I’ve restarted my sock – it only took one attempt to cast on.
Monthly Archives: February 2010
The Knitting Olympics – Disaster
My knitting has all gone horribly wrong – the cables were a complete mess. I’ve ripped the whole thing and I shall start again. This time round I’m going to use bamboo needles and I’m just going to knit a stocking stitch sock – the wool is so slippery I think anything else is beyond me.
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Alphabet Quilt – Sashing
I’ve started cutting the sashing strips for my quilt. I don’t want to cut too many strips in case I run out of fabric for the borders.
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The Knitting Olympics – Sock Progress
I’ve knitted the band of the sock – now I need to start on the cable pattern.
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The Knitting Olympics
On my third attempt I managed to cast on 48 stitches and join it into a round without twisting. Yes that’s right – my third attempt – surely I would have been disqualified if I didn’t make it on my third attempt?
I think I’ve been overly ambitious with my plan. It suddenly occurred to me that I would need to make two socks!
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Knitting Olympics – Tension Square
I finished my tension square. It works out at 8 stitches per inch, which according to my master pattern means I need to cast on 48 stitches.
This yarn seems quite tricky with which to knit; it’s very slippery and I keep putting the needle through the strand – I guess it’s meant to be a challenge.
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2010 Knitting Olympics
I’ve decided to enter the 2010 Knitting Olympics.
I’m going to make a socks with a cable pattern. I’m using the master pattern in the Teach Yourself Visually Knitting Design.
I’ve never done anything with cables before, so I thought that would be a bit of a challenge and actually finishing something in 17 days will be a challenge.
The knitting above is my tension square (I’m training for the main event). The yarn is Happy by Wendy in shade Capricorn.
Scarf Knitting
As I needed a bit of a break from my spiral blanket, I’ve swapped back to my scarf knitting. It is a really easy pattern and being a scarf each row is finished quickly – perfect for knitting and watching a DVD.
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New Embroidery Threads
I found an online supplier of the machine embroidery threads (Robison Anton Rayon) I like . I bought these ones from ozquilts.com.au. They were reasonably priced and although they did take a while to arrive they didn’t charge my credit card until they shipped the order (so I wasn’t worried about something going astray).
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Selvedge Magazine
Selvedge is a beautiful magazine with fabulous photography. As it is also very expensive ($30 Aus), I don’t buy it very often. Maybe once a year when I’m in desperate need of a treat. Yesterday I picked up a copy.
I find it amazing (and lovely) that there can be an entire magazine on Textiles. I even find the adds interesting. Definitely worth a look if you are at all interested in textiles (quilting, knitting, embroidery etc.)
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