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| sewingwoman |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 12:35:41 PM
I am making two baby blankets. I am making the moderne baby blanket from Mason Dixon Knitting. I started out using worsted weight yarn, half way into the project I found that the pattern calld for DK yarn! It's bigger than I thought but I'm going to finish it. I using the berry stitch on another pattern I found in one a Debbie Bliss books.
I have been in a knitting buzz all week. I spent some time in the country and had nothing but knitting ans sewing to do. I want to make, one afghan, 2 shawls, and a pair of socks.
I'm trying to finish my other projects befor starting on any new ones. What's on your knitting needles?  |
| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Sep 08 2008 : 9:36:00 PM
dana that is beautiful! peace connie in alaska |
| MissDana |
Posted - Sep 08 2008 : 04:46:48 AM
Here is ONE project finished and on my lace stretcher! I get inspired to finish up projects as Christmas looms. I really love the planning and beginning of a project...it's just the final stretch that finds me lacking interest!
Dana
Proud Farmgirl Sister # 267
www.schultztroupe.wordpress.com |
| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Sep 07 2008 : 10:36:03 PM
thanks sarita, i will try again after hunting is over with. right now i am pretty tied up with that lol. peace connie in alaska |
| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Sep 06 2008 : 08:00:08 AM
Connie, go to this episode of Knitty Gritty and see if it helps...
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/shows_dkng/episode/0,2046,DIY_18180_36323,00.html
www.coffmanspinningcfarm.blogspot.com
A woman is like a teabag - you never know how strong she is until she gets
into hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt. |
| Carrie W |
Posted - Sep 06 2008 : 07:57:29 AM
Miss Dana-
Heaven bless you! How I'd love to visit you in Georgia and see all those lovely unfinished projects!!!! I am like that too except that I have been forcing myself to finish my projects...I say, "No, Carrie, no more yarn until you get those other things done!" I've been working like crazy to finish some things so I can buy more yarn!
Happy Knitting....post some photos as you finish those projects...we want to see them!!!!
carrie
www.totallykadeshfarm.blogspot.com
Farmgirl Sisterhood #147
Tis better to weep at joy than to joy at weeping--Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing |
| Carrie W |
Posted - Sep 06 2008 : 07:52:45 AM
I have a gray angora scarf worked in a cascading pattern on my needles. This will be a Christmas gift for my daughter because she keeps commenting on how much she loves the yarn and color!
Carrie
Connie-find a sock knitter to sit down with you and get you started. The first round is BY FAR the hardest!!! Don't give it...if you're like me you just need to have someone SHOW you! I've made dozens of pairs of socks now...I especially love making baby socks...so quick and so cute!!!
www.totallykadeshfarm.blogspot.com
Farmgirl Sisterhood #147
Tis better to weep at joy than to joy at weeping--Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing |
| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Sep 06 2008 : 07:39:23 AM
Connie, don't give up! I kept putting off doing socks but it is so rewarding and warm, warm feet in the cold of winter! I like the book by the Twisted Sisters..don't have the title in front of me. Also go to the Knitty Gritty web site and they have video and they make it look so simple knitting with dps....it was on DIYnetwork. Also there is so many knitters and sock patterns and videos on the web, just watch and keep trying. You feel like you have 10 thumbs but after awhile it just comes to you. Socks are a fast and rewarding project. I keep a bag in the truck for any long road trips or if I am waiting on hubby when he is looking for parts or equipment. You Can Do It Connie!
www.coffmanspinningcfarm.blogspot.com
A woman is like a teabag - you never know how strong she is until she gets
into hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt. |
| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Sep 05 2008 : 5:29:43 PM
i tried the dp needles to make socks (first time) was gonna just practice a bit first. how on earth do you get started???? peace connie in alaska |
| Celticheart |
Posted - Sep 05 2008 : 11:59:35 AM
A baby blanket and socks.....always socks.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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| karla kay |
Posted - Sep 05 2008 : 10:41:45 AM
I have socks on my needles. I have 3 pairs going. I have one pair that is toe up 2 at a time on a circular needle. I do this on when I am alone, I have to concentrate. I have the other ones on dp one at a time. Karla |
| carpenterlady |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 2:11:48 PM
Hi I'm knitting socks. I'm halfway finished with the second sock. I want to start knitting socks on two circulars. I just bought Cat Bordhi's book. Next I have baby hats to knit, and adult hats. These socks are the first thing I knitted that I am keeping for myself in about two years. I love wool socks! If you are in search of patterns, Ravelry is the place to go. www.ravelry.com I love Ravelry. It is like myspace for knitters, crocheters, weavers, and spinners. They have awesome organizing tools, so you can keep track of your needles, yarn, patterns, and projects. I have seen free patterns for knitted, reuseable swiffer cloths on Ravelry. |
| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Aug 31 2008 : 9:23:32 PM
Today felt so much like fall that I started a scarf from wool yarn from one of my shetland sheep. I decided that I would spin some designer yarn with lumps and bumps. I then dyed it a dark deep red to go with my black dress coat. I also have a pair of wool socks started on my dp needles and a dishcloth on another set. I really have a plan in all of this. I knit on the scarf if I don't need to think. The round dishcloth takes a little more thought but I can still concentrate on other things and be interrupted and pick it right back up. I also get the great satisfaction that I have completed a project. I have made 3 in this last week. I pick up the socks when I know that I will be traveling or when I want to concentrate on my knitting and nothing else...This afternoon I warped my table loom to make tea towels, I don't like warping but the weaving goes fast. Ang is upstairs weaving purses like the one on my blog site. She likes to decorate them with her needle felting.
I have really enjoyed the pictures and discussion on knitting dishcloths. I agree with T...if you can knit washcloths...you can knit anything.
www.coffmanspinningcfarm.blogspot.com
A woman is like a teabag - you never know how strong she is until she gets
into hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt. |
| Georgiann |
Posted - Aug 31 2008 : 6:37:13 PM
The ball band pattern is free here: http://www.elmore-pisgah.com/Ballband%20Dishcloth.htm
It's also in the Mason-Dixon knitting book, which I love -- I have a log cabin blanket and a log cabin tote bag currently on the needles, and a wedding shawl which I need to have completed by September 20!
Whatever you do, do it with your whole heart |
| StarMeadow |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 6:52:52 PM
Levisgrammy, if you can knit washcloths you can knit anything else! Try a scarf (or 8)...easy peasy! |
| Beverley |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 6:17:24 PM
right now I have the second of a pair of socks on my 3 needles and I just finished a dishcloth. Beverley
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
beverley baggett
http://bevsdoggies.googlepages.com/ |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 06:11:54 AM
A dishcloth is always on my needles because it is the only thing I ever learned to make. I'd love to learn knitting though. Any suggestions for beginner books or something?
Denise
farmgirl sister #43
"Take a lesson from the teakettle, though up to its
neck in hot water...it sings!"
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
| windypines |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 05:03:04 AM
Hey Dawn,ddmashayekhi, how about knitting or crocheting on larger needles! Would that be easier on your eyes? I could get you some nice bulky home spun yarn!
Michele |
| MissDana |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 8:41:22 PM
Connie, it is talked about in the book Mason Dixon Knitting and the pattern is there. However, it is a free pattern and inside the wrap of one of the cotton yarns. I forget right now. I googled it and found and printed it out. As for my swiffer, I plan on knitting up more dishcloth patterns for it. In white so I can wash them in hot water and/or bleach. I like the ballband texture for the floor. But even a seed stitch would do. Must go to bed. It is late here!
Dana
Proud Farmgirl Sister # 267
www.schultztroupe.wordpress.com |
| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 8:33:01 PM
ok someone please tell me about this "ballband" dish cloth. i use a swiffer on my walls and ceiling so would be a good thing to know about! peace connie in alaska |
| MissDana |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 8:04:17 PM
Love the ballband dishcloth! I just used one on my swiffer. Ran out of disposable pads. Just put my own on and it worked perfect!
Dana
Proud Farmgirl Sister # 267
www.schultztroupe.wordpress.com |
| lilyblossom |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 7:55:08 PM
Started a ball band dishcloth tonight and socks for take along knitting.
Donna...true blue KY farmgirl, farmgirl #86 |
| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 7:20:07 PM
geesh why didnt you just go for the gold and add a couple dozen woven beaded necklaces? lol. heck girl you got yoruself into a bunch of work! i gotta get hubby to read these posts here cuz he thinks that just cuz i have for the time being gone onto somethign else that i wont go back to my beading! he is oen of those people who doesnt like change and my way of doign things is constant change to keep from gettign bored! lol peace connie in alaska |
| StarMeadow |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 7:15:11 PM
ROTFL!!!! What a hoot! My UFOs are not clothes though getting rid of the too tiny ones in my closet is a great idea...I just need to get a move on these little purses I'm making to get donations for our Relay for Life first weekend in October! I kinda promised 15. <eek> Oh and maybe 20 pairs of dangle earrings too.... |
| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 6:53:11 PM
a neck warmer on my circulars, a dish cloth on my bamboo, a scarf which will probably be taken out and made into something else on my reg. needles and another dish cloth on my crochet hook.
star, i found a good way to deal with sewing ufo's, i gave mine away! most were too small for me now and i gave them to a friend who is as tiny as i was back then ol. peace connie in alaska |
| StarMeadow |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 6:35:24 PM
Do UFOs count? I have a pair of socks, a dishrag, a wool purse for felting, and I just frogged a baby sweater (since the baby is now too big for it), oh and somewhere in the bottom of my knit bag I have a little black velveteen yarn bag to go on a coin purse closure.
BUT put up to be completed are two wool hats and a beautiful alpaca shawl in a color called "shrimp"...which is about the same color as my hair.
We won't talk about what's on my sewing table....or in my bead bag...or in my card making stash... |
