Tag: knitting
Finland Takes Olympic Chill To The Next Level: Team Knitting
Raven
from Alice Starmore’s new knitting book, Glamourie, from Dover Publications.
God.
While I scrolled down I went from
Oh cool feather like hood
Oh wow
Ohhhh fuck.
Freaking fancy high fashion knits.
wuut.
THERES A PATTERN!?
I’m hollering
DAAAAAAMN.
Mountain Laurel Counterpane Crib Blanket
Blanket Pattern by Kim Salazar
Yarn: Knitpicks Natural Bare Stroll Sport Sock Yarn
Really happy with how it turned out, though I think I’ll be knitting that border motif in my sleep for a while.
i dont care what anyone says, knitting is a combat-applicable skill, and if you disagree i will fight you. with my knitting needles
I said it once, and I’ll say it again: circular needles are an excellent impromptu garrote
Under what circumstances did you need to say it the first time???
The Telegraph – By Molly Oldfield and John Mitchinson
During the Second World War the Office of Censorship banned people from posting knitting patterns abroad in case they contained coded messages. There was one occasion when knitting was used for code. The Belgian resistance recruited old women whose windows overlooked railway yards to note the trains in their knitting. Basic stuff: purl one for this type of train, drop one for another type.
no offense but every skein of yarn should be center pull
And not require yarn gynecology to find the end.
Reblogging entirely for “yarn gynecology”
well this makes the term fingering yarn that much more awkward
I am upset that nobody took this opportunity to write “gyarnecology” instead.
Fucking hate my loose gauge.
Man, for once I would like to just use the recommender needle size, instead of swatching forever to figure out the correct size…
I just want a sweater. *pouts and contemplates taking up a less frustrating hobby*
I knit so tightly I usually need to go two sizes up from the recommended size. If only we could split the difference!
…oh, if only we could…
I am going to make the oak cardigan of Alana Dakos. I wanted something I could knit up quickly, since the cold is coming and I have…uh… 1 cardigan. It calls for a gauge of 24 x 30 on 3.75 mm. I was positive and thought I might get away with 3mm, but nooooo… So even after trying 2.75mm, I might have to go down to 2.50mm.
*sighs*
Ooh, that’s pretty! I just worked up the courage to cast on Celestarium (the infamous star chart shawl – and it calls for 3.5 mm needles but I’m using 4 mm and I thought about going to 4.5) – it took me a while to figure out what beads I wanted to use since I used the silver-lined crystal on my last blue shawl and didn’t want to use them again (I went with some that have a kind of pearl finish). It’s going pretty well so far but it’s a pi shawl so I’ve really just barely started despite being on Row 38.
Dang! both of these are gorgeous. Seriously, does the Celestarium have actual constellations on it? Love the oak-leaf detail.
I’m working on something quick, hopefully. The Weekend Swoncho, in a Debbie Bliss Chocolate tweed. Nice and crunchy but not scratchy. I need to find something to binge-watch on Netflix, else it’s going to be The Winter Swoncho and it’ll be done just in time for spring.
Attention Knitters!
I’ll need to check this out even though its knitting not crochet.
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Hearseeno 