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I stumbled this designer of geeky shawls, some patterns being references to books such as: Threadfall, Talia, Shipfish Circle Shawl.
And then some are just completely random but wow are sucking me in (I have great hopes for Starlight on the Waters).
Most of them are beyond my ability/time/patience right now, but I'm really enjoying looking and plotting.
About a month back, I knit my sister a fluffy red/pink/violet scarf to replace the fluffy red scarf she left on a bus back in Australia. I think maybe she liked it \o/ I wasn't sure if she would, because we both agree I have no fashion sense to speak of, so I'm always scared of giving clothes and clothes-like-stuff to her, but I'm glad that I did, this time \o/
I missed knitting in the round, so I got on a beret kick. I was too lazy to take pictures (some of them I can't take pictures of anymore because I've given them away, :D), but let me talk about some of them!
My first beret was a slouchy beret with cables. I wore it to a get-together with friends, who were charmed by it, and I ended up promising two of them their own form of headgear.
My second beret was an attempt at entrelac. I had a lot of difficulty figuring out how to start with the first diamond. I thought based on reading a note at the very top that there were some unwritten instructions below, and I'd need to purl from the base to the top. Instead I needed to follow the instructions as they were, you know, written, and knit from top to base (and right to left, staring at it on the WS). Once I stopped second-guessing the instructions, things turned out much better.
This beret ended up being too small for my head (OOPS). Though after blocking it, it turned out slightly better. I gave that one away to another of my friends who a.) liked it and b.) it fit better
Knit a third hat this time of a two-toned yarn. It turned out a bit messy-looking, almost speckled, and yet somehow that was just right for the beret it was on *g* Or is it a tam? I'm not sure what the difference is. I even put a tiny topper on it, just for kicks ;-) First hat I've made for someone else.
I'm currently knitting two scarves and a bag. The bag is a clever windmill pattern, which is boring to knit (in a soothing way). The first scarf is a lace scarf, which is my first "big" lace project. All my other lace projects have been dishcloths, or were only a very small part (which I tacked onto) a larger project. It's a simple eight-stitch repeat pattern from The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns, and I love it.
The other scarf I'm doing is a Noro Scarf, which![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
synecdochic introduced me to, and which is simply magic to knit up. I love how mindless it is, and how you can basically stop after every two rows, if you need to. It's like magic, and eating candy, and eating magic candy.
I've bought two books! Buying books is a big step -- in my mind, it feels like a commitment to knitting, to go beyond the free patterns and into paid stuff (I'll have much the same reaction the first time I go for a paid pattern).
Both of them were recommended bysynecdochic: The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns, and Socks from the Toe Up.
I've only had time to dig into the handy book of patterns, and I can tell you right now: it lives up to its name. I have only been doing the basic patterns as written in the book -- time enough to do fancy variations later, but I love the explanation behind the algorithm behind the measurements, and the way you can put things together from several sections. It makes me feel suddenly more like a grown-up knitter *G*.
I ended up in three yarn stores while in the USA, and picked out enough yarn to keep me occupied for a long time. There was so much choice! I opted for yarns of lighter-weight because these are rarer in Dreams Yarnshoppe (the yarn store in Glorietta, which is where I usually get my yarn), and (secondary consideration) should be easier to squeeze into a ball and transport home. I shall probably need a second yarn bin, and also shall want to knit faster, but I'm loving my yarn collection right now ♥ How can I not? It's glorious and makes me happy both by simply being yarn, and by being potential to be made into something else.
And then some are just completely random but wow are sucking me in (I have great hopes for Starlight on the Waters).
Most of them are beyond my ability/time/patience right now, but I'm really enjoying looking and plotting.
About a month back, I knit my sister a fluffy red/pink/violet scarf to replace the fluffy red scarf she left on a bus back in Australia. I think maybe she liked it \o/ I wasn't sure if she would, because we both agree I have no fashion sense to speak of, so I'm always scared of giving clothes and clothes-like-stuff to her, but I'm glad that I did, this time \o/
I missed knitting in the round, so I got on a beret kick. I was too lazy to take pictures (some of them I can't take pictures of anymore because I've given them away, :D), but let me talk about some of them!
My first beret was a slouchy beret with cables. I wore it to a get-together with friends, who were charmed by it, and I ended up promising two of them their own form of headgear.
My second beret was an attempt at entrelac. I had a lot of difficulty figuring out how to start with the first diamond. I thought based on reading a note at the very top that there were some unwritten instructions below, and I'd need to purl from the base to the top. Instead I needed to follow the instructions as they were, you know, written, and knit from top to base (and right to left, staring at it on the WS). Once I stopped second-guessing the instructions, things turned out much better.
This beret ended up being too small for my head (OOPS). Though after blocking it, it turned out slightly better. I gave that one away to another of my friends who a.) liked it and b.) it fit better
Knit a third hat this time of a two-toned yarn. It turned out a bit messy-looking, almost speckled, and yet somehow that was just right for the beret it was on *g* Or is it a tam? I'm not sure what the difference is. I even put a tiny topper on it, just for kicks ;-) First hat I've made for someone else.
I'm currently knitting two scarves and a bag. The bag is a clever windmill pattern, which is boring to knit (in a soothing way). The first scarf is a lace scarf, which is my first "big" lace project. All my other lace projects have been dishcloths, or were only a very small part (which I tacked onto) a larger project. It's a simple eight-stitch repeat pattern from The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns, and I love it.
The other scarf I'm doing is a Noro Scarf, which
synecdochic introduced me to, and which is simply magic to knit up. I love how mindless it is, and how you can basically stop after every two rows, if you need to. It's like magic, and eating candy, and eating magic candy.I've bought two books! Buying books is a big step -- in my mind, it feels like a commitment to knitting, to go beyond the free patterns and into paid stuff (I'll have much the same reaction the first time I go for a paid pattern).
Both of them were recommended by
synecdochic: The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns, and Socks from the Toe Up.I've only had time to dig into the handy book of patterns, and I can tell you right now: it lives up to its name. I have only been doing the basic patterns as written in the book -- time enough to do fancy variations later, but I love the explanation behind the algorithm behind the measurements, and the way you can put things together from several sections. It makes me feel suddenly more like a grown-up knitter *G*.
I ended up in three yarn stores while in the USA, and picked out enough yarn to keep me occupied for a long time. There was so much choice! I opted for yarns of lighter-weight because these are rarer in Dreams Yarnshoppe (the yarn store in Glorietta, which is where I usually get my yarn), and (secondary consideration) should be easier to squeeze into a ball and transport home. I shall probably need a second yarn bin, and also shall want to knit faster, but I'm loving my yarn collection right now ♥ How can I not? It's glorious and makes me happy both by simply being yarn, and by being potential to be made into something else.
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