Thursday, May 31, 2007
Knitting Experience

I've stolen yet another meme from Kate. (Follow that link if you want to know where she got it.)

Instructions: Mark with bold the things you have knit (or are knitting), with italics the ones you plan to do sometime, and leave the rest. Link to pages if they've been documented!

Afghan [baby afghan in progress]

I-Cord

Garter stitch [has any knitter not done garter?]

Knitting with metal wire

Shawl

Stockinette stitch

Socks: top-down

Socks: toe-up

Knitting with camel yarn [I bought some camel sock yarn at SAFF]

Mittens: Cuff-up [This mitten didn't survive the wash, alas]

Mittens: Tip-down

Hat

Knitting with silk

Moebius band knitting

Participating in a KAL

Sweater

Drop stitch patterns

Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn

Slip stitch patterns

Knitting with banana fiber yarn

Domino knitting

Twisted stitch patterns

Knitting with bamboo yarn

Two end knitting

Charity knitting

Knitting with soy yarn

Cardigan

Toy/doll clothing

Knitting with circular needles

Baby items

Knitting with your own handspun yarn

Slippers

Graffiti knitting

Continental knitting

Designing knitted garments

Cable stitch patterns

Lace patterns

Publishing a knitting book

Scarf

Teaching a child to knit

American/English knitting

Knitting to make money

Buttonholes

Knitting with alpaca

Fair Isle knitting

Norwegian knitting

Dying with plant colours

Knitting items for a wedding [I wanted to knit myself a wedding shawl, but we were only engaged for 4 months so there wasn't time]

Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cosies…)

Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on one or two circulars

Knitting with someone else’s handspun yarn

Knitting with dpns

Holiday related knitting

Teaching a male how to knit

Bobbles

Knitting for a living

Knitting with cotton

Knitting smocking

Dyeing yarn

Steeks

Knitting art

Knitting two socks on one circular simultaneously

Fulling/felting

Knitting with wool

Textured knitting

Kitchener stitch

Purses/bags

Knitting with beads

Swatching

Long Tail CO

Entrelac

Knitting and purling backwards

Machine knitting

Knitting with self patterning/self striping/variegated yarn

Stuffed toys

Knitting with cashmere

Darning

Jewelry

Knitting with synthetic yarn

Writing a pattern

Gloves

Intarsia

Knitting with linen

Knitting for preemies

Tubular CO

Freeform knitting

Short rows

Cuffs/fingerless mitts/armwarmers

Pillows

Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine

Rug

Knitting on a loom [When I was a kid]

Thrummed knitting

Knitting a gift

Knitting for pets

Shrug/bolero/poncho

Knitting with dog/cat hair

Hair accessories

Knitting in public

::Posted by Bliss at 3:26 PM :: (1 comments) ::

Tuesday, May 29, 2007
If The Sopranos can take sixteen months off, I'll try not to feel guilty for taking three.

I'll spare you the boring explanations about why I haven't posted since March. I'm just glad to be back now.

I've had an eventful couple of weeks. The biggest news is that my nephew Ryan was born on May 16!

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Poor little guy... he looked so confused the entire time I was visiting him. I could almost read his little baby thoughts: What the --? Where am I? Where's my fluid? Why is it so bright in here?

I'm knitting a blue blanket for him; I don't want to post a picture just yet because I'm so close to being done. I'd rather wait until it's completely finished. Of course, when it's done I'll have to start another one, because my 4-year-old niece requested one just like it in pink. I worked on the blanket for awhile while my sister was napping; my niece really wants me to teach her to knit, so I let her sit on my lap while I guided her hands through a few stitches. Now we can honestly say that she helped knit her brother's blanket. (I tried to teach her to finger-knit, but she doesn't have the attention span for it quite yet. I have hopes that she'll be a knitter someday, though!)

Other news: I went to Atlanta last week and auditioned for Jeopardy! This was actually my third time trying out, and I think it went pretty well. I met some neat people, and had a great chat with one guy in particular. (Hi, Dave!) They'll keep our names on file until next April, so we might hear from them anytime in the next 10 months. (Or not.) Wish me luck!


::Posted by Bliss at 11:52 AM :: (1 comments) ::