HURRAH! Finished! The class was helladifficult. The lady next to me was CRYING. Poor thing. We had to do an elastic finish which baffled even the pros amongst us. :-) I didn't really understand until the second time she explained. But next week she's gonna teach us individually.
Next up? A DRESS. PAAAARTY. Yay.
I'm very excited because I LOVE to seam! I started in class and, I gotta tell ya, I'm not that bad at it. (NOt as horrible as with other stuff.) :-) Not saying that I know how to do it properly, but I sorta like doing it. :-)
Gonna try the sweater on tomorrow. Let's hope it fits! I made it with yarn that I also used for a scarf for my mom (who lives in Japan). I figured I would make something that connects them. :-)
― nathalie (stevienixed), Monday, 4 December 2006 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― patita (patita), Monday, 4 December 2006 22:43 (seventeen years ago) link
(and sweater looks lovely. what kind of yarn?)
― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:41 (seventeen years ago) link
The yarn is Katia's Mexico.
I just started the party dress. I made one tiny mistake AT THE SIDE which I can (hopefully!) cover up with my seaming techniques. Heh. Techniques. My husband is impressed with my knitting speed: I did about 12 cm in about 2 hrs. Or something. I hardly think that's fast, but hey... :-)
I'm also now officially addicted to knitting and SEX (teehee). I can't leave a shop without having bought some yarn. Yup yup. Swapped records for skeins. Ah well. :-)
A friend just said I was a good mother for giving Ophelia such lovely clothes. Aaaah.
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link
i haven't bought any yarn except online in awhile.
― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link
Swapped records for skeins
haha! I hear you!
That sweater is such a great color.
― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 23:11 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Monday, 11 December 2006 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 22:21 (seventeen years ago) link
hooray for your knitting-ness! I keep thinking I'd like to do an after-school knitting club at the local hood school.
― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 14:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 15:31 (seventeen years ago) link
http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/files/bUutHO/ZoraBreedingSueEricksonandMollyDahlknittowelsfortheStaffLounge1206.JPG/main.jpg
― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
did you make converts then?
― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 15:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 15:57 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/images/us/local/products/productsall/p261551.jpg
― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:16 (seventeen years ago) link
BTW Wish I was at that get together!
OTN: Matinee Cardigan (still! But not for long!), two scarves and a party dress. The latter was patterned by my teacher but I ph34R that she made a mistake as her head will AGAIN not fit through it. But I don't worry too much aout it as I have only done one panel so I Can either do an opening on the back or a sleeve. I think I'll go with a sleeve. :-)
― nathalie (stevienixed), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:19 (seventeen years ago) link
i'm behind on all my craft gifts, argh.
― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:21 (seventeen years ago) link
Nath, that pic is from the Urban Outfitters site, and my friend (and fellow knitter) sent it to me asking. I don't know if I can get a bigger picture! When the holidays pass, I may try to sort it out myself.
― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:24 (seventeen years ago) link
Apparently, it's the popcorn stitch. Well, the scarf is called popcorn, so, the modern internets led me to this site:
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/na_knitting/article/0,2025,DIY_14141_3502420,00.html
AKA: Trinity Stitch.
Fun! I may try this when my mom's ripple stitch scarf is done.
― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:29 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.ashidome.com/blogger/archive_craftystitch.asp
but yes popcorn looks better
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hillarylang/25691744/in/set-546005/
I really want one of those stitch a day calendars.
― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:39 (seventeen years ago) link
What do I do?
I'm going to lend her Stitch n' Bitch this weekend.
― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Thursday, 14 December 2006 19:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Thursday, 14 December 2006 19:55 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm all about rockin' the needle in the armpit.
― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Thursday, 14 December 2006 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link
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― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Thursday, 14 December 2006 21:38 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Gem (gem ), Saturday, 16 December 2006 01:37 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.clover-usa.com/cat.php?k=27241
― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Saturday, 16 December 2006 03:03 (seventeen years ago) link
I've been working on wristwarmers for my little sister, and her tiny wrists make them look so strange. I needed to change from a size 9 to a size 4 needle to get them the right scale for her! Tiny dpns make for lots of finger poking. They are quite easy though, just a 2x2 rib with a gap for the thumb:http://slumberland.org/wp/2005/12/14/pattern-1-day-wristwarmers/
Nathalie, somewhere I saw a pattern for a girl's dress that became a shirt as the child got older (a very simple a-line style). It seemed like a great way to extend the life of something that took so much effort to make! ok, here it is:http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring04/PATTanouk.htmlYou could easily do something else with the pockets fr a different look.
― patita (patita), Saturday, 16 December 2006 05:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh wow, thanks for the dress pattern. I think I'll give it a go!
― nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 16 December 2006 08:31 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Monday, 18 December 2006 14:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:37 (seventeen years ago) link
I haven't been to my LYS in ages and ages. Mostly b/c 1. I've been sewing a lot more lately 2. buying lots of yarn off knitpicks for $$ reasons 3. they are far from me and I'm carless. :(
― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link
The matinee cardigan is ALMOST finished but it has quite a few flaws. :-( I did the collar a bit wrong so it's a bit misshaped. :-( But it's a learning process and I can't imagine doing it 100 procent perfect, right? I hope it'll be finished by tomorrow so I can focus on the two scarves (and the sweater??? should I do it?). I'm terribly bad at doing something on order. I think in the future I won't accept orders because I'm terrible at following it through. :-(
We had the last lesson (for this semester) yesterday and it was a lot of fun. Easy. We learned a few stitches (moss, double moss, sand and some other stitches). I already knew the moss stitch (it's ftrd in the matinee cardigan) so I just had a lot of fun looking at some of the others who had no clue how to do it!?!? Maybe I'm not so much a novice anymore? :-)
I'm looking forward to the next semester. We'll be learning to stitch on patterns as well! As well as crochet on the knitting! I need to look up how this works so I'm a bit prepared (I feel more confident when I have an idea of what to expect).
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 09:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 09:53 (seventeen years ago) link