WIPs -
- Test knit cowl #1 out of Hobby Lobby acrylics in ThatSemiferoGrrl bag
- Bonny by Tincanknits out of Dragonfly Fibers Squishy Lace in GirlCaveBags bag
- Blanket squares out of acrylics in grays and blues
- Chemo cap out of Plymouth Encore Colorspun
FOs -
- Test knit cowl #2 for CoggieTM from The High Fiber Diet audio podcast out of Berocco Inca Gold
Acquisitions -
- Knitting bag by CattailKnits in Keroppi fabric with Keroppi stitchmarker, HelloKitty stitchmarker and three small color stitchmarkers; Tinygeekcrafter also does the KnitMeHappy podcast
- LYS Closing Sale - Berocco Inca Gold, Berocco Linsey, Cascade Yarns Sierra and Schoppel Zauberball; Sheep Hanger
- DarnGoodYarn alpaca roving and BFL braid
- Lunabud knits 3oz merino Smoothie batt
- Knitting book from Library sale
Spinning -
- Finished the 2nd Bricolage Studios batt
- Started the Lunabud knits batt
Designing -
- Tulip Top available for half off with coupon code mentioned until 6/30
- DarnGoodYarn released my Summer Layer Top in a kit with their recycled chiffon ribbon yarn
Swap -
- Square swap is started! Happy to have more... Will trade items I've already knit, special request knits and even a square if that's what you really want :-)
- Reconsidered learning crochet because of these squares as well as seeing a how-to article in the recent Knitty issue
Book Review (this is the end of the podcast in case you don't care to watch) -
- Knitting in the Old Way by Priscilla A. Gibson-Roberts published in 1985 by Interweave Press
- My favorite sections include
- Traditional Yarns
- information on different fibers but mostly wool and the pros and cons of it
- Spinning worsted and woolen
- The 100 yard Rule
- WPI will tell you approximate gauge, estimate which needle size you'll need and give you an average yardage for an adult medium sweater
- Also gives you the math to average yardage for different sizes
- Sweater Plans
- How to take gauge and use that information in formulas for constructing the sweater
- Different kinds of sleeve construction
- Different kinds of sweater shapes
- Color stranded sweaters with charts
- Traditional sweaters and the regions they came from with charts
- Textured sweaters and the regions they came from with charts
- Geometric patterned sweaters and the regions they came from
- Spinning Techniques
- Fleece selection tips
- Fiber prep how-to
- Carding = woolen prep
- Combing = worsted prep
- Yarn types
- 'S' and 'Z'
- Woolen and Worsted and multiple variations
- Fiber types best for yarn type desired
- Plying tips
- How to finish the spun yarn
- It also includes
- Introduction
- Sweaters, the history and culture of
- Patterns as we know them were not really used
- Origins
- Spinning and weaving were around before knitting
- The oldest knit item found was a cotton sock in Egypt dating around AD1100
- Knit items began for the rich but the artisians who sold to the rich made items for their families as well
- Industrial revolution halted most handknits
- Sweaters likely started as undergaments for the artisians and their families
- Knitting Techniques
- English vs. Continental
- Equipment you would need
- Basic techniques such as
- Cast on
- Increase/Decrease
- Bind off
- Kitchner grafting
- Diagrams and charts and how to read them
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