Ani just tried to show me how to Knit in the Round using four DPN’s (that’s knitting leet-speek for “double-pointed needles.”) She cast on her stitches in about .8 seconds flat and showed me the basics. I went back to my desk and gave it a shot… and I think I knit the same subsection [...]
Last night, halfway through my second dishcloth for knitting class, I said “screw it; I’m done with this thing.” Not with knitting itself, mind you, but the stupid dishcloth. The small cotton yarn had no give, no interesting texture and grated my fingertips. Also, we have a dishwasher; I don’t need more than one or [...]
It didn’t take long for me to realize I was going to need a bag for all this knitting paraphernalia I’ve slowly acquired; throwing it all into the monstrous bag I’m currently using for a purse risked grave damage to in-progress items, and everything else just got Lost.
Looking around online, I couldn’t find anything resembling [...]
I learned one new thing – the “yarn over” – tonight, but more importantly, I learned I’d been doing stuff more or less correctly. I also learned it’s damn near impossible to do throwing (instead of picking) with my hand injury. The biggest obstacle I’m going to have, in general, is going to be regulating [...]
I’ll be trying both of these out soon, once I get back into a sewing swing of things:
Anna Maria Horner’s Circle Technique
Clutterpunk’s Thread Sketching
I lost my crafty mojo there for a couple of weeks during the training position thingie, but it’s coming back. Tonight begins my three-Thursday “Never Touched A Needle” class at Threadbear, which [...]