Knitty Me

Moving Day

knittyme — Sat, 19 May 2007 23:58:20 +0000

Hey everyone-

Knitty Me is now Knitting Factor. For real this time. I mean it. Seriously.

Hope to see you there!

Mary

Uh…what are you doing?

knittyme — Sat, 05 May 2007 04:47:42 +0000

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 of yarn sitting there between us, patiently waiting to be made a part of this beautiful blanket, and next to it I see this:

…my niece holding this tangled web of yarn. “Uh…what are you doing?” I ask calmly. “I’m knitting” she replies simply. Oh.

Meanwhile…

The Sublime scarf is finished! “Mary has a finished object?” the crowd asks.

Why yes, yes I do!

Megan taught me to bind off, Alyssa showed me how to make the fringe, and presto! It’s a beautiful, luxurious, heavely scarf. LOVE it.

Nervous Knitting

knittyme — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:21:02 +0000

I’m so stressed out I’m knitting on top of mistakes. I have 4 safety pins in the baby blanket and I don’t care because it’s the only thing keeping me sane right now. What I could really use is a yarn shopping spree. That would make me feel better, I just know it. Something along the lines of this.

It’s official: I’m the slowest knitter in Knitdom

knittyme — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:34:04 +0000

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 was hesitant to do something so traditional

but I think it fits here. Plus, they don’t know the sex of the baby yet. So that’s

old fashioned too!

Help!

knittyme — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:16:03 +0000

I’m looking for a potholder pattern I saw in a book or magazine. Which book? Which magazine, you ask? I don’t know! I can’t remember! And it’s driving me crazy. I wanted to knit them up for Father’s Day because they were man-appropriate potholders, know what I mean? Sigh.

Know of any cool knitted potholder patterns?

I’m thinking I found my first sweater to knit

knittyme — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:47:25 +0000

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?

knittyme — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:49:40 +0000

Love the knitting t-shirts over at Knitiot, especially this one:

knittyme — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:25:51 +0000

Soldier Surprises His Son

Home on the Blog Range

knittyme — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:02:42 +0000

I tried to sign up at Knitty as, of course, knittyme, but it wouldn’t allow that name so I’m wondering if calling myself Knitty Me in the world of knitting blogs is a mistake. I suppose I could come up with something different, and I wouldn’t want to be stepping on anyone’s toes. Plus, I’m unhappy that I can’t run Google Ad Sense on WordPress and being that I’m on a Mac, I am unable to upload a custom header. Annoying! What to do, what to do. Seeing as I have possibly three readers, I could wait on this but I’d like to get settled where I’m going to stay, know what I mean?

I’ll See Your Knit and Raise You One

knittyme — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:10:43 +0000

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 r e t c h o u t.

A few days ago I got so tired of doing Seed stitch that I decided to start my next project early:

Yarn: Debbie Bliss ‘baby cashmerino’.

It’s a baby blanket for my cousin who is expecting her first baby in July. So exciting! It’s in the ‘Feather and Fan Pattern’ and is the first time I’m following a pattern (sorry to be repetitive but…yanno…it’s a blog). I’ve made mistakes but I’m trying not to sweat it. Mistakes make it handmade, yes?

It’s amazing how my confidence in my knitting has grown this week. Things I’ve learned are starting to gel and I’m able to fix some of my own mistakes, which just makes me feel so great. Knitters are the nicest people in the world, I’m convinced of it. Thank you to all who have welcomed me to your blogs and who have commented on mine.