Craft club topic of the month - knitting!
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gaijingirl
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BiddlyBee said:In between my work I've managed to figure out how to do a simple bit of cabling - it's not that hardThink I'll start the project properly and come back for help when I get stuck (when it mentions waste yarn and picot bind off
)
What about all the stuff between knitting/purling and cabling????!!! 
*feels like a knitting failure*
(not really - actually most impressed)
moose
like some cat from Japan
She's a Bee on a mission 
I'm trying to reduce my wool stash as it's taking over the house, so I've dug out some wool from ages ago, started a jumper, realised I haven't got enough to finish it, and had to buy some more on ebay
<runs away screaming from growing wool pile>
I'm trying to reduce my wool stash as it's taking over the house, so I've dug out some wool from ages ago, started a jumper, realised I haven't got enough to finish it, and had to buy some more on ebay
<runs away screaming from growing wool pile>
gaijingirl
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Brilliant knitting, vegan baking and crafty blog here:
http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/butter-me-up/
with some fun free patterns too.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I'm having a knitting crisis. I find myself not wanting to do it . Is it possible I've actually got bored of knitting?
I've got 3 projects on the go and they're all floundering. I started a sock, got quite far up the leg and then realised it was too small so unravelled it all and now can't face starting again. I've got stuck around the waist of the long cardi I was making because that's where all the tricky shaping starts and I'm not confident of my ability to size the pattern up and end up with something that still looks good. And the other thing in the knitting basket is the endless two-colour seed stitch scarf from about 2 years ago which I'm just bored of amd even if I do finish it it won't go with the winter coat I've got now.
. Is it possible I've actually got bored of knitting? I've got 3 projects on the go and they're all floundering. I started a sock, got quite far up the leg and then realised it was too small so unravelled it all and now can't face starting again. I've got stuck around the waist of the long cardi I was making because that's where all the tricky shaping starts and I'm not confident of my ability to size the pattern up and end up with something that still looks good. And the other thing in the knitting basket is the endless two-colour seed stitch scarf from about 2 years ago which I'm just bored of amd even if I do finish it it won't go with the winter coat I've got now.
moose
like some cat from Japan
Bored with knitting?
I wish I was
If I have something lying about that I can't be arsed to finish, I usually scrap it, or unravel and make something more interesting instead. Or do some crocheting for a while.
The long cardi sounds like it's worth persisting with, though.
I wish I was
If I have something lying about that I can't be arsed to finish, I usually scrap it, or unravel and make something more interesting instead. Or do some crocheting for a while.
The long cardi sounds like it's worth persisting with, though.
errr, i find myself getting bored of knitting always approx 2 weeks following our craft club meetings....i wished i was a bit more frantic...would certainly help with my baby blanket.
that reminds me i really need to get on with my little hat as baby of friend arrives end of march. looking forward for some inspiration at the 25 th.
that reminds me i really need to get on with my little hat as baby of friend arrives end of march. looking forward for some inspiration at the 25 th.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
I'm with moose on this one, still not bored of knitting.. although I've been doing it for less than a year 
Not done any this week though (had to promise I wouldn't do any!
), because I've done something funny to the tendons in my left hand. Hopefully start the twisty scarf and my other things this week
Not done any this week though (had to promise I wouldn't do any!
), because I've done something funny to the tendons in my left hand. Hopefully start the twisty scarf and my other things this week well even when i started i was straight away a bit bored of knitting once the first flash was over...appr a few weeks or a short few month.
i am so annoyed about my rather passionless approach. it is very rare (or never really)that i develop a permanent healthy hobby that i follow religiously.
i hate that of me because it is such a lazy approach i have got that in every aspect of life...grrr
i am so annoyed about my rather passionless approach. it is very rare (or never really)that i develop a permanent healthy hobby that i follow religiously.
i hate that of me because it is such a lazy approach i have got that in every aspect of life...grrr
moose said:I use knitting as an excuse not to do anything else, that's why I love it so much.
ah i see..
but really knitting is doing something from a creative aspect. but at least one can sit down i guess which makes it cosy.
i actually often tend to knit monday and
tuesday evenings or so when it is otherwise a bit boring. preferably if my flatmate is in and we chat at the same timegaijingirl
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Craft friendly film!
I was really taken by the lovely arts and crafts in The Science of Sleep which I saw this weekend. Also Charlotte Gainsbourg REALLY reminded me of Eme - largely 'cos of the crafty thing but also the way she is...
but some gorgeous craft stuff in it... made me want to live there...
I was really taken by the lovely arts and crafts in The Science of Sleep which I saw this weekend. Also Charlotte Gainsbourg REALLY reminded me of Eme - largely 'cos of the crafty thing but also the way she is...
but some gorgeous craft stuff in it... made me want to live there...
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
And another thing. The lovely Ribbon Twist clapotis wrap I made went pilly and tatty looking within about a week, and now sheds fluff everywhere.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Any knitters about?
I'm confused, as always, and this might be a stupid qusetion, but apart from the very first row I knit (after casting on).. when I get back to knitting 10 stitches, do I knit them twice?
I'm confused, as always, and this might be a stupid qusetion, but apart from the very first row I knit (after casting on).. when I get back to knitting 10 stitches, do I knit them twice?
moose said:Cast on 10 stitches.
*Row 1: (wrong side) K10
Short row 1: K8, wrp-t, k8
Short row 2: K7, wrp-t, k7
Short row 3: K6, wrp-t, k6
Short row 4: K5, wrp-t, k5
Short row 5: K4, wrp-t, k4
Short row 6: K3, wrp-t, k3
Short row 7: K2, wrp-t, k2
Short row 8: K1, wrp-t, k1
Next row (right size) Knit across all ten stitches
Repeat from *
(Don't forget the 1st and last rows, in your haste to get to the short rows, or the orientation of the triangles will go hideously wrong)
If this is gibberish, let me know.
moose
like some cat from Japan
Yes. Once as the last row of the repeat you quoted, once as the first row of the next repeat. You'll see how it's going when you've done a section and can see where the wide edge of each wedge is. When you've knitted 6 segments, you'll have a hexagon if you flatten it out..
