Picture this: I’m sitting on the couch happily knitting the baby blanket. My 3 1/2 year old niece is sitting on the other end of the couch watching (Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?) Spongebob Squarepants. I turn my head to see what she is doing and see my ball [...]
Archive for the ‘learning to knit’ Category
Uh…what are you doing?
Posted in Debbie Bliss, FO, Knitting, Sublime, Sublime scarf, WIP, baby blanket, blogging, knitting blog, learning to knit, yarn on May 4, 2007 | 9 Comments »
It’s official: I’m the slowest knitter in Knitdom
Posted in Debbie Bliss, Knitting, Sublime, Sublime scarf, WIP, baby blanket, blogging, knitting blog, learning to knit, yarn on April 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The luxurious Sublime scarf is nearly finished:
And the Debbie Bliss baby cashmerino Feather and Fan baby blanket
is coming along well:
About half way up the blanket you can see I start making fewer mistakes…
but that’s what learning is about, right? It’s my first pattern and I love the
old-fashioned look of it. At first I [...]
I’m thinking I found my first sweater to knit
Posted in Kim Hargreaves, Knitting, knitting blog, learning to knit, sweater, yarn on April 8, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I’m in love with this sweater from Kim Hargreaves:
And it comes in a kit! Plus, the dog is so cute.
I want to live in this picture.
I want to be as thin as the model in this picture. ;o)
Well do ya, punk?
Posted in Knitting, blogging, knitting blog, learning to knit, yarn on April 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Love the knitting t-shirts over at Knitiot, especially this one:
I’ll See Your Knit and Raise You One
Posted in Knitting, Sublime, Sublime scarf, WIP, baby blanket, blogging, knitting blog, learning to knit, yarn on April 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
OK I got the Sublime scarf back on the needles, finally:
and feel much more confident in fixing my mistakes, but only in Seed stitch.
You may have noticed I changed the theme of my blog. I just couldn’t get my pics to look right on the other one. Now I feel like I can s t [...]
To rip or not to rip – that is the question
Posted in Knitting, Sublime, Sublime scarf, WIP, knitting blog, learning to knit, yarn on March 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So I was zipping along on my fabulous Sublime scarf when it finally came time to start a new ball of yarn. Simple, yes? NO! I’m new to this, you see…and suddenly I found I didn’t have any coordination in my hands. Is there a trick to starting a new ball [...]
Hello knitters!
Posted in Knitting, knitting blog, learning to knit, yarn on March 22, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Welcome to Knitty Me’s first post! I really owe my love of knitting to my friend Andrea who encouraged me to learn after I admired a shawl/poncho she was working on…and then wore a couple days later. This knitting thing is a miracle, I thought.
Andrea recommended Stitch Cafe in Studio City [...]
