Thoughts, projects, and a few yarns from a self taught knitting obsessive and growing crochet enthusiast. (i.e. my escape from the cubical to my happy place)
Honestly I think I came across these on someone else’s blog… I don’t remember. But there is this shop on etsy that has the most adorable and well priced knitting needles. You get to design the colors & pick sizes.
Check out a few pics… and then you’ll understand why I’m having to use all the self control I can muster to not buy them :)
they will even engrave you a pair:
Ahhh… SO CUTE!!!!!!! Hello Xmas gift anyone? haha :)
I made this!!!!
Pattern design by Kate Davies
Girl, this looks goooooooood. I’ve got one sleeve to go on my yellow cardigan. We should wear them to go tear up the neighborhood to celebrate!
Everytime I see someone make this sweater I love it! Beautiful! One day I swear it is going to jump out of my ravelry que and onto the needles :)
And humanknity- we so want to see that cardigan when you are done!!!
Flowers Caramel
(via Un Jardín De Hilo )
I LOVE these. Seriously need to try the tiny crochet needles & thread deal…
Random tidbit here…. In a lot of patterns people use these two methods interchangeably: SSK (slip slip knit) and K2 tbl (knit 2 through back loop). Both are methods of decreasing, both give you a leaning stitch like so: \ .
However, to me they are not equivalent. Typically I am using one of these stitches at the same time as I would use a K2tog (which would give you a leaning stitch in the other direction: /). K2tog is a very smooth decrease - almost seamless where to the naked eye you can’t tell that rows are converging.
Hence - the question is, which decrease is smoother for the other direction? My opinion is the SSK. It is a little more tedious and takes a bit more time… but it is such a cleaner look!
I know this is random :) but it was relevant to the scarf I’m working on now… Lacy Girl Scarf. Hope someone else finds it helpful!
What first made you want to become an artist?
disdain for authority, the 9 to 5, fluorescent
lighting, cubicles, useless college degrees
(softspoken the current etsy featured seller)
… and let me just say #1) this cracks me up and #2) haha so true
I struggle with this daily. I want to do this daily. sigh. sigh. sigh.
ME TOO! How do you get there?
