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    Ruffle scarf and knitting success

    May 9, 2012 - By 

     

    I completed another ruffle scarf yesterday while at knitting group.
    Thank goodness I was there because I was knitting away and came to the end of the skein without realizing it. My “teacher” Pat had to do some “tinking”…which is knitting backward…to fix my mistake.
    Isn’t it pretty?!?!
    It’s going to be a gift but I know she never visits me here. 🙂

     

    I also learned…or re-learned from Pat…how to cast on stitches with regular yarn.
    When I got home a watched a YouTube video on how to purl so now I can do this!!! Hooray!
    I still need to learn to keep my stitches looser but I just so excited that it has finally clicked for me.

     

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    To knit or crochet

    April 19, 2012 - By 

    I finally learned how to knit on needles…albeit only with a new special kind of yarn. There are many brands and styles of this yarn on the market…but this was the only one at the fancy pants yarn shop that a few of my knitting group friends and I went to last week.
    I made this knitted scarf.  The surprising thing (that will only make sense to knitters)is that there are only 6 stitches per row….all knit stitches!
    I even figured out how to bind off by myself!! It was without a near catastrophe but I managed to save it….thank goodness.
    I think I’d have cried it it had fallen apart.

    Then last night while watching “Wheel of Fortune”,
    hey it’s educational for the kids,
    I crocheted this scarf with the leftover yarn.
    I can’t believe how quickly it went!
    Of course it’s much thinner and much longer. 
    I am pretty sure I have to stop all yarnwork for a while. 
    I’ve had a pain in my basal thumb joint for a couple of months now. I had some stiffness and then something that felt like it came out of joint and popped back in. Honestly, after that it felt better than is had in a month or so…but now it  has flared up again. 
    I’ve decided (with my non-existent medical degree) that it’s either tendonitis or arthritis….hopefully the former.

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    Knitting again

    April 2, 2012 - By 

    I have finally gone beyond just the standard dishcloth project.
    Not that I won’t be making more of these but now I’ve been experimenting a bit.

    I made a slight bigger doll hat and am planning a matching scarf.

    I wanted more of an elf hat look for this one so I came up with my own “pattern”.   The “pattern” is still a work in progress. 🙂

    Now I’m working on this new stitch on my loom…


    Looks like popcorn to me!!
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    Don’t get me wrong….I love Pinterest, but I also want to make sure I get credit where credit is due.
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