Knitting and other Creative Endeavors

[Matterhorn Fan]

Originally Posted by lindyhop

My first big project was a bag pattern I found on one of the balls of yarn I had for something else. I had a lovely time with it but I was a little unclear about the instructions and they kept mentioning the number of stitches and what was that all about? Uh, well, I figured that out when the bag ended up in a rather freakish shape. I'm now a chastened and reformed stitch counter.

Well, this just goes around like a picture frame, and it's what my needle will catch when I sew the squares together. So really this is just the seam, sortof.

I'm starting to figure out how to make it not so wobbly, but I'm not really looking forward to finishing the edges on the full blanket when it's done.

That's what was nice about the socks--there was no edging to be done. Just weave the ends in and it's over!


hehe, NA. Is there also LRUP? What's it called when you undo a SSK?

[lindyhop]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I learned some cool knitting terms at the Pod's house.

FROGGING: undoing an entire project because you rip it rip it

TINK: To un-knit (Tink is Knit spelled backwards)

SEX: Stash Enrichment Expedition (to buy more yarn, of course)
UFO: Unfinished Object

[Prudence]

My stash enrichment expeditions have been getting out of hand. I need to process this damn yarn.

I might actually get some sewing done this weekend. I have to decide - early 16th c German? Mid-to-late 16th c German? Early 15th c continental? Early 16th c Florentine? Or bend to peer pressure from my minion and go for the Venetian?

[Matterhorn Fan]

Which of those projects will be make with the happiest color(s)?

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

Which of those projects will be make with the happiest color(s)?

uh.....hm.....fabric....

I hadn't actually gotten as far as the outer fabric yet. I'd have to make the undergarments first, which are all white.

Hmmmm. I have some "kumquat" linen I'd intended to use for a florentine tourney dress. Might use the cherry red linen for sleeves.

I have a silk/wool herringbone that needs to be dyed so it's not really a color yet. I had been planning to use it for a court florentine, or possibly a houppelande.

I have the royal-ish blue wool and the med-dark lavender wool that as as yet unassigned that were probably going to be either elizabethan or houppelande. Or a gothic fitted dress, if I ever get up the nerve to try. Germans/Italians didn't seem to use much in those colors.

If I did Venetian or German I'd probably have to go shopping. Horrors!

I know I have more up there in my bins, I've just forgotten. I might have some cotton velvet in a light green.

[Not Afraid]

I like the idea of kumquat linen with cherry red, but I first pictures Kiwi linen with cherry red and thought that was lovely too - but a bit odd. I have this color thing lately. I'm starting to like it.

Between that and the TV watching.....I'm scared.

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by lindyhop

I almost bought a book today just because there were a couple of pages of flowers patterns, also cherries and leaves and a star. (A friend's daughter-in-law crocheted some sushi.)

Making jewelry with crochet sounds very cool. Is it hard working with wire?

Oooh... what book? I need to know.

The wire is difficult. I need to go get some pearls, since that seems like the most popular thing to do with wire, and there has to be a reason. I'll let you know how difficult it is.
I need to get a smaller hook too. I only have an I, and thats too big.

[lindyhop]

Originally Posted by Ponine

Oooh... what book? I need to know.

I don't know, sorry. I looked through too many to remember. But if I see it again I'll be sure to get the title. I can't stay away from the bookstore for long. And I'd like to be able to crochet all those shapes myself.

I ended up buying The Crochet Answer Book by Edie Eckman (there's also The Knitting Answer Book). It has a lot of good information. But nothing about crocheting jewelry.

[Matterhorn Fan]

So I realized after I turned the heel of a new sock last night that the yarn I was using looked way better in plain ol' stockinette stitch than what I had used. I agonized about it for a while then took the needles out.

The good thing was that I could then try it on for size. Now I know I have the right # of stitches cast on.

So now the question is: to rib, or not to rib?

[Prudence]

Ribbing the heel? Like the sl1 k1 pattern?