Tuesday, May 15, 2007

My Knit List

I saw this on another blog and though it was cool, so here are my answers.

Bold for things you’ve done, italics for things you plan to do one day, and normal for things you’re not planning on doing.

American/English knitting ~ But not for long. I didn’t like it.
Bobbles ~ Bobbles? Puh-leeze! I get the concept but where could I put one that wouldn’t look dorky?
Button holes
Cable stitch patterns
Continental knitting ~ This is how we do it, bay-bee!
Domino knitting (modular knitting)
Drop stitch patterns
Entrelac
Fair Isle knitting ~ Small projects.
Freeform knitting
Fulling/felting ~ LOVE this!
Garter stitchI-cord
Intarsia ~ Little bits, but I want to do more.
Kitchener BO
Knitting with circular needles
Knitting with DPNs
Knitting and purling backwards ~ Purl backwards? Why? Purling backwards is KNITTING!!!
Knitting smocking
Knitting small tubular items on two circulars ~ That’s what dpns are for.
Knitting a circular item using the Magic Loop ~ Tried but didn’t like.
Lace patterns
Long Tail CO
Moebius band knitting
Norwegian knitting
Provisional CO
Short rows
Slip stitch patterns
Steeks ~ Too scary!
Stockinette stitch
Swatching ~ Only when absolutely necessary.
Textured knitting
Swiss Darning
Thrummed knitting
Tubular CO
Twisted stitch patterns
Two end knitting (twined knitting)
Knitting with alpaca
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Knitting with beads
Knitting with camel yarn ~ But not if it means there’ll be a naked camel somewhere.
Knitting with cashmere ~ Ditto on the naked cashmere.
Knitting with cotton
Knitting with dog/cat hair ~ Nope, not interested.
Knitting with linen
Knitting with metal wire ~ Won’t this ruin my bamboos?
Knitting with soy yarn
Knitting with your own handspun yarn ~ IF I could find someone to teach me to spin!
Knitting with someone else's handspun yarn
Knitting with self-patterning/self-striping/variegating yarn
Knitting with silk ~ recycled sari silk
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn ~ I recycled a sweater but haven’t knit the yarn yet.
Knitting with wool

Afghan/Blanket
Baby items
Cuffs/arm warmers/fingerless mitts
Gloves
Hats
Hair accessories
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cozies…)
Jewelry
Mittens: Cuff-up ~ Oven mitts count, right?
Mittens: Tip-down
Pillows
Purses/bags
Rug
Shawl
Scarf
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Slippers
Socks: top-down ~ Christmas stockings.
Socks: toe-up
Stuffed toys
Sweater
Toy/doll clothing

Charity knitting
Graffiti knitting ~ My infamous tree sweater.
Knitting art ~ I’ve made several decorative vases… do those count?
Knitting for pets
Knitting for preemies
Knitting items for a wedding
Knitting a gift
Holiday related knitting

Designing knitted garments ~ Ugly hats. LOL!
Dyeing yarn with plant colors
Dyeing yarn with acid dyes
Dyeing yarn with Kool-Aid
Participating in a KAL
Publishing a knitting book
Knitting to make money
Knitting for a living
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Knitting on a loom
Machine knitting
Olympic knitting
Resizing patterns
Spinning on a drop spindle
Spinning with a spinning wheel
Teaching a male how to knit
Teaching knitting classes
Writing a pattern
Knitting in public

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I, for one, am impressed with how far you've taken your knitting and was proud when you knitted for the cat shelters and 'warmed' by the gift that you made with love and shared.

10:08 PM  

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