Leana✅ @Leana@octodon.social
retired C programmer, grandmother, gamer, knitter and avid reader.
she/ her
Favorite sites: http://www.stonekettle.com/, http://juanitajean.com/
Finished my test knit.
I've posted this month's #knitting and #needlework stitch patterns on my blog, funded by my #Patreon supporters. (I'm $6 away from doing this twice a month!)
The word I encoded this month is "blossom".
Lace: https://gannetdesigns.com/2018/03/01/blossom-a-free-lace-knitting-stitch-pattern/
Needlework chart: https://gannetdesigns.com/2018/03/01/blossom-a-free-needlework-chart-for-any-craft/
Hey artists with other jobs to make rent... sometimes we compare ourselves to and our work to folks who do it full time or who can put in more hours... and sometimes we can be unkind to ourselves about it. Maybe it’s the extra time it takes us, the slower speed at which we improve, or the finished result. Maybe it’s the breaks we need or lack of energy.
Your #art matters. Your #painting or #fiberarts or #embroidery or #crossstitch or # quilting or #sketch? You make the world beautiful. Thanks.
You could make that a liberating statement! Now you get to do what you want!
#knitting #fiberarts I finished my socks for the #ravellenics! https://witches.town/media/spCbado6w_ND3I0fWJk
#fiberarts #knitting Test knitting a shawl. https://octodon.social/media/W0gopPLeCMKjL3AkFa0
http://theunderlinguist.blogspot.com/2018/02/on-knitting-1-why-i-dont-like-seed.html
Blog post: Why I don't like seed stitch
#knitting #fiberarts
The recipient of the hat likes it very much & apparently it's quite warm. #fiberarts #knitting
I’ve published my review of the Addi Flexiflips knitting needles on my blog: https://gannetdesigns.com/2018/02/19/product-review-addi-flexiflips-needles/
Summary: they’re a set of three needles that are essentially like flexible double-pointed needles (three circular needles with very short cables, meant for knitting small things in the round. I like them a lot, and will be gradually acquiring sets in all the sizes. Important: try before you buy, if at all possible.
Me as a kid: I can't wait to grow up, you can do whatever you want!!!
Me right now, making chicken nuggets at 12.15 AM: I was absolutely right this is dope as fuck
When I was partway through knitting this shawl, I blocked it on the needles because there was something I needed to know. Now it’s an excellent before-and-after illustration of the value of stretching lace out when blocking. Both parts are the same stitch pattern.
(Or it *was* a good example. It’s soaking in the bathtub. I’m about to stretch the whole thing out on the bed with wires and pins and point a fan at it so it will be dry by bedtime.)
@aimil #knitting #fiberarts
Alisa, how many repetitions of each lace should there be? (or how many stitches at the start of each section?) I think I messed up the first section.
@aimil #knitting #fiberarts https://octodon.social/media/U7d8hwFAIUknRYH8Aqo
The shawl is going to be dark and lighter blue sections. This is the darker yarn to start.
Test knitters are the best knitters!
#fiberarts #knitting my February Knitalong scarf is stalled, I've gotten sucked into an old computer game, ordering gnomes around. Darn you, Gnomoria. https://octodon.social/media/DZFk8-5cUDV84g4CbZs
Phew. Writing a knitting pattern is hard work, y'all.
In other breaking news, water is wet and the sky is sometimes blue.
#fiberarts #knitting I have no uncomplicated project right now, and soon I'm going to the bouldering hall with my nieces, and I don't want to climb today. So I'm going to knit a bit, and I want to start a new project. I really love my tubularity cowl lately and I want to make a second one. I wonder if I can find someone to give it to. because for me, one is plenty.
This week's #knitting blog post is a free cable stitch pattern encoding the word "quip", using what I learned because of last week's experiment. (So you see, that time wasn't wasted.)
https://gannetdesigns.com/2018/02/12/quip-a-free-cable-knitting-stitch-pattern/
