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Limited Time Discount: Hopi Mittens

Posted on October 4, 2011 by | Comments Off on Limited Time Discount: Hopi Mittens

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Toe-up Socks

Posted on August 12, 2011 by | Comments Off on Toe-up Socks
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While on my Yarn Trek, I came across a book for knitting toe up socks: Socks a la carte 2: Toes Up!  As much as I love to knit socks - and I even have my own master pattern - I have never done a toe-up sock.  Probably out of fear of the unknown...  Using the figure-eight cast on, I attempted (and failed) to start a toe-up sock a good 20 times until I gave up that day.  Even with the pictures, it just wasn't working.  Thanks to the group Sock Madness on Ravelry.com, I was able to get a few hints on how to do this cast on and make it look good.  Here's what I learned:
  1. When doing the cast on, include the slip-knot stitch as your cast on stitch.
  2. Knit a few rows - I knit a total of 2 - on each needle once you've done the cast on in order to make sure that the cast on was good.  It also creates a good-looking toe point if you're using variegated yarn.
  3. The book tells you to distribute the stitches a certain way for a lot of the different toe patterns.  For the double-up toe, slip 4 of the sts of one of the needles onto a third needle and then you should have the sts distributed. You'll have to knit the sts on what would be needle 3 (N3) in order to get to the beginning of the round.  Then and only then will it work.
Knitting Madness
Yarn Trek took a total of four days.  On days three and four, Peanut and I visited four more shops.
  • Grafton Yarn Store:  http://www.graftonyarnstore.com/  The shop is absolutely awesome!  It's in an older building and set up very well.  I got more baby yarn, picturing a back to school/fall colors jumper.  The owner was very friendly and invited me to join her Ravelry group to follow sales, etc. 
  • Main St. Yarn Shop:  http://www.mainstyarnshop.com/ This took a while for us to get to from our hometown, but it was definitely worth it.  I got some good business start-up advice from the owner, who was actually willing to talk to me about owning a yarn shop.  I also picked out some yarn that I plan on using to design a few fall items for my etsy shop.
  • Xpressions Beads & Yarn:  http://www.xpressionsbeadsnyarn.com/ This was a little bit of a smaller shop, but it is equally devoted to yarn and beads.  You can purchase items on their website, or email the owner and put in a special order.
  • Fiddlehead Yarns:  http://www.fiddleheadyarns.com/  Another quaint shop, but it is much larger than it appears.  There is even another room off of the main shop, which I assumed was for classes and/or private knitting. 
Coming Soon
Handmade knitting needles!

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I Want to Knit This:

Posted on January 20, 2010 by | Comments Off on I Want to Knit This:

I want to knit this:

I have been eyeing this shape for a couple of years – from the Knitting Fool’s website.  They describe it as

“This illustration as well as the following image are from the book The Mathematical Tourist, Snapshots of Modern Mathematics by Ivars Peterson.  Peterson identifies this shape as Hoffman genus-1 minimal surface by J. T. Hoffman and D. Hoffman, University of Massachusetts. ”

So I Googled it and here it is described as a helicoid with a hole.  Wolfram’s Math World describes it as having “the same topology as a punctured sphere with a handle”.  I just think it is a great shape, and is why I am glad my oldest son is planning on majoring in math!…….

Step one – knit a pair of pants………

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