Knitting on the Brain
April 8th, 2007 | Comments Off
But even with all the work, my brain never strays that far from the land of knitting. Take this page from my class notes:
Do you see it? Buried amidst all the scribbles about cranial nerves and cervical ganglion, there is something to make a knitter smile.
Oddballs, Begone!
March 29th, 2007 | 2 Comments
I’m probably luckier than most knitters, in that a significant chunk of my oddball stash comes in the form of three different yarns: 700 yards of Fortissima Socka, 600 yards of Elann Peruvian Highland Wool, and 950 yards of Cascade 220, leftover from many socks, the Ombre Blanket, and assorted felted items.
That said, the small and weird amounts left still doesn’t make for easy re-combining of yarn to make a new project. Unless it’s a baby project. But who wants a baby item that’s 100% non-superwash wool?
On Knitting and Purling
March 24th, 2007 | 5 Comments
I believe that understanding the structure of knitted fabric and knowing how to read your knitting are skills that separate beginning knitters from non-beginning knitters. It’s not there isn’t any merit in mostly-procedural knitting, because there is. But I think this an important line between being bound to a pattern and being confident in your own ability to make your knitting do what you want.
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