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 Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:20 pm
connielass I'm a knitter, and I work at a craft store. Bit of news for ya if you don't already know: Try checking out the yarn section of your local Michaels Crafts or A.C. Moore. I know my local Michaels has started selling organic cotton yarns, and they feel so soft to the touch. They've also started selling yarns made of bamboo fibers - a renewable resource. Where the cotton feels almost more like wool, the bamboo has a nice silky feel. Both are wonderful to work with, whether you crochet or knit, and are also great to make baby clothes with. Yeah, I love Michael's organic stuff, it's not a huge selection, but it's still good. I bought some of the cashmere blend yarn and a skien either made of soy or soy dyed, but it's real nice. *ForestGreen: Dollar Tree? Oh cool! We have those down here, but I've never gone. I'll have to go check out their selection.
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:34 pm
Oooh, yay knitting!
I can't find the socks I started knitting two years ago. Or the needles they were on. WOE. I like knitting socks.
Currently I'm working on a sweater for my darling girlfriend. It is burgundy and has cables out the wazoo. eek
And now I'm tempted to learn to spin. Wheeeeee.
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:00 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:21 am
Miss-Shade Yeah, I love Michael's organic stuff, it's not a huge selection, but it's still good. I bought some of the cashmere blend yarn and a skien either made of soy or soy dyed, but it's real nice. *ForestGreen: Dollar Tree? Oh cool! We have those down here, but I've never gone. I'll have to go check out their selection. My Dollar Tree doesn't always have yarn in unfortunately. I have gotten some great deals there though. I recently bought some Lion Brand Incredible ribbon yarn there and I know that it's over $5 a ball at Walmart.
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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:15 pm
Unfortunately, I can't crochet to save my life. I have a book on it, and the book came with differently gauged needles (hooks?), and in the book are some patterns, one of which I would like to do (it's a baby blanket with one of the corners serving as a hood) for my niece, who is a year and a half. I've been wanting to do this since she was born, haha.
I can knit, but nothing more extravagant than a crappy scarf, and I'm always dropping stiches. I learned to knit from an old lady at my community centre. I think my problem is, I can't learn from a book (the picture instructions, for me, are very hard to follow).
Any ideas on how I can learn (not through a book)?
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:49 pm
http://www.nexstitch.com/v_crochet_videos.htmlThat link offers small videos of different stitches, so you are being shown how to do it, not just try to make sense of written directions. It's been useful to me with some of the more tricky stitches when I started learning. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:12 am
Many years back my mother knit a sweater that was a map of the world. It's super-nifty-awesome. xd I still have the sweater, but not the pattern. She was actually halfway up the sweater when the Soviet Union fell- obsolete map before she'd even finished it! In other news, I just made a quick project: a lacy headscarf out of DK weight wool. It keeps my head toasty warm indoors which is pretty necessary in order to be comfortable when we keep the thermostat at 60 most of the time. And yay the pattern was free online!
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