Yeah, my from-the-fold yarn is very thick-and thin: I have to slow down and let twist build up to keep it from breaking, and then I end up with thick wads. I was reading something yesterday on Abby Franquemont's blog yesterday about how some of her students do better from the fold if they're pulling staples off of a rather compacted commercial top? I want to try that next to see if that helps my consistency at all.
i've got to say, even though the video was 80% things other than the promised tutorial, which usually grinds my gears, that dapper man with his soothing voice somehow didn't make me angry.
hit row 68 of my partner's wedding veil and @_@ lace this delicate gives me a feeling of "I want to keep making things like this" but also "oh god why so many purl knit purl rounds"
okay so I got a shawl commission (and was paid in, drumroll please, EVEN FANCIER YARN!!!) and I'm thinking I kind of want to create a...fade in effect? because the commissioner picked three colors (soft grey tan, mid grey, black) and I'd like them to sort of...blend into each other, and I know I've seen it before but I can't suss the name out for the life of me
gonna spend the next few days cursing this pattern and trying to figure out what the fuck I'm doing wrong, because nothing lines up the way it's supposed to and I can't get any of the stitches to add up :///////
Blanket! Except for the border it's just a simple waffle stitch, but it was a really relaxing pattern of dc and fpdc, so it was super easy to zone out and listen to podcasts. I decided to sample 'the worst bestsellers' and oops suddenly it's two dozen books later and I'm up to their dianetics episode :V I still need to weave in loose ends, but just.... not yet. I need to rest my hand XD Spoiler: large
Sure thing! And it's definitely super cozy and has some nice weight to it. I worked with a bulkier yarn than they used, I think, and used the hook recommended by the yarn, so mine turned out a bit larger than the pattern estimates. And after I was done, I did a border of sc, did a border of hdc, then I turned and did a border (in the opposite direction) of sc, but crocheted only in the loops in the back of the hdc stitches. It makes the tops of the hdc pop to the front of the blanket, so you have a perimeter of raised v's to echo the texture of the waffle stitch. I've got no idea if that has a name, but it popped up in a cowl pattern I saw and stuck in my head, and this seemed like a fun place to use it.
mmmm i still haven't finished my chevron afghan and now i want to make this in something rainbowy chevron? zigzag? whatever, the very classic type of crocheted blanket
beloved partner wants to get into spinning after we watched the combined 12 hour norwegian knit night special, anyone got advice/tips/startup recommendations?
Get a cheap drop spindle kit from Amazon. If you want to ply your yarn, you can set up a sort of DIY Lazy Kate with two sticks poked through a shoe box.
i had never heard of that show so i went googling, and now 'slow tv: national knit night' is on my netflix list for next time i need to relax. :)
hella! it seems very up your alley might I recommend starting with the shorter one first? it's intended as sort of PREGAMING THE MAIN EVENT, feat. knitbombing a motorcycle and guri the sheep, as well as neat little spotlights of knitters all around norway
This is my favorite learn-to-drop-spindle video on YouTube, hands-down. I'd also really recommend Abby Franquemont's book, "Respect the Spindle" if your partner likes learning from books. Edited to add: anecdata from other spinners + my own experience implies that watching someone spin in person can make a big difference in understanding in early stages, so if you have any access at all to spinners IRL near you (maybe through a local knit shop, or a local fiber event) that can help. I got a lot of my instruction on the internet & through books, though, so it definitely can be done - I just had a serious lightbulb moment about drafting the first time I had someone walk me through it in person.
abby is a gem and a treasure! i can also recommend the spindlers group on rav, which she also hangs out in definitely see if there are any fiber events near you, lots of folk bring a spinning project to those and are usually super happy to help you get started
Also I had a Very Big Fiber Weekend, and finally wrote it up in my blogette, as well as talking about my further yarn dyeing planning.
