Have been playing around with copper wiring, twisting it around and watching great videos., 21 gauge. Made a Jesus bracelet. I really like it. One of those keepers.
I still have this as a decoration. Reminds me of the Name of Jesus.
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Jesus Bracelet
Have been playing around with copper wiring, twisting it around and watching great videos., 21 gauge. Made a Jesus bracelet. I really like it. One of those keepers.
I still have this as a decoration. Reminds me of the Name of Jesus.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Finished Gnome Scalloped Hat
It's the best. I cut a little too close and didn't weave in my ends properly at the top, so no washing for this hat or, I'll have to undo some and redo some. I tried it on and it's snug, but the top looks strange, a pink coming out of the dark.
I look awesome. Like a candle. I love it very much. This is one for the Frankenstein Files!
New Pics
I'm almost finished with the "baby" hat. It's longer than the baby hat would have been. I'm incorporating the gnome hat. Making the gnome scalloped adult hat hybrid. Fantastisticamo.
Pics when I'm done.
I don't remember what happened to this hat, but I don't have it anymore.
Pics when I'm done.
I don't remember what happened to this hat, but I don't have it anymore.
Friday, December 25, 2015
Next 5 Week Project, I Promise I'll Take My Time
NEXT PROJECT
Pink and dark pink lace, scalloped baby hat.
Target: Amber's new baby? Is it a boy? #thingsIprobablyshouldknow
It's a boy. Hm. Ok, I'm going to knit this on faith.
Girl Baby, be there.
(It was a boy!)
Rocky Knitting, Broken Needle
Two projects.
5 weeks.
problems will arise.
Plarn. It's late. 3:11 am.
things are ok. The bag to hold bags has strange bulges in the knitting. I keep going, uncertain of the cause. I count the stitches. There are more than 20 stitches on each double point needle. Apparently, The plarn sometimes comes in more than one strip which I simply double up, but when I get around to it, I stitch each strand, making more stitches and making strange bulges.
The hole is in the middle. It looks like a hole in the fabric of the universe. The extra dimension.
So I'm at a loss what to do with it. IT. Didn't follow the pattern I made.
Doing cross stitch. My needle broke. Need a new needle. Have no money.
Ok, I have a substitute. This needle is bigger but small enough to use.
For the cross stitch:
They have these tiny, tiny green glass seed beads that don't fit any needles, except the ones that are to small to fit any size thread in the eye. There is also a metal apple which has a hole which is equally as small.
Back to the bag:
And I have no monies. So cross stitch is out. Plarn still in. I have to figure it out. Decrease some? Take it out? I don't care too much about the look of the bag on one hand, but I want it to look decent. It's like a child. I don't care if you have mismatched socks, as long as you are fully clothed. So I want the bag to be a little uniform and I don't like the bulges, but I'll deal with the bulges if it looks like that the whole piece. It's getting so the stitches are coming off the needles, so no more increases.
Took it all apart and it was cathartic. I think I'll try doing another project. This project has tasted my burn out. I love the pattern I made and I bet if I had followed the creation, the pattern would have salvaged things. I believe in that pattern.
5 weeks.
problems will arise.
Plarn. It's late. 3:11 am.
things are ok. The bag to hold bags has strange bulges in the knitting. I keep going, uncertain of the cause. I count the stitches. There are more than 20 stitches on each double point needle. Apparently, The plarn sometimes comes in more than one strip which I simply double up, but when I get around to it, I stitch each strand, making more stitches and making strange bulges.
The hole is in the middle. It looks like a hole in the fabric of the universe. The extra dimension.
So I'm at a loss what to do with it. IT. Didn't follow the pattern I made.
Doing cross stitch. My needle broke. Need a new needle. Have no money.
Ok, I have a substitute. This needle is bigger but small enough to use.
For the cross stitch:
They have these tiny, tiny green glass seed beads that don't fit any needles, except the ones that are to small to fit any size thread in the eye. There is also a metal apple which has a hole which is equally as small.
Back to the bag:
And I have no monies. So cross stitch is out. Plarn still in. I have to figure it out. Decrease some? Take it out? I don't care too much about the look of the bag on one hand, but I want it to look decent. It's like a child. I don't care if you have mismatched socks, as long as you are fully clothed. So I want the bag to be a little uniform and I don't like the bulges, but I'll deal with the bulges if it looks like that the whole piece. It's getting so the stitches are coming off the needles, so no more increases.
Took it all apart and it was cathartic. I think I'll try doing another project. This project has tasted my burn out. I love the pattern I made and I bet if I had followed the creation, the pattern would have salvaged things. I believe in that pattern.
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Finished First Project!
Finished knitting the hat. It is a smaller one than I had anticipated, but I like it just as much as the longer one I knit last time I pulled out my knitting. I forgot to knit two decrease rows instead of just one, each decrease rows. It turned out fine, just the same. The top seemed a little bunchy, like this black fisherman's cap i did, which i didn't like, but it came together well and didn't leave a little hole, like the other one.
Crafted Knitting Plairn Plastic Bag Holder Pattern (Not Tested)
Knit Version
With double pointed needles (dpn) and C, cast on25 15
sts. Place marker for beginning of rnd. Join by working the first st on
left hand needle with the working yarn from the right hand needle,
being careful not to twist sts.
Bind off57 42 sts – 3 sts remain on needles.
Ok, first my rant on Lion Yarn who used to have free patterns. Whatever this is up there. It is a mess. Luckily, I'm a knitting inventor. Here's the new pattern.
Plairn(Bascially Sport weight)
Size 8 Needles
Cast on 16.
Double ribbed. knit 4 rows
Knit 4, add one, continue to end of row.
Knit one row.
Do this 4 times. (or more, I'll have to do the pattern to see.)
Continue until desired length. Cast off half sans two, knit two, cast of half sans two, knit two.
turn, knit two, cast on 16. Knit for two rows.
Update. Did something like this. It is coming together but awful in how I added stitches. Add one, which makes holes and knit into front and back, which comes up with a bar on the stitch. I keep telling myself...It's just for the plastic bags, which go under the cabinet, anyway.
Bind off.
Update: I never did anything with this. I can't even remember trying.
Here is a new pattern I've found from Lemele Knits. I might try working with plarn. It's not super difficult to make and I'll probably find a tutorial online that I'll link to from here.
Needles: I used a size 9 24-inch circular, using a magic loop for the first parts of the bag and working up to using the full needle. You could use DPs for bottom of the bag.
Yarn: Plastic yarn, made in this case from Safeway bags. You can find many sets of instructions on how to make plarn by searching the internet; I commented on a few methods in a previous post.
I started by knitting a flat circle for the bottom of the bag:
CO 8 stitches, join together to knit in the round.
Row 1: k8
Row 2: k1, m1 8 times
Row 3: k16
Row 4: k2, m1 8 times
Row 5: k24
Continue like this, with a total of 8 increases every 2 rounds, until your bottom is at a size you like. Then switch to wall stitch:
Row 1: knit all
Row 2: k2, yo until end. It winds up being easiest if you move your row marker one over each time, making the last stitch of each even row the k1. You’ll slowly wind up rotating your marker around the top of your bag as you go.
Continue following this pattern to make your bag as tall as you like. A word of advice: once you start filling your bag, this will stretch to be about 25%-50% longer than you started.
Bind off. Halfway around the circle, leave 7-9 loose stitches on a dp needle or cable needle. When you get to the last 7-9 stitches (the same number you used on the other side of the bag), switch to stockinette to knit the handle. I only used 5 stitches here, and will definitely make the handle wider the next time I go this. When your handle is long enough (again, remember that it will wind up stretching with use), knit it into your remaining loose stitches on the opposite side of the bag. You want to do this on the purl side (aka the inside of the bag), purling each of your working stitches onto a loose stitch. Tie off and work in the loose plarn.
By the end of the bag, I had run out of my existing plarn and so was slowly adding loops as I worked across the handle. This actually turned out to be really handy because it meant I was able to time the end of my bag exactly with the end of my yarn. I had about half a loop left when I finished binding off, which was the perfect amount to work into the bag.
With double pointed needles (dpn) and C, cast on
Bind off
Ok, first my rant on Lion Yarn who used to have free patterns. Whatever this is up there. It is a mess. Luckily, I'm a knitting inventor. Here's the new pattern.
Plairn(Bascially Sport weight)
Size 8 Needles
Cast on 16.
Double ribbed. knit 4 rows
Knit 4, add one, continue to end of row.
Knit one row.
Do this 4 times. (or more, I'll have to do the pattern to see.)
Continue until desired length. Cast off half sans two, knit two, cast of half sans two, knit two.
turn, knit two, cast on 16. Knit for two rows.
Update. Did something like this. It is coming together but awful in how I added stitches. Add one, which makes holes and knit into front and back, which comes up with a bar on the stitch. I keep telling myself...It's just for the plastic bags, which go under the cabinet, anyway.
Bind off.
Update: I never did anything with this. I can't even remember trying.
Here is a new pattern I've found from Lemele Knits. I might try working with plarn. It's not super difficult to make and I'll probably find a tutorial online that I'll link to from here.
Needles: I used a size 9 24-inch circular, using a magic loop for the first parts of the bag and working up to using the full needle. You could use DPs for bottom of the bag.
Yarn: Plastic yarn, made in this case from Safeway bags. You can find many sets of instructions on how to make plarn by searching the internet; I commented on a few methods in a previous post.
I started by knitting a flat circle for the bottom of the bag:
CO 8 stitches, join together to knit in the round.
Row 1: k8
Row 2: k1, m1 8 times
Row 3: k16
Row 4: k2, m1 8 times
Row 5: k24
Continue like this, with a total of 8 increases every 2 rounds, until your bottom is at a size you like. Then switch to wall stitch:
Row 1: knit all
Row 2: k2, yo until end. It winds up being easiest if you move your row marker one over each time, making the last stitch of each even row the k1. You’ll slowly wind up rotating your marker around the top of your bag as you go.
Continue following this pattern to make your bag as tall as you like. A word of advice: once you start filling your bag, this will stretch to be about 25%-50% longer than you started.
Bind off. Halfway around the circle, leave 7-9 loose stitches on a dp needle or cable needle. When you get to the last 7-9 stitches (the same number you used on the other side of the bag), switch to stockinette to knit the handle. I only used 5 stitches here, and will definitely make the handle wider the next time I go this. When your handle is long enough (again, remember that it will wind up stretching with use), knit it into your remaining loose stitches on the opposite side of the bag. You want to do this on the purl side (aka the inside of the bag), purling each of your working stitches onto a loose stitch. Tie off and work in the loose plarn.
By the end of the bag, I had run out of my existing plarn and so was slowly adding loops as I worked across the handle. This actually turned out to be really handy because it meant I was able to time the end of my bag exactly with the end of my yarn. I had about half a loop left when I finished binding off, which was the perfect amount to work into the bag.
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