tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66963495391950906672024-11-05T21:49:54.451-05:00A young woman's journey to knit and crochet things other than squares and rectangles.Serenovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437450066151750877noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6696349539195090667.post-35901799372351316052011-06-03T21:36:00.002-04:002011-06-03T21:36:40.447-04:00

So, I've moved this blog. If you would like to keep reading my posts you may do so here: http://rectangularnomore.wordpress.com/

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No pictures today. Sorry folks! I have been working hard on a couple of projects but as they’re the second sock of two different pairs the ‘in progress’ photo’s don’t look all that much different than what’s already up here, and what’s the fun in repeating myself? Anyways, I’m still working on the Ninja pattern (as a gift) and the Chouwa pattern (for myself), but a little thing called ‘Finals’

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So I’ve finally gotten off my butt and written this post. What I’ve been up to: Finished a pair of the “Inro Hiking” socks from “Knitted Socks: East and West” for a friend of a friend. The wrapped stitches were hard at first but then after the first few times you can kinda get a knack for them and they went rather quickly. Here’s the in progress (I didn’t take a lot of photo’s cause the leg part

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Just letting ya’ll know that I’m not dead. Finals are this week and the last few weeks of the semester have been crazy. Will have massive update on new socks knitted over the weekend or early next week. Sorry for the wait!

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I meant to get this blog post out over the weekend, but with a Physics II exam to study for this kind of got forgotten for a few days. But here they are! I finished them Saturday. I don’t have many in progress photo’s of the second sock, but you can see how they go in the previous post. I love how they came out, though they’re a bit heavy for summer wear (after all, they’re knitted from worsted

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(Picture not mine and used without permission) So I picked up a book called Knitted Socks East and West at Border’s when they were going out of business here in town. I grabbed it on a whim cause it was $5 on sale and I have an interest in knitting socks. After the socks I just made (my very first ones ever) I decided to take the plunge and start the socks in this book. The first sock is,

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And there’s the finished product! My first ever pair of socks. As you can see (and I mentioned in my previous post) the heel on the right hand sock is inside out. I got the directions mixed up when I nit it, but I did much better with the second sock. The stitches were tighter and neater and the whole thing just went a lot better. For my next project, I picked up a book of sock patterns

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So I started this sock pattern, and as you can see I’ve finished the first one and am well on my way to finishing the second. (And yes that’s Smokey’s paw on the bottom left.) I found the pattern via Ravelry, which is how I found the last pattern (the green hat) that I did too. On another note, socks aren’t nearly as difficult to make as I thought they would be, but I made the heel of the

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I’ve been wondering, since last weekend exactly what I want to knit next. It’s been a hectic week at school so I haven’t really put too much thought into it. But last night I was looking around on Ravelry and I found a lot of interesting patterns. There was especially one for a sort of wrap skirt that I’m thinking of making. It would be a useful item of clothing and it would be good practice,

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Well, I’ve made another hat: Yes, that’s my cat Smokey with the hat on him, he’s curled up on my bed right now, I’m not sure whether he’s asleep or not but he sure looks comfortable. The making of the hat itself went well, I used double pointed needles instead of the circular needle’s the pattern called for, and while they worked fine, I think in the future I’ll be using actual circular

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If April showers bring May Flowers, what do April Snowstorms bring? Why am I not surprised we got snow? There was a whole lot of snow this morning. I was kind of wishing that it was all a big April Fools joke by the meteorologists, but unfortunately it was real. I took the above pic on my way to school today while at a stoplight. The trees were coated. It was pretty bad out there this morning

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So after Wednesday and finishing the hat, I went looking for another project, while I knitted another hat from the same pattern as practice. I also discovered continental style knitting so I’ve been giving that a try.Yesterday I remembered that I’d seen a patter from Lion Brand Yarn that was for those small arm warmers, not fingerless loves because they’re just a tube, but these had a cable

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  Yup! I made it! You would not believe how proud I am of this thing. It’s the first non-scarf/rectangle/square that I’ve ever made! The pattern can be found here. I’m just so proud of this. I haven’t decided what I’m going to do next, I might make another one for a friend or two as practice since I did make quite a few mistakes and I think it would come out a lot better with a bit more

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Last night, before I went to bed I managed to finish my scarf (along with my homework, don’t worry about that!). So about the scarf, it was only one skein of yarn, so it’s only about four feet long, which, granted, is plenty long enough to wrap around your neck etc., but it isn’t super long either. And there it is. I put it on and took a picture with my camera. It’s not the best photo, but I’m

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Hamantashen: Triangular cookies with various fillings made for the holiday of Purim (which is tomorrow). My mom and I made a whole bunch of these little cookies today, in a variety of flavors (I took the pictures sneakily with my phone while my mom was rolling out the dough). We started with some Pumpkin (we’re baking the extra and I get to eat it!): Then Some cinnamon sugar with spices:  

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So, when I was a little kid my grandmother gave me a set of milk protein plastic pink knitting needles and a ball of blue yarn. She then attempted to teach me how to knit. There was a bit of a complication though. My grandmother knits left-handed, and though, I am predominantly a left-handed I could never really “get it” and thus was stuck with just the knit stitch for years. When I was in high

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