K3tog: ILx Knitting 3

oops: http://www.merelkarhof.nl/merel_karhof_-_product_design/wind_knitting_factory.html

awesome idea , a+

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This is two weeks of work. LOLOLOL. I can only do three rows per night. That's three hours of knitting, y'all. But I more or less figured it out. Learned tons (about how yardage and so on works). Also, I do like the method he used: instead of knitting on the border afterwards, he does frigging shorts rows. I hope to finish this in a month but I doubt it'll take that long. Probably longer.

I also finished my clapotis:

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And started a citron. Man, that shit's boring. But I needed something to use my zephyr lace weight yarn. I tried the Mountain Ash with Zephyr but A too dark and B too fine to tink with that frigging yarn.

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BTW that mountain ash will end up being wider than 2 meters, I'm so fucking sure. But my mom - who has claimed it - doesn't care AT ALL.

Nath, those are gorgeous!

I haven't been knitting at all. My day job is very typing intensive and I get tendinitis flare-ups in my wrists and so no knitting for awhile. Pfbbbt.

Short rows blow my mind! I tried doing a short row heel on my most recent sock and was too baffled to finish it...I ripped it out & just did a reliable flap heel.

short rows are really cool once you catch on, and totally confounding til then. i'm doing a calorimetry right now, which has pretty understandable short rows.

tendonitis sucks. mine has gotten ridiculous so i'm on a quest for an ergonomic-ish mouse to replace my comp touchpad. and i'm barely doing any knitting.

nath, gorgeous stuff! love the clap especially.

I blocked my fucking clap (-> lol fucking clap how apt) and it worked! It's really frigging flat now.

Man, that citron is beyond boring. Of course I used a smaller needle. And me being a tight knitter means I will have to do TEN reps instead of five. But yeah okay I'll do it.

I think I have done about ten centimeters in TWO WEEKS. lolz

http://www.dizzysheep.com/

These guys are doing like the yarn equiv of a "woot off" until the end of Monday at midnight. SO a new sale yarn every 45 mins or so, or when they all sell out. I haven't bought anything yet but I am so Pavloved out on this.

the dizzy deals are so tempting. usually they're daily.

They have Dream in Color up now.

I have my yarn addiction completely under control because I don't buy random anymore plus I focus on two wips at a time. And my mountain ash is also keeping me busy. One month: 50 rows. Lololol
Ialso decided to buy nice yarn (mostly). None of that crap one euro yarn anymore. I have had it w that shit. Yep I am a yarn snob. Lol

Btw I re-enrolled in my class cause I want to do Herbstlied. Google and realize: this is just sth to knit, never wear. Lol

It looks pretty fricking awesome, imo.

I was just asked by my mum to knit something for a friend's baby. ARGH! I had given her the nupps shawl (mentioned above, in brownish colour). I figured I was freed from the task. lol. So now I have to knit Milo in about a week. I did a swatch. Probably still can't calculate it properly but it seems my tension has loosened and is now NORMAL. WAH? :-)

i haven't been knitting either, not interested in any of my wips. i might just start something brand new soon.

was doing the aestlight shawl (i like triangular scarves) but i lost interest when i got to the hard part after the straight garter stitching ended.

Hard how? If it doesn't have any nupps, it can't be hard. Just kidding. I just discovered a GIGANTIC GLARING mistake in my Mountain Ash! lolz I ain't gonna say it cause you need to observe it up close. My mum's gonna frigging wear it, no way someone is going to check the center stitch. Oops, I gave it away. lolz.

That darn CItron is booooooooring.

it's not really hard at all, you pick up stitches on the edge and go back and forth. it just felt uncomfortable on the needles, all twisted around, and i lost interest. more my fault than the pattern's, i'll pick it up again soon.

i really want to start a new sweater and actually finish it this time. if i start now it'll be ready by fall!

Can you do combination knitting (which is for example handy when you do entrelac)?

nah i basically have to hold the needles vertical. i can do it a little bit but my stitches end up too loose.

I just made a triangular scarf – the Daybreak shawl – and it turned out a lot bigger than I hoped for. I'm thinking I might have to design my own to get one I like. I also like the Springtime Bandit one, but really, I want one that doesn't come down more than a couple inches below my collarbone.

What about citron? You can do as many reps as you like...

Btw my friend is doing the miralda one by, i think, nancy bush. I am so jealous of her speed and talent

someone brought me a box of books at the store and i saw one on top and went OMG NED HAS A NEW BOOK but it wasn't ned after all

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sorry ned

bahahahaha

That never occurred to me before, but now it's all I'll be able to see. The Yarn Harlot is Ned!

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Sweet Dale sweater, Ned!

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Not sure if I shared this here before, but I made this lil' monkey for my mom. When I went to visit her recently, she has it displayed leaning against this porcelain model of the Idaho Falls Mormon temple.

i died @ "sweet dale sweater ned"

nath, your knitting is always inspiring. v beautiful.

the norwegian stitching thing i was working on is too hard for me

Packed up all my yarn for moving - it's a lot more than I thought I had, 6 banker boxes full. I'm nearly finished with the 2-at-a-time toe-up socks I started in April, but haven't had a lot of time for knitting lately.

Thanks Rox. Really I think my knitting sucks. But I guess that's because I am demanding and pick way too complex projects. (unlike my friends who's stuck in stockinette land. NEVER strays from it.)

6 boxes? my stash is decreasing. YAY. i only buy yarn for specific projects. also, my mountain ash is keeping me busy. lol

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my next way too complex project. like fuck i am ever gonna wear it. just want to make.

Someone made their dog a pair of leg warmers:

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Someone made their dog a pair of leg warmers:

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Dude looks cool. Lol

Dudes; I have had it with lace knitting. Mountain Ash is a UFO (lol). And I started the Jared Flood Juneberry. Fun, yes, because I replaced bobbles (blergh) with beads.

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But I have decided to teach myself STRANDED KNITTING. Friend keeps saying it's easy. Doubt it. But what have I decided? To order myself an Alice Starmore Cats 'n' Mice blanket kit. HAHAHAHAHAHA I also got myself two of her books. One is 35 euros. Yikes. Anyway:

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First I am gonna do a stranded hat. I "concocted" pattern myself. I'll show it when it's ready.

Oh yeah, I might be doing a course in Brussels. My mom (in Japan) introduced me to the teacher (via someone who resides in Japan and is a mutual friend.).

Oh yeah, blanket is done in the round and you have to do STEEEEEEEEKS cutting. ARGH! But better than doing stranded purling, I guess. LOLOL. I have decided to do the stranding combo stylee (so one yarn in left and other in right hand).

Anyone here done stranded knitting? Should I be not afraid or VERY afraid? I was taught in my course but didn't pay much attention cause I had zero interest.

Also, those Starmore sweaters are horrid. Prefer Yang's designs.

Yeah, Starmore sweaters can be pretty fug – that blanket is super cuets though. Steeks sound like a rush, I think! I have never done stranded knitting but the ladies in the second Mason-Dixon book made it sound like the next level of crazy, intense fun. I was thinking that would be the next thing I would tackle, actually. This hat (ravelry link) I thought looked like a good first project for me.

stranded knitting is totally my style of craft, but i have not yet tried it. want to. let me know how diff. it is

Abbott, that hat's great but has stranded knitting in the decreases too. I'd go for something which only had stranding in the straight parts. But that's just me. Lol. I mean, shit, I am doing a hat with 2,5 mm circs. Urgh. (I'm fine with 2,5 mm dpns and sock knitting but stranded?) Anyway I have a LOT of stranded patts faved.

I do love her designs but it is just not fucking wearable, now is it? I mean, shit, they look like god damn bags at times. Something you'd wear to a knit meeting to show off your skillzors.

Rox, you think? EVERYONE says it's dead easy. Me? I think it'll be hard because I want to tackle the combo style. If it doesn't seem to work, I'll hold my strands in one (right) hand. It'll be a lot easier (it seems) but will take longer. I already have this yarnholder. I can do continental knitting but somehow I can't work to slide the sts forward on my left needle while knitting. Tension seems to be even (but different from my standard style of knitting)

Anyway I have decided that I wanna explore all the different techniques (one day even entrelac). For years I did the stockinette thing but that shit's way too boring.

Anyway off to finish that border for the juneberry. Knitting on a border is fucking easy but bo-ph-ring. 32 reps of 12 row chart. URGH

Guys I just bought Tudor Roses for 125 dollars. lolololol

And btw my friend has been trying to convince me to knit Autumn Roses or Venzia (by Yang). I think that is so fucking out of my league. hahaha

i ordered some sock yarn and finally got a set of different sock-size dpns so i can start a pair of socks and not be confined to sizes 0, 1, or 3. it's the same colorway as in this picture http://knitspot.com/wp-content/uploads/dailies_2009/cookieSockCopenhagen11_11.jpg

omg that is just too pretty.

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harbl, I love that colorway. Socks are so much fun to make.

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Do YOU see cats? Mice?

Is that your blanket Nath? So awesome! (The answers are yes & yes)

Is that your blanket Nath? So awesome! (The answers are yes & yes)

Yep. I strongly urge you to do stranded knitting. Esp a hat. Very easy. Only rub thing about this blanket is the border. I am pretty sure I will sew on border (and backing).

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I found a pattern for kitty legwarmers.

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My icecream!