Posted in All, Diversion, Knitting on Nov 9th, 2008 Comments Off
I thought this article, about Schaefer Yarn’s “Sock the Vote” effort, was interesting for the peep into the yarn industry it gives. (“Sock the Vote” is a set of 4 colourways of sock yarn Schaefer did to represent the colours apparently favoured by Michelle Obama, Hilary Clinton, Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain). In particular, the [...]
Seven years ago today, the project above was called to action. Happily, in the seven years since, I have learned a thing or 2 about taking pictures of knitting and crochet projects…! And the recipient has been busy learning all about more fundamental things!
Here’s an old project, still underway: That picture was taken over a year ago (September 2007). There has since been progress — but only a couple of inches or so. And this is the first piece of the sweater — there’s a front and 2 sleeves to go after this piece is done. It’s from [...]
I feel I’m not making a lot of knitting progress this year. Maybe that’s really a “latter half of the year” problem. Looking at my completed project gallery, it’s not like it’s empty for 2008. Sometimes, I guess you have to look back at a progression of things (trees) to get the picture (forest). I [...]
I believe I finally cracked the mystery of getting my Brother KH930 to knit lace properly. I’d struggled with this before, to no avail. Brother knitting machines have a separate lace carriage that is used to transfer stitches. That is, you use the regular carriage to knit some fabric, switch to the lace carriage to [...]
Geez! The grief I got for displaying non-handknit socks :-) So, here we are again — with socks handknit from Fleece Artist SeaWool that I bought at Cricket Cove, St. Andrews, NB, when we visited this part of the world last year. (Yes — yarn does occasionally get used within the year it was purchased… [...]
Posted in Knitting on May 4th, 2008 Comments Off
It is that time of year again! Hard to believe it’s been a fullyear since thelast time. Goodness knows, I haven’t knit up everything I bought last year, butthat didn’t stop me from exploring more work of some of the same fibreartists (Spirit Trail Fiberworks; Ellen’s 1/2 Pint Farm), as well assome new ones (Koenig [...]
That is, for anyone not up on their “l33tspeak” for knitting: a Knitting Machine — Finished Object! It’s posted in my drafty gallery. Yes, I have had that knitting machine for just about a year. Yes, this is the first completed project from that knitting machine — since swatches don’t count as completed projects :^) [...]
This baby blanket is a finished object from (much :-) ) earlier this year… The story is that I started out by thinking of making something interesting with the knitting machine (and, at the time, I only had the standard gauge machine — which meant I had to use very fine yarn). So, I settled [...]
The eagle-eyed will have observed evidence of a work in progress, some time ago. I am pleased to report that the remake of a cable sweater I’d made (17 years ago?), from a Family Circle pattern, is now complete! I used the Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed I’d bought a year ago, in Perth. I [...]
I guess there were sheep. There was definitely wool :-) And some other interesting fibres, too. If you want to understand more about what the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is like, have a look at these pictures to get a sense of what happens when an estimated 70,000 people (and some number of sheep, [...]
I haven’t had a lot of time for machine knitting over the last few months (something to do with having to be in the same place as the knitting machine for a chunk of time?!), and when I have sat down at the machine, it hasn’t been a uniformly positive experience. For example, I sat [...]
At long last, some knitting content! Some time ago, I bought some Schaefer Yarn “Anne”. I’ve now knit up a pair of socks using the the black and tan colourway. A few meetings passed by as I worked on a pair of Feather & Fan toe-up socks, from Wendy‘s pattern, yielding: I used just under [...]
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