ILX Knitting

I can't but do several projects at the same time cause I think I'd fall asleep and drool over one project. :-)

Can anyone recommend me any fantastic books on knitting? I already have that Vogue one. But I would like to have more (hah!). I also have that Debbie Stoller one. (And some others that are not important enough to mention... Okay, that Dummie one. God, that's a mediocre one.

Oh yes! I still need to put a ribbon through the dress but I don't want to do that. What should I do instead, Crochet one or do an i-chord? Is the latter difficult to make?

Last Minute Knitted Gifts
Stitch N Bitch
Mason Dixon Knitting
One Skein

I should dig into vintage "classic" knitting books like Vogue knitting & whatnot. I'm also interested in reading Elizabeth Zimmerman's books & Debbie New.

And I was thinking I could take pictures of my sock in progress, to show short rows and picking up stiches, etc etc.

Good luck with the sewing, Sam. That is next year's ability to learn for me.

"The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask" has been a really handy resource as I've taught myself how to do new kinds of stitches and short row stuff. It helps decipher the more complicated instructions in patterns.

That orange bobbly cable on the cover of Simply Knitting gives the model super-powered nipples. I giggled when I got it!

I bought two balls of worsted weight to make a scarf for my grandmother but I don't think it will be enough. I have a couple of skeins of a darker, matching shade in bulky lamb's pride. how can I combine the two for one scarf? I was thinking of doing something lengthwise with a few rows in the lighter weight then a few rows in the bulky weight. Is this possible? will I have to knit separately and then graft together? (hope not.)

So my knitting crazy girlfriend took a weaving class this weekend. And last night she bought a 60 inch table loom.

Oh wait, she didn't buy it.

I'd love to weave but 1 I don't have the time and 2 I would probably suck at it. :-( I'm so bad at crafts. I often ask myself why I knit. :-(

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-> From Modern Lace Knitting. Should have been done in fine cotton but I have just started with lace knitting so wanna take it easy. As soon as you get the structure it gets easier.

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This scarf is superfun and superfast (if you continue doing which I haven't but I will finish second half PROMISE)

Started doing lace knitting. Yes, I'm crap at it. Not as crappy as my gauge measuring, but still crap enough.

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Lace 'n' bobble hat

Oops

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Austin, did she STEAL it???????? ? ???

I have the top of an orange cardigan I'm making, sitting in my lap AS I TYPE.

i'm almost done with this http://www.kelbournewoolens.com/springtimebandit.html but i'm trying to fix a mistake that involves a dropped yarn-over 2 rows back so it's at a standstill. going to start a pair of sox soon

Ha, that was the next thing I planned to make! I think I left the yarn for it in a hotel room tho

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My knitting has slowed to a crawl this summer. It's taken 6 weeks to get 2/3rds through the second of these socks:
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I'm doing a laceweight top-down sweater at the same time which is miles of stockinette and the occasional yarnover; it's at the 1/2way point and is gratifyingly sweater-shaped.

Oh no! for lost yarn - are you positive it's not in your house? I drove myself crazy for a few months, because I KNEW I'd bought 3 skeins of this variagated blue/gray/cream stuff and I couldn't find it anywhere. It turned up stuffed in the back of a sock drawer, no idea how it got there.

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No. She decided she lacked the room for it. She's still looking at looms, though. And she did buy a bunch of knitting machines from cl.

My aunt has a kn machine. Should speak to her again so I can "borrow" it from her. She hardly ever uses it, so it seems.

I fear my stash has grown as rapidly as my rec collection. Yiiikes.

Also, as weird as it sounds: I am not interested in the finished projects. I have a ton of hats that I need to "donate". ha

I skipped out on the Sock Summit that was held down in Portland a few weekends back, but am going to the Mariners' Stitch&Pitch. Plenty of stash-building opportunities.

I am planning on going to the Mets Stitch&Pitch with my non-knitting Mets fan.

Did anyone The Colbert Report with the Maine Congresswoman? As soon as he started to fake snore when she talked about knitting, I knew that was going to end up on Ravelry.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7433117 :-)

You should check out the poop they knit. Or what about the tampons (yes, they actually use'em).

bahahaha I did see that on Colbert. Did you see the "Nailed 'em" feature on that show about the "activist knitter" who got put on a suspected terrorists list & wasn't allowed to board a plane?

poop! tampons! rofl