Tuesday, June 27, 2006
on the needles
what I'm working on
( I'll put it here until I can get one of those sidebar graphs )
-Intarsia purse for oldest daughter: 20 percent done..had to rip it out ...varigated yarn had too much dark for the "R" to stand out from the black background..I am pissed.
-Shoulder afghan for Bill ( "cause men dont wear shrugs or shawls" he says): 30 percent done
( it's about 4 feet wide..being knitted sideways...and not on circular needles at the moment!)
- Hello Kitty Intarsia bag for me..yes..for me : in the design phase
-red cabled cell phone holder: in the design phase
- Entrelac bag for Mom: learning entrelac with this bag..only a few rows
- started a crochet bikini..about 30 percent done with it.
Not very ambitious, I know..I am in a serious bag obsession.
I have some sock yarn ordered...red and black
I love red...
( I'll put it here until I can get one of those sidebar graphs )
-Intarsia purse for oldest daughter: 20 percent done..had to rip it out ...varigated yarn had too much dark for the "R" to stand out from the black background..I am pissed.
-Shoulder afghan for Bill ( "cause men dont wear shrugs or shawls" he says): 30 percent done
( it's about 4 feet wide..being knitted sideways...and not on circular needles at the moment!)
- Hello Kitty Intarsia bag for me..yes..for me : in the design phase
-red cabled cell phone holder: in the design phase
- Entrelac bag for Mom: learning entrelac with this bag..only a few rows
- started a crochet bikini..about 30 percent done with it.
Not very ambitious, I know..I am in a serious bag obsession.
I have some sock yarn ordered...red and black
I love red...
Well then
So I have changed this blog to a knitting blog.
Lots of them out there..I should know. I spend way too much time lurking like some kind of knit-crazed stitch junkie who doesn't want to be found out..wait..not LIKE one..I AM one...guess it's too late about the being found out part?
Lemme get on with it;
I was using this sporadically to post crafts, and will leave the general crafts stuff up.
But I recently got it into my head to attempt TKGA ( The Knitting Guild Association) Master's Program .
How far am I with this project...well..cough..erm..
I still need to join the guild.
I run any plans that will cost more than 100 dollars past my fiance, Bill. ( Who will be my husband as of July 28th!)
So ...not looking foward to that conversation..sure..he supports anything I want to do. Almost formally so ( he's kind of German)..but it will be news to him that there is even such a thing as a guild for knitters..or a Master's Program..and I will get all flustered trying to explain..
sort of like I am getting flustered now...
anyways..this is now a knitting blog ( but a hook might slip in from time to time..I do both ;) )
I named it Wrong Side...because I am left handed. I will be interested to see how that works out while going through the Master's program. I also intend to talk about whatever hits me to talk about concerning knitting. I have TONS of pet peeves about knitting and crochet. I wanna share.
I will get some pics soon.
I also want one of those sidebar thingies that shows your projects and the progress.
Well..I DO have the pic of the little purse I knitted for my daughter. I will copy and paste the story from my deviant art site. One of my pet peeves surfaces...teaching children in a manner that will ensure that they never want to try the activity being taught ever again.
I saw a kit designed to teach children to knit at the thrift store. It had all the parts it seemed so for less then two dollars I went ahead and bought it...even though I have been knitting for years, it had yarn in it..so why not?
I discarded the useless needles and the pattern ( and made up my own) and wondered how many children had decided never to knit again because of the horrid needles for this kit..and the fact that it uses boa yarn...not what I would want to use on my first project...
Anyway, instead, I came up with this small bag for my 4 year old daughter...who will be given proper needles when she is ready to learn..not ones that barely have a point! If she wants to try novelty yarn on the first go..well, I'll be there to help her.
The strap is crocheted holding together the boa yarn and main color...OH! And I crocheted a small button, that is barely visable in the pic. I used the main color for that.
Thanks for looking and commenting.
And here is the wee little bag. It took in total about 2.5 hours and is of mostly unknown fiber..ok..totally unknown ...but type of yarn is pretty clear, I think. I used size 8 needles.
Lots of them out there..I should know. I spend way too much time lurking like some kind of knit-crazed stitch junkie who doesn't want to be found out..wait..not LIKE one..I AM one...guess it's too late about the being found out part?
Lemme get on with it;
I was using this sporadically to post crafts, and will leave the general crafts stuff up.
But I recently got it into my head to attempt TKGA ( The Knitting Guild Association) Master's Program .
How far am I with this project...well..cough..erm..
I still need to join the guild.
I run any plans that will cost more than 100 dollars past my fiance, Bill. ( Who will be my husband as of July 28th!)
So ...not looking foward to that conversation..sure..he supports anything I want to do. Almost formally so ( he's kind of German)..but it will be news to him that there is even such a thing as a guild for knitters..or a Master's Program..and I will get all flustered trying to explain..
sort of like I am getting flustered now...
anyways..this is now a knitting blog ( but a hook might slip in from time to time..I do both ;) )
I named it Wrong Side...because I am left handed. I will be interested to see how that works out while going through the Master's program. I also intend to talk about whatever hits me to talk about concerning knitting. I have TONS of pet peeves about knitting and crochet. I wanna share.
I will get some pics soon.
I also want one of those sidebar thingies that shows your projects and the progress.
Well..I DO have the pic of the little purse I knitted for my daughter. I will copy and paste the story from my deviant art site. One of my pet peeves surfaces...teaching children in a manner that will ensure that they never want to try the activity being taught ever again.
I saw a kit designed to teach children to knit at the thrift store. It had all the parts it seemed so for less then two dollars I went ahead and bought it...even though I have been knitting for years, it had yarn in it..so why not?
I discarded the useless needles and the pattern ( and made up my own) and wondered how many children had decided never to knit again because of the horrid needles for this kit..and the fact that it uses boa yarn...not what I would want to use on my first project...
Anyway, instead, I came up with this small bag for my 4 year old daughter...who will be given proper needles when she is ready to learn..not ones that barely have a point! If she wants to try novelty yarn on the first go..well, I'll be there to help her.
The strap is crocheted holding together the boa yarn and main color...OH! And I crocheted a small button, that is barely visable in the pic. I used the main color for that.
Thanks for looking and commenting.
And here is the wee little bag. It took in total about 2.5 hours and is of mostly unknown fiber..ok..totally unknown ...but type of yarn is pretty clear, I think. I used size 8 needles.
