Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery and Sewing
Posted in Knitting on Mar 2nd, 2010
I failed to finish my olympic challenge! I finished one sock, but I haven’t even started the second one.
Was I overly ambitious? It was certainly very hot here (it was 42° C on Thursday) which isn’t conducive to knitting. But really I didn’t put in enough time – it didn’t go well and I got [...]
Posted in Knitting on Feb 23rd, 2010
I’ve restarted my sock – it only took one attempt to cast on.
Posted in Knitting on Feb 18th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Knitting on Feb 15th, 2010
I’ve knitted the band of the sock – now I need to start on the cable pattern.
Posted in Knitting on Feb 13th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Knitting on Feb 12th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Knitting on Feb 12th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Knitting on Feb 8th, 2010
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.
Posted in Inspiration, Knitting on Feb 2nd, 2010
I’ve been working on my spiral baby blanket. It is very relaxing (almost meditative) knitting. The colour is beautiful and the yarn (surprisingly) lovely with which to work.
While knitting I’ve been watching Emily of New Moon. I don’t think this was ever shown in Australia (I bought it from DVD Scene and they were fabulous [...]
Posted in Knitting on Dec 14th, 2009
This seemed like such an easy project – just go around in circles until it is big enough. I cast on about 10 times!
The pattern is from here - although I couldn’t manage the yarn over increases and swapped to knitting into the front and back of the stitch.
The yarn is a Panda Magnum Soft 8 [...]