Thursday, April 14, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
I am a lazy knitter
So I'm kinda figuring that I'm not really a scarf girl. I want to be, but it just isn't happening for me.
What's a knitter to knit if she isn't a scarf wearer? How about a skirt? A knitted skirt? Yea, I'm going to go ahead and try it.
The problem I ran into is that I have to CO 190 stitches! Man! What a total PITA! So I sat here for a few days looking at the daunting task of figuring out how much tail yarn I needed. I ran the risk of being too short or way too long. Hmmm.....
So, I decided that I would take TWO balls and just go with it. I've mentioned this to several VERY experienced knitters and they had no idea what I was talking about so I'll explain it here.
Take one piece of yarn from ball 1 and a piece of yarn from ball 2. make a slip knot but don't count this stitch as you'll just knock it off at the end. Start casting on and CO as many stitches as needed. When you get to the end, snip and weave in. Set ball 2 aside for when you need it later.
If you only have one skein, then you can still use this method but you take from both ends at once. I personally can never seem to find the end when it is tucked in the middle. But that is a different complaint I'll save for a different blog entry one day when I am in need of some material.
I'm POSITIVE that I'm not the only one who could think this up...but I'm sharing with you in case it has never dawned on you to do it this way.
Oh, and here is my finished skirt.
What's a knitter to knit if she isn't a scarf wearer? How about a skirt? A knitted skirt? Yea, I'm going to go ahead and try it.
The problem I ran into is that I have to CO 190 stitches! Man! What a total PITA! So I sat here for a few days looking at the daunting task of figuring out how much tail yarn I needed. I ran the risk of being too short or way too long. Hmmm.....
So, I decided that I would take TWO balls and just go with it. I've mentioned this to several VERY experienced knitters and they had no idea what I was talking about so I'll explain it here.
Take one piece of yarn from ball 1 and a piece of yarn from ball 2. make a slip knot but don't count this stitch as you'll just knock it off at the end. Start casting on and CO as many stitches as needed. When you get to the end, snip and weave in. Set ball 2 aside for when you need it later.
If you only have one skein, then you can still use this method but you take from both ends at once. I personally can never seem to find the end when it is tucked in the middle. But that is a different complaint I'll save for a different blog entry one day when I am in need of some material.
I'm POSITIVE that I'm not the only one who could think this up...but I'm sharing with you in case it has never dawned on you to do it this way.
Oh, and here is my finished skirt.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Phone Books? What are those?
Went out to my front porch today and was shocked to see 6 (SIX) phone books! Are you kidding me? I'm not a tree hugger type of person but hello???? First of all, I don't need 6 phone books. SIX! Second of all, I haven't opened a phone book in probably 20 years.
Listen up Yellow Pages...85% of America does not use a phone book! Save a forest and use the internet.
Listen up Yellow Pages...85% of America does not use a phone book! Save a forest and use the internet.
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