Tuesday, July 24, 2007 - Knit Wit
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I have been knitting a tank top- of my own design- for Trinity. It must be the ADD, because patterns written on paper seem much harder to do than just keeping it in my head. I try to do "zombie" projects as much as possible. That means I can knit without much thinking, and most of this project has been that kind. I cast on 145 stitches in "Peaches&Cream" 100% cotton in brick red. working in the round, I knitted a 5x5 rib pattern. After about 30 rows, I dropped the center stitch in every column of 5. Then I switched to white, added blue, yellow and orange beads at every place I dropped a stitch and picked them back up. I knit 2 rows of white, then went to a verrigated yarn with blue, yellow and orange to match the beads. Stockinette stitch for about a foot, then I messed it all up . I increased, way too many times, but I thought " oh it'll shrink". So I finished it up with a few stripes of that brick red and gave it white openwork straps. It looked pretty. It was too BIG. I even shrank it, and it was STILL too big.  It mostly shrank height-wise, which isn't exactly the way I WISHED it would shrink.  So I found the spot before the increases and I cut a row out, and now am in the process of frogging and rewinding the yarn to redo the second half of the tank top. Wish I had pictures, but I don't. It DID look neat, with kind of a Western/Indian feel to it. I was so frustrated yesterday I almost gave it to Goodwill. But then I thought, it turned out to be a midriff shirt., and anyone who was wide enough to fit into it comfortably would look awful in that type of shirt! LOL.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 - craft adventures :-) |
 Posted by short |
You are really brave, I keep 'threatening' to get my sewing machine up and running.... I want to teach my dd how to knit. She is a spatial, kinesthetic learner...
By the way, your layout on your front page has changed. It spreads out really w- i- d- e so readers have to scroll left and right to see it. It has not affected the comments page.
Just thought you might want some feedback.
blessings :-)
Edited by short on Jul. 24, 2007 at 10:21 PM |
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - Untitled Comment |
 Posted by JustGiveMeStarbucks |
Thanks so much for your comment on my blog yesterday! Thanks, too, for stopping by my website -- I'm glad you liked what you saw. :-) It's still very new, and I still have quite a bit I need to add, so be sure to check back!
I've been reading through some of your posts, and my goodness, what a strong lady you are. A real inspiration. I'll be back often.
Sally |
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - Short, |
 Posted by rvnurse2b |
| I figured out why my blog was so wide- I had a ridiculously long link to YouTube on it. I got rid of it and now the page looks normal! |
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - diamondsintherough |
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Hello and thank you for stopping by! More thank-you's for leaving a comment!!
You have more brains than I do, even when you are doing dummy knitting projects. That is something I just can't do. Yet. :o)
Sally |
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Well, I'm a Mom, a Medical Assistant, a knitter, kite flyer, nature lover...Around here we have special needs, ( Asperger's, ADHD, Bi-polar) a few animal pals, some tattoos and a homeschool. It's our 6th year. This is my 16th year of marriage to a Mr. Visionary who happens to be a walking miracle.
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