Thursday, January 19, 2012

I'm Knittin', Kitten!

Hello! Oh my WORD it has been snowing like crazy in Seattle. I can't believe how much snow we've gotten so far and how much school we've missed! We already had a long weekend because of MLK and then we got three days cancelled in a row! At this point I'm just not quite sure what to do with myself. I took up knitting yesterday and finished my first scarf this afternoon! I'm totally hooked. I don't see myself making anything other than scarves mostly because they're the easiest and most mindless things that I could possibly make. Here's a pic of the first one! It's about seven feet long and I can triple wrap it. I just need a tapestry needle now in order to finish the seam. I used a super thick and chunky yarn and a 10mm needle so it came out a little thicker than the template which is fine with me.


The pattern, if anyone is interested, is called the "mistake rib knit" and I took it from this site. It's a K2 P2 stitch repeated until the last three stitches, which are K2 P1. Until noon yesterday, I had no clue what that meant. Let me know if you need some helpful videos to get started, or, just Google away!

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Well the next step is getting more yarn, hopefully I can get out of my apartment within a few days! I think this will be my next challenge...I'll need a circular needle and a lot more knowledge about knitting, but who knows, maybe we'll have another huge snow week!

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3 comments:

  1. This is awesome! Thanks so much for posting this - I've been looking for a pattern similar to stockinette because it curls so bad. Can't wait to try this out!

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  2. You're welcome! I would recommend to go a little wider depending on the thickness of your yarn because the parallel alignment of the stitches has a tendency to make it narrower than you would expect. Good luck :)

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  3. This one just makes you looks more cute even lovely than before and I believe if you choose some Orange leather shoulder bag or the best quality Leather tassel bags to you, you will looks more cute than original!

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