Bracelet

I have a fair bit of yarn left over from the Daria purse, so I made a bracelet using this pattern. It's hella easy. It took maybe 10 minutes to knit and then I just attached the clasp. It took more time to choose the clasp at the store than to do the actual project. So far I've made 3 of these. And I might make more. At least one of these will be for A. since it's her yarn. :-)









Update - I made more!

Corded Bag

I made some modifications to the original pattern, and I'm pleased with how they've turned out. I made it taller than the recommended 3.5 inches - about 6. I added a crocheted shoulder strap. I also put in a button hole, and then after the strap was done, I continued around the inside of the bag doing a slip stitch ridge near the top. As part of this ridge, I crocheted the button to the inside of the bag so when it goes through the button hole it looks all cool and stuff.

Sorry for the low quality pics - it’s after 1 in the morning and I’m not going to set up the light box now. I’ll take better pics later.

Tiny Knitting For the Movie, "Coraline"

Check this out! It's a short video showing the chick who did the tiny sweater and gloves for the movie, "Coraline." Sweet! Tiny Knitting

And if you haven't seen the movie yet, do so. It may be too scary for some kids but for adults it rocks. We saw it in 3D, which rocked even more. It's the first time I've seen a 3D movie where the effect wasn't the only reason to watch.

How Mom Knits With 2 Colors

Or, If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It

While we were in Vegas this last weekend for E.'s 40th birthday, I got to talk with Mom a bit about knitting. I made sure to ask her how she handles knitting with 2 colors of yarn.

I figured that since she used to sell Icelandic sweaters back in the day in Denver, she'd be the perfect person to ask. I thought she must use some especially efficient method, like knitting Continental with both strands on the left hand, or knitting Continental with one color and English with the other.

So I asked her if she preferred either of those methods or had another one I hadn't heard of. She looked mildly surprised and told me she just knits with the yarn in her right hand, same as always. And she just drops one yarn and picks up the other as needed.

Don't get me wrong - I still love learning new techniques. But this makes me happy on a level I can't quite explain.

BIG Knitting

Here we have a dude knitting with super big needles on something like rope: link.

And here we have big-ass knitting that could be used as furniture: link.

And here's a video of a couple of chicks (don't worry, it's not that video) knitting 1,000 strands of yarn in various colors on super big needles. This one's very cool: link.

Man, knitting like that last one looks like exercise!