Not the knitting itself...that's good. But where are the intricate stitches and patterns? I suppose those will come with time. Maybe that's why so many envision gray-haired little women knitting.
I think I figured out the 'key' to the knit-picks options needles' key -- it just provides some extra leverage so that you can really twist it on tightly. Holding the needle with one hand, you turn the key the opposite way and this tightens everything enough to keep it from unscrewing while you knit. At least, that's what has worked for me!
I've co a sweater sampler from the book The Sweater Workshop. My cable was longer than the recommended 16" so I had to cast on many more stitches. But it's been really good to see how the stitches work out in circular knitting. I really like circular knitting. I keep thinking -- there must be a way to do this everywhere, and never go back to straight needles again! I may have to try some dpn's to make a mini-sweater. My 5-yr old son has a bear that he says needs a sweater. I'll see what I can do.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Beginnings
Ok. I'm still a beginning knitter. Now, I've been casting on and quitting for over 20 years, so I wish I could say I was better at knitting. But it's finally catching on for me. And I love that there are so many knitters out there in blogspace! And Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, well, she's been some of my inspiration to push past the frustration with knitting that has made me quit in the past. So I'm glad to say that now, I'm finishing some projects and I've decided that I'll keep at it! You might even say that I am a "knitter".
Oh yes, I listen to kntting podcasts, read knitting blogs, drool over yarn catalogs, and think about my next project. Did I mention that I think I'm a project knitter?
I get easily frustrated with patterns. I want to work the harder, more beautiful projects that I see, but I'm not there yet. And that makes me mad. I love seeing the beautiful patterns and projects in magazines like Interweave Knits, but they're way hard!
I hope to show some of my projects that I've been working on to teach myself. My LYS is small, and a bit expensive yet for my projects, so I'm working mainly on my own with cheap yarn to learn the skills I need to become an "intermediate" knitter, whatever that is!
Over the past year, I have knit a scarf, 2 hats, a hoodie sweater, and 2 baby blankets. It's not a lot, but consider that I also homeschool five children, and have one graduating high school this year. I am just learning about circular knitting and EZ. I love that! I want to knit the pi shawl and one of her percentage sweaters. I also want to learn to make socks on two circs. I just received the knit picks options circ kit, and I love them. I just need to learn how that key works to tighten the needles. Right now it just seems to go all the way through the hole, and I can't figure out how to tighten them. I'll let you know if I figure it out.
Oh yes, I listen to kntting podcasts, read knitting blogs, drool over yarn catalogs, and think about my next project. Did I mention that I think I'm a project knitter?
I get easily frustrated with patterns. I want to work the harder, more beautiful projects that I see, but I'm not there yet. And that makes me mad. I love seeing the beautiful patterns and projects in magazines like Interweave Knits, but they're way hard!
I hope to show some of my projects that I've been working on to teach myself. My LYS is small, and a bit expensive yet for my projects, so I'm working mainly on my own with cheap yarn to learn the skills I need to become an "intermediate" knitter, whatever that is!
Over the past year, I have knit a scarf, 2 hats, a hoodie sweater, and 2 baby blankets. It's not a lot, but consider that I also homeschool five children, and have one graduating high school this year. I am just learning about circular knitting and EZ. I love that! I want to knit the pi shawl and one of her percentage sweaters. I also want to learn to make socks on two circs. I just received the knit picks options circ kit, and I love them. I just need to learn how that key works to tighten the needles. Right now it just seems to go all the way through the hole, and I can't figure out how to tighten them. I'll let you know if I figure it out.
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