Nerd Alert

I knit a version of the Dr. Who scarf a few years ago for my then fiance.  I didn’t have the appropriate camel colored yarn so I had to use Red-Heart. I absolutely hated it. Though E. says he liked it because it gave the scarf a sort of klunky look.
I still hate it.
So I [...]

Update on the Lily of the Valley Shawl

I broke down and pulled everything out to the garter stitch edging. You know I just figured there were other imperfections in the lace that I was not willing to live with.  Now, I just started listening to a back episode of Cast-on and coincidentally it seems that Brenda Dayne spoke of ‘letting [...]

Let there be Light for my Knitting

Oh My God… I so want these:
  
http://laknitterieparisienne.com/Knit_Lite.html
I love LED technology and creative uses for it. I’ve been planning out a metal board, sculpture display for using these Throwie Lights on it. In otherwords, I want to make a mutable sculpture (mutable by anyone including guests) in our dining room.
I found out about them [...]

I want to stab myself

With this needles… is it possible to commit Seppuku with knitting needles? Probably not a good idea. I’m venting right now, but I will tell the story of my recent travails with lace. Please excuse me for I’m aware that a slightly nutty side of myself is manifesting itself. I love lace [...]

Excellent video tutorials on two-color knitting

Here I go again with my attempts to master two color knitting. What I love about the tutorial on this page (under “How to knit with 2 colors at a time”) is that they teach you how to create your own center-pull bobbinless bobbins for your alternating colors. This will work well for my blanket [...]

Decorative felting techniques

 Just for Giselle
Needle felting is another way of “cheating at color” instead of knitting color into items that you are felting.  I found a great tutorial on the technique here and here:

Pretty felted flower (see image above): http://www.craftlog.org/craftlog/archives/001678.html
Some creative ideas in form from Bez White: http://blog.betzwhite.com/

Cheating at color work

I’ve got a bee in my bonnet to design little animal patches for a baby blanket. However, it’s been a while since I’ve worked with more than one color, and honestly, part of me really hates using more than one color. Fair Isle is not my favorite thing to do. I can imagine [...]

Lace

I think my family has a history of Aspbergers Syndrome. This might explain my fascination with lace and lace patterns. Lace and lace charts seem to embody the mathematics of knitting. I enjoy reading chart patterns (shows what a nerd I am) because it’s like reading a puzzle. Sometimes I can envision what the [...]

English or German? And the Fastest Knitter in the World

Why method do you use when you knit? I just found out that I knit the “German” or “Continental” way from this great Podcast on Types of Needles and Knitting Methods:
MP3 = Knitpicks podcast #5
I agree with the podcaster that Continental doesn’t require as much movement. I don’t think I learned any [...]

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