Sunday, August 21, 2005

Bamboo-zo



You are bamboo.
Warm, cozy, and thoughtful, you take your time and
enjoy how things feel, smell, and taste. You
love the craft and beauty of traditional
things, and you value the comfort and
experience of knitting as much as the results.
But while you are reveling in your warm cozies,
don't get stuck. Warm is wonderful, but so is
the whole wide world!


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Aww... ain't that cute?

I got started on a hairband last week... Incorrigable work starter I am... Still have much WIP. ^_^;;;

Sunday, August 14, 2005

Beginner's Knitting

Here's a little something I wrote in my Knitting Community in NUS's IVLE (before I found out people can't just search for these communities and joined -___-):

1. Get someone to show you how the basic stitches of cast on, knit, purl and cast off are done. You''ll be well on your way to mastering the rest of the techniques as these form the basis of your skill.

2. Start off with some practice. The traditional beginner's project is a scarf. It allows for lots of practice and there is fewer things that can go wrong with knitting a rectangular piece of knitwear ^_^;; If scarves aren't to your liking, there are variations on the theme, eg. handphone pouches, handkerchief, etc.

3. You will make mistakes. Find out why. The learning curve isn't steep but to master knitting will take time. Every knit is a learning process. =D

4. Free patterns online are your best friend. I''ll admit that if you're learning on your own, you''ll want to get a good book that you can refer to (I'd recommend "Stitch 'n Bitch"... others in my knitting community would say Zimmerman's "Knitting Without Tears" is good too).

5. Find a community. Like here! It's great to find support, especially when you're a beginner. And you can pick up skills from other members. Knitting woes can be expressed as they can't be anywhere else. And anyway, who doesn't want a place to show-off to an appreciative audience? ;)


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Bad news on the cardigan knitting front: Spotlight no longer has any more Inca yarn! Now, I'm thinking I'll have to use another yarn for the sleeves and top half of the cardigan. I suppose that would still be okay....................... T_T It'll still look like something (instead of the makeshift work it is). Now I just have to raise the money to buy the yarn... ^_^;;;;

Cushiony cover: Planning on one, probably would try stripes. Going to make it real colourful... ^_^ (Btw, the new cushion I got was from Ikea. It's nice to live a few bus stops away from that addictive place.)

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Knitting Tension

Well! All this knitting has gotten me somewhere. I can say with pride that my knitting tension is very even nowadays. =D

Working on the Fairly Easy Fair Isle Cardigan from S'nB Nation. Also printed some knitty stuff in the library =D Very happy girl here.

Until my next update, tata!