Knitting

[rice cracker]

I've already fucked up the scarf twice. Well, three times, but one of the mistakes is invisible to the naked eye. So now I have weird snakey cables here and there on the scarf :(

What, Meena, you couldn't stop laughing while taking measurements for the thong?

[applehead]

Originally Posted by rice cracker

I've already fucked up the scarf twice. Well, three times, but one of the mistakes is invisible to the naked eye. So now I have weird snakey cables here and there on the scarf :(

What, Meena, you couldn't stop laughing while taking measurements for the thong?

LOLOL. oh god. hahahahaha

ack no one will notice but you.
cables are fun!

[artsfartsyjanet]

meena,
have you delivered the needles? Let me know how much the damage is. =)

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oh crap.

what the hell. i posted a reply to this like two hours
ago and it's gone.
anyway. i'm so so sorry janet but the needles are still
in my room. i promise promise pinkie swear to send
them out this week.
everytime i see the box i'd be guilt ridden but i guess
not guilty enough.

i wanted to share my first recycled sweater-yarn story.
it's a lot more work than i assumed.
so i won't do it again unless it's a sweater that's
coming apart and is not wearable or donate-able (??)
or if it's a yarn that i really really love.
or a sweater from expensive yarn like cashmere that i
can get at thrift stores for like 5 bucks.

and preferably done outside where there's lots
of ventilation. because that thing was messy.
there was yarn fuzz all over my room.
and i couldn't stop sneezing.

so yeah i think it's worth it. just because
the sweater i frogged would've have ended
up in a landfill just taking up space.

[rice cracker]

God, I knit everyday. At lunch and while I watch TV. Then I get together with not one but TWO knitting groups every week. I'm so busy knitting I can't blog. Or even take pictures of the knitting to post on the blog when I actually half-assedly update. I have six projects going on. I have a stash that is getting out of control. I've been buying knitting books.

I went to a sheep and wool festival. And liked it.

I'm sick. Send help.

[TB4000]

O Lord, rebuke the devil within this child.

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i think it's a healthy obesession!

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i sent the needles.
hallejuah.
i mean. it's been like 6 months.
geeeeeeeeeeeeeez.

[artsfartsyjanet]

Yay! =) Looking forward to it. Thanks!

[artsfartsyjanet]

I got the needles! Thanks!!!!

[applehead]

awesome!
enjoy. enjoy. hahahah

[applehead]

knitting update.

to prepare for the possibilites
of me knitting anything fair isle in the future.
(HAH, yeah right)
i've taught myself to knit using the continental
method.
so i can now knit with either my right or left hand.

continental method. i love love love.

[rice cracker]

Dang, contragulations Meena! This is another reason for me to visit you, so you can teach me continental! We will be smooooove continental ladies.

When I taught myself fair isle, I just held both strands in one hand, because my left hand is completely retarded.

[SunWuKong]

the Continental?

would you like some cham-pag-ne?

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Originally Posted by rice cracker

Dang, contragulations Meena! This is another reason for me to visit you, so you can teach me continental! We will be smooooove continental ladies.

When I taught myself fair isle, I just held both strands in one hand, because my left hand is completely retarded.

thaaaaaaaaaank you.
i know. i've been trying since last winter.
iit was just soooooo hard.
but i'm doing a basic basketweave scarf
now, just knitting and purling.
and i thought. hell. why don't i practice
while knitting this thing.

my hands get sweaty and sometimes the yarn
doesn't move as smoothly as i wish. but overall,
i have fun with this method.
might be because it's something new.