May 31, 2004
Comments work!
Okay now you can comment to my entries. I got the snazzy new moveable type 3 working and now I can aprove comments! Awsume!
In other news it does apear I did decrease on the right side (I have no idea which side I actually decreased on but what I mean is, it looks the way I intended it to and was on the correct side that I wanted it to be knit/purled on).
I am making super progress. I have know completed the ribbing on the bottom and one whole set of a new 14 row pattern, which I now will work in that pattern till the thing is about 10 inches tall. I wonder how long 10 inches will take..
Posted by brandy at 02:59 PM | Comments (3)
May 30, 2004
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This pattern book/mag has some really nice stuff in it. Everything has to be knit in the round though and I already have one project to do in the round, I am not ready for that! So I got the book but not the yarn.
Here is my stash (click photos for bigger pic)
I have more then 1 of some of them.
Decrease on one side
Decrease on the other side
If this was the right side then I would have decreased properly (decrease in the deeper part) but I have no idea which is which!!
And the photo of the sweater again (I am working on the bottom part of the front/back)
Posted by brandy at 12:05 PM | Comments (2)
Well i got through the rib..
With some help from Savannachik knits I was able to finish the rib bottom part of the back of the sweater, now on-ward to the WHOLE back! I suppose when i get to the top is when I should be worried :) I will have to end with a WS row which I am not sure how to know if I am on the right or wrong side. Lots of other scarey things follow, but atleast now I have some non-thinking stuff to do.
I really wanted to be at a hard part for class on tuesday so I could get help. I won't be taking another class till september because the teacher isn't teaching till august and I won't be around then because of the wedding. I bet there are other classes going on in the mean time but the teacher didn't suggest anything.
Posted by brandy at 11:27 AM | Comments (0)
May 29, 2004
Questions!!
I am really enjoying the boys sweater. I started out all wrong and frogged 2 rows but now I have 4 wonderful, beautiful rows!! But as this is my first sweater pattern to follow I am having issues..
Question 1:
It has a 2X2 rib which is 2 rows to the pattern. After it sets the rib pattern it says;
work 7 more rows more in the 2x2 rib.
So i take that "more" to mean on top of the 2 I just did to learn the pattern. So when it says 7 ROWS more, that means the pattern or "2x2 rib" 3 1/2 more times?
So I would do
Rib (2 rows) - setting the pattern
Rib (2 rows)
Rib (2 rows)
Rib (2 rows)
Rib (1 row of the rib) - for a total of 9 rows
Question 2:
Next after that it says - NEXT ROW. Rib to end dec (decrease) 3 sts evenly across row. 71sts. Change to 4mm needles and procedd as follows (then it sets a 14 row pattern).
What in the world do I do? It says 71 sts, what does that mean? I started out with 74, so that must mean now I will have 71 sts left if I decrease by 3? Right? okay i think i get that one little part.
So to be clear here is pattern:
Using 3 1/4mm needles and the thumb method cast on 74 sts.
1st Row: *K2, p2, rep from * to last 2 stst, k2
2nd Row: P2, *k2, p2, rep from the * to end.
These 2 rows will now be referred to as 2x2 rib.
Work 7 rows more in 2x2 rib.
Next row. Rib to end dec 3 sts evenly across row. 71 sts.
So maybe the reason it doesnt have you finish the "rib" is because the second half of the last rib, or last row in the rib your going to decrease in it. How does one decrease evenly across a row? on the ends? Split up in the center?
If you have an answer: brandy @ mediadiva.net
I'll get comments working as soon as my fiance upgrade my blog program!
Posted by brandy at 09:37 PM | Comments (0)
May 28, 2004
I just realized comments are broken..
brandy @ mediadiva.net
Posted by brandy at 07:09 PM | Comments (0)
3 weeks along and I am already a teacher!
Well so today durring lunch I taught Sarah how to knit. I taught her a cast on and a knit stich. I thought she caught on very quick, she can sew so I think she will be fine. You just have to pay attention.
It was fun to teach her. I think I did good. She was about as frustrated as me when i first learned but she caught on quicker. But when I was leaning I had to watch my teacher show another student so it was all backwards and not one-on-one.
I have my last class tuesday. I wish I could get some people to read my blog to answer my questions. What will I do without a class? My teacher comes back to teach in August but I will have the wedding so there is no point in my even signing up. How can I go two months with no class?? I will need to find a fellow knitter at work or somewhere who can help me. Or I can just try to teach myself. I have a feeling I will need help with that sweater.
Posted by brandy at 01:59 PM | Comments (0)
May 27, 2004
New Pattern
Well I havn't felt like working on my tank, or my scarf (which I totally frogged) so I have a new project (go figure).
Sirdar #2062 SNUGGLY DK, and it only uses 3 balls for a sweater for a 1-2yr old. So that's like 8 bucks for a sweater!
I can't figure out the pattern however. It says;
Row 1: *K2, P2
Row 2: P2, *K2, P2
I dont understand how that makes a rib, it seems like it would all be off and be more of a checker board thing??
The shop swapped out my 15s (I called Crystal Palace, then the store) which was great. I selected clover 3s and 6s for this project and it's the first time i have used clover bamboo, both the yarn and the needles seem more "sticky" then the Crystal Palace needles and the Alpaca Yarn. I am not sure I like it but I think I can get used to it. I messed up the first row and frogged it. Blah. I am not in a good knitting way this week. I screw everything up. I should just give it a break but I WANT TO KNIT! I'll buy Crystal Palace from now on tho..
We went to the trunk show the yarn was sooo nice but I was good and didn't get any of it. I was very tempted. My friend Sarah came with me, we hooked her up with some tools and yarn and tommorow at lunch I am going to teach her to knit! Probably we will just start with a basic cast on... if we can get past that maybe a knit stich!
Gah I wish I could actually knit something I didnt have to frog..
Posted by brandy at 11:21 PM | Comments (0)
May 26, 2004
yarn trunk show..
Well there is going to be a yarn trunk show of sorts at my LYS. I am going to take a lady from work who is thinking of taking classes with me soon. There is going to be wine and cheese and it will be a good time!
I am excited because knitknacks is the first fellow blogger who has put me in the little links to fellow knitters that most blogger have on their sites. Whoo hoo! I want to make some virtual knitting buddies. There seems to be a real community here, also maybe people will start answering questions I ask in my blog!
On a personal note (oh i almost spelt note as knote..) my wedding dress has come in and I get to go try it on when I get a chanse.. I get my bachlors in August (2 weeks before the wedding?? AM I INSANE!!?? Yes..) and I need to do homework very badly. When I get home I just want to knit, watch TV or walk. I need to correct the invitations, order my Kettubah (sp?) and pick out my song to be played by flute when i walk down the isle. Oh and I need to pick out the men's suite's.. etc.. ARGH!!!!!!!!! PULL OUT MY HAIR TO MANY THINGS TO DO!! There are other things but I dare not think of them.. like for instance getting the final guest list. Getting that from either set of parents is going to take some time.. :(
Anways, I would rather not think about all that. I probably won't write to mucha bou the stress crap because really I would prefer to pretend it didn't exsist!
Posted by brandy at 02:17 PM | Comments (0)
May 25, 2004
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The first thing I ever knit! A scarf for one of my Jr. Bridesmaids:
The yarn for my ChicKami:
2 rows (1 round) started on the Kami:
My ribbed baby alpaca scarf in progress:
Fancy expensive yarn that I have no idea what to do with:
2 skeins, I shouldn't have bought them but they had me hipnotized..
More expsensive yarn (1 skein = $18):
I was told I can make one scarf with the one skein.
It's a thick ball I forget how many yards..
Cute sushi needle holder I got from ebay:
That's Toby, my son. He get the hair from his father.
The inside:
Posted by brandy at 10:11 PM | Comments (0)
knitting in the round..
I learned how to join when you start knitting in the round. It was an adventure. I did not mess up but I am having real problems seeing whats a perl and whats a knit on this thread. I like the baby alpaca better!! I am missing it.. I thought I had somehow wound up with 2 extra stiches so i decreased by two but now that I counted again I counted 168 (supposed to be 170) so now I think I will have to increase by 2. But I need to count a second time.
I am taking a break from it. I completed 1 full round. No wait crap did I do 1 round or 1 row? omg.. crap! it had two rows in one round. I think I marked that I did 2 rows on my counter thing which DANG It means only 1 ROUND! ARgh.. not as far along as i would like. Bascially its:
Row 1: Knit, Purl (repeat)
Row 2: K the K, P the P
Which really is just the same pattern a second time right? But that just say that second row different incase you mess up, you should just purl what you purled, even if you have somewhere that winds up with two knits in a row it will just be a thicker rib..
Does that make sence? I will ask at class on monday. I hope I don't have to rip it but I need to just accept that I may well have to, as in most of the blogs I read people are ripping out and starting over..
It was very uncomfortable to knit in the round at first, but I cast on to tightly. Once i got past the first row things went better.
Posted by brandy at 09:15 PM | Comments (0)
to much money..
Well I had knitting class again last night and I spent way to much money on yarn again.
I am disapointed that my size 15 bamboo needles have little slits on the end so I can't use them for eyelash or any special yarns (the whole reason I bought them) and the LYS won't take them back. I found that disapointing. I may write to Crystal Palace and let them know, funny enough another lady who was working with the same novelty yarn had the same exact problem with hers. I noticed only one of my needles in the pair was doing it. She said she thought both of hers where.
So far I love my smaller bamboo ones. Hopefully they won't fall apart. I have spent atleast $50 bucks on needles alone. I have two size 8's, one 7, one 6, one 15, and size 3 and 6 circulars. All these freakin needles!
Last night I bought two really pretty novelty yarns for myself. I think I will keep them in my stash for a while. One of them was just $18 for one skein. I think it's enough to make one scarf. The other was $13 each and I got 2. I'll post pics once I get all that organized.
Also last night the needle holder that I bought on ebay arrived. It was cute the women that made it did a good job and she included really cute little lady bug stich holders. nice and light and cute.
So my teacher says I am doing very well. I am still working on my baby alpaca scarf and last night I *think* I cast on the 170 stiches for my ChicKami. I need to count them when I get home.. then I can start on the bottom ribbing.
So Jesse is mad I spent another $50 and told me I am not allowed to spend anymore on yarn. But I do need to go to the craft store and pick up some cheap 15's so I can make more scarf's with the novelty yarn. No more big bamboo needles for me!
Posted by brandy at 09:27 AM | Comments (0)
May 23, 2004
I taught myself to Bind Off (Cast Off)
I used this link to teach myself how to bind off. Go me! I tried to then bind off the fuzzy FX/Eyelash scarf I made but it did not go well, and I wound up having to make a mess and tear things apart.
However I am now almost done with my second project, though technically my first finish. I have two other scarfs (Boas!) to make for the flower girls in my wedding. I'll post pictures soon!
Posted by brandy at 06:49 PM | Comments (0)
May 21, 2004
My first project
My first project is a Baby Alpaca (Plymouth Yarns) #2119. In the photo it looks gray but it's actually a very pretty green. Kind of celery and sage combined. It's made of 100% Superfine Baby Alpaca from Peru(via?)!
Here is a photo of a finished one done in a beutiful purple by She Loves to Knit. I started over about 12 or so times before I learned to tell the difference between 2 knit stiches next to two purl stiches, and how to tell if i had just done a knit row or a knit/purl row. As a newbie I had no idea how to tell. Now I feel like a pro!
Jesse was telling me how great I was doing because I kept starting over and going and going and going and not giving up! Now it's on its way. It's only like 4 inches along so far and it will be 42 inches when completed (wow I got a ways to go!).
So, I have had 2 knitting classes to date. I have learned to knit, purl and cast on. I started this the night of the second class after I got home. Been working on it one week so far, but I only got it started correctly on thursday night!
Posted by brandy at 10:40 AM | Comments (1)
May 10, 2004
Hello world..
I have started knitting classes!
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