, maybe?
“Lighter-go-Miter”? “Miter-go-Lightly”????
How about “Liter Miter Doo-dah-day” ????
Whatever. (sorta like my well-intentioned, never-published cookbook was destined to be titled, “The More Gay Gore-May”.)
I miter best get back to business. But then again I miter not.
They asked for patterns/instructions on [...]
Guess what?
Tonight I am posting here, a “first look” for regular readers here. There’s a special sale page with the latest roving bundles, the silk scarves I used for dyeing those bundles, AND the stockings I’ve shown over the last 2-3 weeks.
You can find the Special Sale page here: http://www.knitivity.com/specialSale.html
Tomorrow I’ll send that out to [...]
Hey, ya’member little Mr. Simon Butterscotch from a few days ago?
Well, here’s his Momma. Now, lookie at that odd-looking “bulls-eye” marking:
It REALLY sets her up to be a target for … ummm… well, for THIS:
Yup… Miss Prego Kitty. Dammit. And you thought YOUR stretch marks were telling? Boy, this [...]
Charitable knitting is supposed to be charitable. And usually it is.
Knitting for charities often involves hats, caps, scarves, socks, blankets, preemie sets, dishcloths, and a host of similar ’small’ projects that can be completed quickly, don’t require a major investment of time or materials, are usually quite appreciated by the recipient, and everyone feels [...]
Hey lookie!
I finished closing the gaping hole, with just a little space. All I need to do is felt it a little bit, fill the extensions with a firm flat foam (like shapes cut from an “egg-crate” mattress liner), sew up that last gap and we [...]
Today’s Rovings
I started with two bundles of gray roving, and two bundles of white roving. For some weird reason I put 1 gray in black and 1 gray in white, then 1 white in gray and 1 white in white. I don’t know why I didn’t wrap both gray [...]
I love it when things work out … finally!
I futzed and fiddled with this thing late into the night, and it was just NOT cooperating. It should be simple, right? “A” goes to “B”, “B” goes to “C”, and “C” goes to “A”.
Yeah well, uhhhh …..
Not so simple. THIS [...]
I have knitted three feet of Christmas stocking today.
No, really … see? It is three feet of Christmas stocking. Here’s the topside view …
And here’s the side view of each of them.
All were done with the exact same stitch count, but the green feels somehow thicker. I’m thinking that [...]
Y’member the roving I dyed up a couple weeks ago? Well, I sent it to a couple of friends to play with. Lookie what Dez did:
She has other pictures up, too…. go visit her blog to see them.
I’m glad to know my role in the process was useful to someone. It’s nice to have [...]
Check it out…
Do ya’member the Glow in the Dark jogging caps I was making last fall? They weren’t selling, so I didn’t maintain an active link to that page. This weekend someone asked about the Glow Yarn and making a beanie with it, I directed her to the page just to show what could [...]
No really, I DO know how to count. And I hardly ever sneak extra numbers in between, or forget some in the middle.
See, here’s what I did:
I started another Holiday Stocking, aiming for something a little more … ummm.. “traditional”. Basic red and white and (eventually) some green [...]
On a whim I wondered what would happen if I took a skein of skinny little sock yarn and ran it through my MagiCord machine (it makes a 4-stitch I-cord). This is what happens:
The cranking motion turning the center spindle of needles moving up-and-down causes the [...]
Yup. Charlotte is probably on to something regarding the size of the 2007 Holiday Stocking. (see comments from yesterday’s post).
I know I like them large, more for decorative purpose than utilitarian (i.e., “I hope Santa fills this”) purposes.
There are many myths and traditions surrounding the history of Christmas stockings, most of which go back to [...]
Isn’t this just SO COOL?
All those neat changes, smoothly finished…. WOW! If I didn’t already work for me, I’d hire myself because I do good work, huh?
LOL (just kidding)
No, seriously, here’s the finished OUTside of the stocking:
I mostly sorta-kinda like it,but it easy to see which parts were done in mosaic [...]
