Yes it's July (well almost) and I'm already planning Christmas presents. Go figure.
Green = Done
Red = Not Done
Green = Done
Orange - In progress
Dad -- Soft Scarf
Nancy -- Beaded Scarf (felted Scarf for Birthday)
Mom -- Beaded Scarf
Dishcloths and scrubbies
Truffles
Pauly -- Wine
Nanny -- Felted Scarf
Pop-Pop -- Gift Card
Ashley -- Cowl
Christopher -- Candy
Lelsey -- Cowl
Robbyn -- Nymphidaliea
Linda --
Monday, June 30, 2014
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Spinning List
Let's see what I've done and not done. There's been a knitting list kicking around for a while in some way, shape or form. The general idea for that is that you put in bold is what you've done and in italics what you plan or want to do. I'm going to do the same for this. If anyone has anything to add feel free to comment.
From the fold
Woolen
Worsted
Inchworm
Long Draw
Carding with Hand-Cards (need to get better though)
Card with Drum Carder
Combing
Flicker
Use a Diz
Make 2 ply
Make 3 ply
Make 4 ply
Cabled plying
Navajo Plying
Turkish Knot
Spin Boucle
Ply in Locks
Spin Garnetted
Spin Encased
Spin Textured
Use Alpaca, Silk, Camel, Flax, Wool, Quivut, Angora, Mohair, Cotton, Hemp, Llama (of course not all at once).
Use Roving
Use Batts
Use Caps
Use Hankies
Use McMorran Balance
Dye with Food Coloring
Dye with Natural Items
Use Chakra
Use Single Drive
Use Double Drive
Use Drop Spindle Top Whorl
Use Drop Spindle Bottom Whorl
Use Navajo Spindle
Use Turkish Spindle
Use Distaff
Use Nostepinde
Use WPI Tool
From the fold
Woolen
Worsted
Inchworm
Long Draw
Carding with Hand-Cards (need to get better though)
Card with Drum Carder
Combing
Flicker
Use a Diz
Make 2 ply
Make 3 ply
Make 4 ply
Cabled plying
Navajo Plying
Turkish Knot
Spin Boucle
Ply in Locks
Spin Garnetted
Spin Encased
Spin Textured
Use Alpaca, Silk, Camel, Flax, Wool, Quivut, Angora, Mohair, Cotton, Hemp, Llama (of course not all at once).
Use Roving
Use Batts
Use Caps
Use Hankies
Use McMorran Balance
Dye with Food Coloring
Dye with Natural Items
Use Chakra
Use Single Drive
Use Double Drive
Use Drop Spindle Top Whorl
Use Drop Spindle Bottom Whorl
Use Navajo Spindle
Use Turkish Spindle
Use Distaff
Use Nostepinde
Use WPI Tool
Knitting List
I did this about 6 months ago, but figured I would do it again as there have been some updates I know.
Let's see what I've done and not done. This list has been kicking around for a while is some way, shape or form. The general idea is that you put in bold is what you've done and in italics what you plan or want to do.
Afghan
American/English knitting
Baby items
Bobbles
Buttonholes
Cable stitch patterns
Cardigan
Charity knitting
Combination knitting
Continental knitting
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/arm-warmers
Darning
Designing knitted garments
Domino knitting
Drop stitch patterns
Dyeing spinning fiber
Dyeing with plant colors
Dying yarn
Entrelac
Fair Isle knitting
Free-form knitting
Fulling/felting
Garter stitch
Gloves
Graffiti knitting
Hair accessories
Hats: Cuff-up
Hats: Top-down
Holiday related knitting
Household items
I-cord
Intarsia
Jewelry
Kitchener stitch
Knitted flowers
Knitting a gift
Knitting a pattern from an on-line knitting magazine
Knitting and purling backwards
Knitting art
Knitting for a living
Knitting for pets
Knitting for preemies
Knitting in public
Knitting items for a wedding
Knitting on a loom
Knitting smocking
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on one or two circulars (done both ways and and do not like 2 circs. Started a shawl with 2 circs and got it onto 1 as soon as it was large enough to fit on one)
Knitting to make money
Knitting two socks on two circulars simultaneously
Knitting with alpaca
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Knitting with banana fiber yarn (cannot do due to allergy to tropical fruit and do not want to risk setting off allergy)
Knitting with beads
Knitting with camel yarn
Knitting with cashmere
Knitting with circular needles
Knitting with cotton
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Knitting with dpns
Knitting with linen (unsuccesful)
Knitting with metal wire
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Knitting with self patterning/self striping/variegated yarn
Knitting with silk -- Used a merino/silk blend earlier in the year
Knitting with someone else’s hand-spun yarn
Knitting with soy yarn
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Knitting with wool
Knitting with your own hand-spun yarn
Lace patterns
Long Tail CO
Machine knittingMittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Moebius band knitting
Norwegian knitting
Participate in an exchange
Participating in a KAL
Pillows
Publishing a knitting book
Purses/bags
Rug
Scarf
Shawl
Short rows
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Slip stitch patterns
Slippers
Socks: toe-up
Socks: top-down
Steeks
Stockinette stitch
Stuffed toys
Swatching
Sweater
Tassels
Teaching a child to knit
Teaching a male how to knit
Textured knitting
Thrummed knitting
Toy/doll clothing
Tubular CO
Twisted stitch patterns
Two end knitting
Writing a pattern
Let's see what I've done and not done. This list has been kicking around for a while is some way, shape or form. The general idea is that you put in bold is what you've done and in italics what you plan or want to do.
Afghan
American/English knitting
Baby items
Bobbles
Buttonholes
Cable stitch patterns
Cardigan
Charity knitting
Combination knitting
Continental knitting
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/arm-warmers
Darning
Designing knitted garments
Domino knitting
Drop stitch patterns
Dyeing spinning fiber
Dyeing with plant colors
Dying yarn
Entrelac
Fair Isle knitting
Free-form knitting
Fulling/felting
Garter stitch
Gloves
Graffiti knitting
Hair accessories
Hats: Cuff-up
Hats: Top-down
Holiday related knitting
Household items
I-cord
Intarsia
Jewelry
Kitchener stitch
Knitted flowers
Knitting a gift
Knitting a pattern from an on-line knitting magazine
Knitting and purling backwards
Knitting art
Knitting for a living
Knitting for pets
Knitting for preemies
Knitting in public
Knitting items for a wedding
Knitting on a loom
Knitting smocking
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on one or two circulars (done both ways and and do not like 2 circs. Started a shawl with 2 circs and got it onto 1 as soon as it was large enough to fit on one)
Knitting to make money
Knitting two socks on two circulars simultaneously
Knitting with alpaca
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Knitting with banana fiber yarn (cannot do due to allergy to tropical fruit and do not want to risk setting off allergy)
Knitting with beads
Knitting with camel yarn
Knitting with cashmere
Knitting with circular needles
Knitting with cotton
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Knitting with dpns
Knitting with linen (unsuccesful)
Knitting with metal wire
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Knitting with self patterning/self striping/variegated yarn
Knitting with silk -- Used a merino/silk blend earlier in the year
Knitting with someone else’s hand-spun yarn
Knitting with soy yarn
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Knitting with wool
Knitting with your own hand-spun yarn
Lace patterns
Long Tail CO
Machine knittingMittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Moebius band knitting
Norwegian knitting
Participate in an exchange
Participating in a KAL
Pillows
Publishing a knitting book
Purses/bags
Rug
Scarf
Shawl
Short rows
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Slip stitch patterns
Slippers
Socks: toe-up
Socks: top-down
Steeks
Stockinette stitch
Stuffed toys
Swatching
Sweater
Tassels
Teaching a child to knit
Teaching a male how to knit
Textured knitting
Thrummed knitting
Toy/doll clothing
Tubular CO
Twisted stitch patterns
Two end knitting
Writing a pattern
Friday, June 27, 2014
Productive Week
Doesn't seem like it, but it's been a productive knitting week. Sunday I finished my first beaded scarf. Monday I went to start finishing a pair of socks that were started in April, but for some reason I got distracted and haven't finished them yet. When I went to work on the leg of the second sock I found out that I couldn't figure out where I was in the pattern. It doesn't help that in the time that I haven't been working on the sock, I lost all my notes on the first sock!
Well, there went the leg progress back to the cuff. I'd say it was half the leg. Then came Tuesday. Tuesday is what has caused me to be able to make more knitting progress than I would have expected. It's a blessing in disguise I guess. I was at a doctors appointment, following my doctor down some stairs. Next thing we knew just as I started down the stairs, I was no longer standing. Thankfully I did not fall all the way down the stairs. If anything I may have slid down a couple more stairs. Unfortunately, my driving ankle didn't fare as well. I got up, saw him for that appointment and they set me up to see their medical doctors.
Their Primary Care Docs and an intern checked it out and sent me for an x-ray. once i got home I took it easy for the rest of the day and easier for the rest of the week. That resulted in a lot of knitting. I am NOT one to stay still or down. If it wasn't for knitting or other fiber arts I would be loosing what is left of my sanity. I want to spin, but that is a no go right now for I wouldn't last for as long as I like to spin.
Thankfully everything is okay according to the report. It's not a major sprain, but any sprain is a pain in the arse in my opinion. Funny thing is my roommate is more worried than I am. Well off to knit more.
Well, there went the leg progress back to the cuff. I'd say it was half the leg. Then came Tuesday. Tuesday is what has caused me to be able to make more knitting progress than I would have expected. It's a blessing in disguise I guess. I was at a doctors appointment, following my doctor down some stairs. Next thing we knew just as I started down the stairs, I was no longer standing. Thankfully I did not fall all the way down the stairs. If anything I may have slid down a couple more stairs. Unfortunately, my driving ankle didn't fare as well. I got up, saw him for that appointment and they set me up to see their medical doctors.
Their Primary Care Docs and an intern checked it out and sent me for an x-ray. once i got home I took it easy for the rest of the day and easier for the rest of the week. That resulted in a lot of knitting. I am NOT one to stay still or down. If it wasn't for knitting or other fiber arts I would be loosing what is left of my sanity. I want to spin, but that is a no go right now for I wouldn't last for as long as I like to spin.
Thankfully everything is okay according to the report. It's not a major sprain, but any sprain is a pain in the arse in my opinion. Funny thing is my roommate is more worried than I am. Well off to knit more.
Monday, June 23, 2014
Been Busy
It's been a busy few months. A friend has passed; company has come and gone not once but twice; roommate has been experiencing some health problems; and life for myself has been carrying along.
I have been trying to not let that affect my fiber arts time though. Since last posting I have been working on a couple shawls, socks, a beaded scarf, and poppies. The shawls have been quite fun and one gave me a learning experience (quite pleasant). The beaded scarf is the first of at least 3. This is also my first time really putting beads into my knitting. Sock pair 1 is done and sock pair 2 is still in progress. I forget why, but it got interrupted and I am now working on finishing it. It hung out on the needles for at least 1.5 months. The poppies are going to the UK. You can go to http://www.ww100challenge.co.uk/ for the full story. Between my 3 or 4 others in my chapter and me we made 46 or 48 poppies. We did it in a month.
I've also been having fun with the spinning wheel and will be weaving again when I remember to get the yarn I want for my warp. I keep forgetting to get a certain yarn for a certain project.
Well off to take photos and work on socks. Plus hunt down the perfect color yarn for the next beaded scarf.
I have been trying to not let that affect my fiber arts time though. Since last posting I have been working on a couple shawls, socks, a beaded scarf, and poppies. The shawls have been quite fun and one gave me a learning experience (quite pleasant). The beaded scarf is the first of at least 3. This is also my first time really putting beads into my knitting. Sock pair 1 is done and sock pair 2 is still in progress. I forget why, but it got interrupted and I am now working on finishing it. It hung out on the needles for at least 1.5 months. The poppies are going to the UK. You can go to http://www.ww100challenge.co.uk/ for the full story. Between my 3 or 4 others in my chapter and me we made 46 or 48 poppies. We did it in a month.
I've also been having fun with the spinning wheel and will be weaving again when I remember to get the yarn I want for my warp. I keep forgetting to get a certain yarn for a certain project.
Well off to take photos and work on socks. Plus hunt down the perfect color yarn for the next beaded scarf.
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