So, below is my knitters geek code from www.knitty.com Enjoy it at my expense…
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Made 2 bags this weekend. Will post pics later today sometime. Using Patons marino in stripes I did a square style bag that I am going to put some fun handles on. The other bag I used a pattern off of magknits.com and used cascade 220 in a red/pink/orange mix. Love them!
This weekend was productive for knitting & organizing. I am trying to do swatch samples of all my yarns so that I can just open a book & see what yarn I have in each guage. So far it’s been pretty useful. I hope to do more in the next couple of days.
Oh! Oh! Off of the knitting topic… about a year ago my mom gave me a set of clear glass dishes from the 70’s. They have a type of starburst ridged pattern on the bottom side of them. So I thought they were fun but then I had the great idea to get some glass paint & paint the under side of them in radiated colors ( I will post pictures so you can actually see what I am talking about not just guess ;o)) LOVE THEM!!! And since the plates were free it’s no trouble to pay for the glass paint $5 a bottle! Yay! So fun!
Okay so I figured out that with the classic elite provence that all flaws in knitting show up! Lame, I actually have to use a sz 2 needle to purl with & a size 2.5 to knit with. I have never had a problem with doing one tighter than the other but my sleeves were coming out ridged! So I fixed that problem but I just thought that was odd that I have never in my 18 years knitting experience had that happen before! That’s all, just had to share that with everyone….g’nite!
Lots of fun new pictures. Of course it is warming up so all the sweaters & hats & scarves are on hold. Good thing that poncho’s are so popular this summer! Fast , simple, stylish, what else could you ask for! Now on to a bag or two. Doing one felted out of cascade 220, then on to a striped bag out of patons classic marino. Really excited about that one!
Working on the sleeves to the stripey sweater. More on that later!
