Grey Beast Originally uploaded by SockMopTart here is my Online Craft Club entry for today. What will it be? I dunno really yet. A hat? A Purse? I am thinking I might make it into a purse to go with my awesome Eagle jacket. They have about the same shade of grey in them. Trying [...]
Archive > November 2007
Lemon Lime Sherbet
I finished knitting this hat sometime last night. It is based on the basic structure of this pattern, but I modified it and the stitches to an extent. When I make another hat like this, I am going to make it longer to cover more of my ears. I love the feel of it. I [...]
Work With Me Wednesday: Double Stitch and more
Here I have talked about how to do the double stitch, turn that stitch, do the half double stitch, and work your way back down the row. Pretty nifty stuff ;D Tags: work+with+me+wednesday, crochet+tutorial, crochet, nablopomo
A video to preface my video
I am still going to do a Work With Me Wednesday video. It will come later on today. Right now, I want to share with you a video of a knitter. I favorited this a while back on YouTube. Every avid knitter will identify with this, I think. Tags: avid+knitter
Knitting Gauge Experiment
I was curious as to how much yarn crochet uses versus knitting. A girl from Ravelry said that crochet uses more. I needed to know just how much more. I made a loop in my yarn and used size 8 knitting and crochet needles and did single stitch rows till I got to the loop. [...]
Yarn Folly
Here is the list of Yarns I like so far: Lion Brand Seal Brown (vintage, no longer made) 3.5oz RH Baby Clouds 6 oz Bernat Baby Coordinates 5.25 oz Caron Simply Soft 6 oz RH Super Saver (in 5 oz, 7 oz, 8 oz, and 16 oz) All of it seems to be worsted 4 [...]
The Scrunchable Scarf
Scrunchable Scarf is a simple pattern, the simplest I have found. I am having a lovely time knitting it up. Believe me, it is definitely giving me plenty of practice with the knit and purl stitches. This is what I have after working for under an hour: A buddy of mine just made a scarf [...]
Now what?
Well I have the knit and the purl down. I’m a knit purling machine. Now what? Do I fathom that I can tackle a pattern to make something? What would I make? I tried to figure out how to do this “simple” hat pattern, but it got the best of me. It wasn’t as simple [...]
Knit Purl Experiment
Knit Purl Experiment Originally uploaded by SockMopTart I am learning to knit, as I told you yesterday. This morning I learned to purl. Yesterday I learned the knit stitch. Here is my experiment with the stitches. I don’t have any formal plans for this yet. Right now it’s just about learning the stitches. I can [...]
Learning to Knit
Today after all the festivities, I decided to sit down and figure out this 2 needled wonder. I can see how an ambidextrous knitter would be able to turn out projects in no time flat. It’s interesting to watch a creation grow off the needles. I am only on the 3rd row, but it’s interesting [...]
