K3tog: ILx Knitting 3

This is baffling me...hemp/cotton/cashmere blend? Who the fuck thought of that?

Maybe it is awesome IRL but the thought of it is computing like 'anchovy ice cream' in my mind.

I love the wood harmony set - so sharp and pointy! Also, those uber-flexible cables - I can do magic loop so easily. The only drawback - knitting dark yarn on those dark wood needles makes it really hard to see if you are okay or screwing up. I'm tempted by the new lucite tips, just to try them out.

I have KnitPicks (that's KnitPro in Europe right?). I like'em already. Lately I have been going back to metal needles. I don't like knitting with Clover so much. Actually only for DPNs and sock knitting. I did order a shitload of short circs from Clover for hatmaking. Christ, one needs to many needles! It never seems to fucking end! Like even if you have circs for hat making you still need the DPNs for finishing'em.

That Knitpicks bag is so beautiful btw.

I really need to get the Kindle because I always end up watching really crappy telly while knitting in stockinette.

We ended up not making the mitts, just some sad ass reversable cable you can use for scarves. YEEE-AWN. After holidays it's MITTS. Can't wait! Really. So much so I'm tempted to cast on the EZ mitered mitts. Anyone here made'em? They look awesome despite the Ravelry comments that they feel awkwards. (I don't care, I never knit for myself. HAHAHAHA)

I ordered the nickel plated DPNS and the wood Harmony ones. What do I prefer? Yep, nickel ones. The wooden ones do look like but I'm such a tight knitter I am afraid to break'em.

Been feeling exceptionally crap lately, so in my class I was nearly fucking crying thinking I was even a failure at knitting. How sad is that? Told my friend who said:"ARE YOU AN IDIOT? Your socks are just PERFECT!" Instead I just keep seeing the mistakes, y'know, like not having picked up the sts perfectly in the second socks. lol. Sort of.

But y'know I fucking love knitting. :-D I even made friends thanks to'em. How fucking cool is that? Meeting up with one tomorrow. I'll even bring my SOXOR. Secretly I wanna teach her sock knitting. :-)

ven if you have circs for hat making you still need the DPNs for finishing'em.

I am still knitting my socks on short Clover dpns, but magic loop works great for finishing hats. I'll never go back to my Clover circs though.

Have Addies (Addys?) fallen out of fashion?

no i have a couple of their circs and really like them but i wanted an interchangeable set and the knitpicks are way cheaper but seem pretty similar

I wish I could spend on the Addies. But I gotta restrain myself. Says the chixor who just ordered a Kindle. hah

addis are still plenty in fashion...ppl just don't want to spend that much. and depending on your body chemistry, they smell weird. supposedly. i have one addi circ and they seem fine to me.

i looove my knit picks nickel-plated circs for magic loop, and don't see that much of a diff. i really need to get more kp circs in other sizes. for some sizes, all i have is awkward boyes with crappy cables.

finally finished second sock of first pair ever. for some reason this one had way more mistakes while the first one was almost perfect. bad picking up stitches after i turned the heel and the grafting at the end looks a little sloppy. oh well!

I am still pavloved out with nausea from the one sock I'm working on. ;_;

yeah. i've become disillusioned with magic loop too. i need to get sock-sized dpns for the next pair because i'm tired of knitting half a row and reconfiguring over and over.

haha the second sock is significantly smaller too. i think they're the same number of rows i just seem to have knitted way tighter on this one. maybe out of frustration with socks. it'll stretch out though.

finally finished second sock of first pair ever. for some reason this one had way more mistakes while the first one was almost perfect. bad picking up stitches after i turned the heel and the grafting at the end looks a little sloppy. oh well!

My second one had a mistake as well. Didn't pick up in the corner too well. But y'know, my husband is happy. Also, shouldn't have promised exact same pair for my dad: boring the fuck outa me. I really need to finish this pair.

Also doing this plain blanket in garter st. URGH. Thank god for films.

Abbott, what do you dislike about sock knitting? I'm doing it on DPNs though. I used to hate DPNs (or rather they scared the fuck out of me) but now I don't think twice about it. In my class I'm the only one who uses short/sock DPNs. They all knit on long ass DPNs. Weirdos.

I put a shitload of projects in my Rav proj page. It looks like I have 50 WIPs going on. hahah I just want to do a LOT (duh!). I'll do the booties first, so it seems like I can, y'know, finish sth. hah. Anyone do booties? They are mega-fun.

I am scared of fancy st soxors. I know it's not that hard, but they still scare me.

oh hai ilx knitting--vote for me in this contest plz? i want to win snazzy french yarn! i'm, non-shockingly, JuliaA. number 17. voting ends dec 20th at midnight.

http://melusinetricote.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/14/16139893.html

(i'm a bit embarrassed at how little thought went into my entry, but it was last-minute. whatev.)

voted!

me, too!

thanks! i would so love to win a bunch of french yarn. i have become a ridiculous yarn addict.

i got a little teapot as a gift today! i have tea cozy knitting to do, hurrah! the last one i did was improv colorwork. (omg). that was before i knew that colorwork was scary. i might try that again.

Voted! Also, I love your stitch markers and just bought a pile of them :)

Voted!!! :-)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/4197189491_4f33c18e5c.jpg

made during three eps of Southland with some extra time. So roughly four hrs or even less. lol
my dad requested this.

I finished my first sock today! It is insane how much more foot-shaped it is, just laying around, than a store-bought sock is.

Tip: wash it first before wearing, wash it inside out, of course you should block it.

I do none of these things of course.

Oh yeah, I'm knitting tube socks for my mom.

I am also doing that Vine & Leaf beret for my mom (if she wants it). You can see it in Vogue knitting the patt not my UFO lol).

Bought a shitload of books (mainly sock related ones), got some 12 inch cics (for hats) and also ordered 8 inch ones for sock ,knitting.

got a shitload of yarn. There goes my resolution to stop buying. lolololol

am i the only one who's not that knitty mad?

I like knitty bcz the patterns are always well-edited & clear + of course free. A lot of free patterns can be pretty shit. I just made a monkey & it turned out rly cute but I was kind of flipping out at the end bcz it had zero details abt finishing, just 'attach everything to everything else, look at the picture if you're confused.'

I'm not rly crazy abt any patterns from the newest issue, tho. Does anyone actually wear shawls? I can't not associate them with the extremely elderly, or maybe hip lady reverends.

Shawls are just ponchos that haven't been seamed!

I have to finish one worsted weight sock, and a fingerless mitt (made from yak and bison!) and my Christmas presents will be DONE.

I never block socks.

Me either. I've been thinking of shawls as 1/2 round tablecloths and an excuse for a giant lace knitting project :)

How is the yak and bison to work with? I made socks with some NZ possum fur yarn that was so soft, but a bit splitty. I'm trying to finish off a double-layer hat by the 23rd - just casting off layer 1 this morning - and then I'll be done with present knitting. I really want to learn how to double-knit; maybe next year.

I decided no knitting gifts this year bcz I have to take the GRE Monday. Can't study & knit at the same time.

Tomorrow!!?? OMG, good luck on it!!!

Ha thanks! I got my panic attack over with yesterday.

how did it go?

Jaq, the yak/bison (and milk and merino!!) was fine to work with. It was a light weight, so sometimes I felt if I was too tight, it might break (similar to 2 ply cashmere). I stayed up waaaaay too late Christmas Eve finishing stuff.

Oooh, my coworker is having a baby this summer, so I am going to knit her stuff. Everyone at work knows except our boss, who is being told tomorrow. Hoo boy.

thick and quick saved xmas iirc

still working on xmas knitting, i don't believe in this arbitrary 12/25 deadline though it's ok

Hi! I got some knitting gear for Christmas from my in-laws. I thought I'd be able to pick it up quickly because I got a book and I can crochet and because JuliaA has showed me how to knit once, but I couldn't even figure out this casting on business. Anyway, I decided to take a class in late January so hopefully that will do the trick.

i should have done that. it took me 5-6 years of my friend showing me stuff to learn it for real. i can't learn anything from videos or diagrams! i learned long-tail cast on by accident. a couple days ago i was trying to finish a sweater i've been working on for a few months by doing tubular bind-off and i don't get it. everyone loves techknitting blog and i think the instructions are bad. i should probably quit knitting.

I want some vicuna. Lol

jenny--i did not show you how to knit! i just showed you the russian join, which is magical and wonderful imo. i can help you with the learnin if you like. rather predictably, i also have a lot of yarn and needles around.

a friend of mine posted on fb about how she's had a hard time learning to knit, but she wishes she could. i think i'm going to bully her into letting me teach her. my local knitting friend had the gall to move away, so i have to convert another friend.

Well, see? I know so little about knitting, I thought this "Russian join" was knitting. Or maybe I thought you said "Russian joint" and then caught a psychosomatic contact buzz.

here's a russian join.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_c7567uOec

i hate weaving in ends. this is soooooo much better than felting ends together or having to weave them in.

Holy shit that russian join is great! Although I dunno I don't really mind weaving in ends.

I am almost finished knitting myself a hat! Started it on Saturday, pretty pleased with my progress. Of course I haven't yet gotten to the part that involves DPNs.

i made my sister the starcrossed cables beret for xmas. i just use magic loop for the whole thing but you have to have a longer cable for that. also making my mom a pair of mittens but i HATE picking up the thumb. could have been done by now.

I have a pair of fingerless mitts that I knit I dunno three years ago but have not finished due to inability to pick up stitches for the thumb.

I'm all registered for my knitting class, and it starts next Wednesday! I made a ravelry profile and joined the ILX group, too, so if anybody wants to be my friend, that is A-OK with me.

Jenny, that's awesome!

nath you may be interested to know I finally started on the owls sweater...just finished the body. First time I ever did short rows!

yeeeha!!! a, i love you even more now. well, hate too cause you are progressing much too rapidly for this slow chixor. ;-)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4223059674_e16e09f1a5_o.jpg

crap fuzzy pic. discovered too late (from the chart) that i had to do ssks too not only k2togs. lololol. first time reading blind from a chart was not a wise thing to do. lolol
it's the vine 'n' leaf beret from vogue knitting. very easy actually.

doing THREE pairs of soxors. hah.

i have a bad case of startitis. also, ophelia is obsessed with my knitting. she desperately wants all my projects to be for her. hah

I wish ssks looked as slick as k2togs.

I finished my first sock & am putting off the second of the pair until I can wind the rest of the yarn (big thing of Opal) into a ball. My friend just got a swift & ball winder for xmas & I'm dying to play with it. I have keys to her house from when I took care of her fish but it wld be pretty weird to break into someone's house to use their ball winder while they're away.