I’m Hooked!

Zyle — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:45:01 +0000

Yep, I’m “hooked” on this crochet malarkey, I tell you! Tee hee! I only had one lonely little 4mm hook, so had a root around on ebay for a reasonably priced set, and found these little treasures for the bargain price of £9 including shipping, wow! They’re just aluminium, nothing fancy, but the colours made me squee and they will definitely do me just fine until I feel the need to upgrade some of the sizes. I have a feeling the 2mm to 3.5mm may be a little bendy.

But how fun! I shall need a little pot or vase to display them in. And to go with my colourful hooks, I needed a colourful project! I have decided to brighten up my living room with a throw over the back of one of the sofas – the room is very monotone at the moment and definitely needs a few colourful splashes around it. So I’m going to make a granny square blanket based on Lucy at Attic24’s Summer Garden Granny Squares, they’re just so cheerful! I’ve had a practice on some of my stash acrylic and think I have the hang of it! Zara seems impressed with it anyway…

I’ve just popped in to Sheepish, my LYS, to purchase the yarn for this endeavour. I still had some vouchers left over from my birthday (how they survived since March, I have NO idea!) so splurged on 20 balls of King Cole Merino DK, and oh! It’s just so delicious!

The carrier bag was see-through; you wouldn’t believe how many people knit!! I was stared at all the way through town, probably curiosity from most but there were definitely some jealous, swoony looks in there too! I had to nip into the doctors, and both receptionists AND the doctor I spoke to all knit! So I’ve taught the receptionists about a new LYS, and learnt of another myself, as well as swapping pattern ideas with the Doctor who enjoyed having a good squish of the merino! Lovely fun, I was just slightly irked that I only had a 4mm hook with me, as the gauge was a little too tight, I couldn’t see my stitches clearly at all – what a waste of 30 minutes waiting!! Never mind, once it got home I got stuck in.

I was going to join them as I go but I think I’d like to get a feeling for the colours first. See, I’m not too sure about the white… although Peter insisted on the “Dutch” square above – look – red white and blue with an orange centre!

Introductions and a Knitting Meme!

Zyle — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:09:34 +0000

Hello! I’m Zyle, I’m 25 and I’ve been knitting for a little over a year now. I host the forums for the wonderful community over at Phoenix Knitting Forums. It’s a lovely place, and if you’re looking for some knitterly friends you should come and meet the ladies! Besides knitting, I also enjoy music and play cello and guitar, and a little piano. I’m also a quite a gamer and enjoy PC and Xbox gaming, although that’s taken a back seat since I started knitting! I studied law at university, but now work in Search Engine Marketing which I’m really enjoying. I have a lovely boyfriend who I have been with for about 7 and a half years, and a beautiful kitty called Zara, whom we rescued from the RSPCA about 18 months ago. She enjoys helping me knit!

So that’s me in a very small nutshell – on to more interesting, yarn related things! I’ve forgotten where I first saw the Knitting Meme but it looks like a brilliant way to track progress, and I thought it would be a good way to introduce myself. So here goes! Bold means I’ve done it, Italics means I plan to do it at some point and plain means I have no plans to try, but you never know!

Afghan/Blanket

American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)

Baby items

Bobbles

Button holes

Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)

Cardigan

Charity knitting

Continental knitting

Cuffs/fingerless mitts/arm warmers

Darning

Designing knitted garments

Domino knitting (modular knitting)

Drop stitch patterns

Dyeing with plant colors

Dyeing yarn

Entrelac

Fair Isle knitting

Freeform knitting

Fulling/felting

Garter stitch

Gloves

Graffiti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)

Hair accessories

Hat

Holiday related knitting

Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cozies…)

I-cord

Intarsia

Jewelry

Kitchener BO

Knitting a gift

Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine

Knitting and purling backwards

Knitting art

Knitting for a living

Knitting for pets

Knitting for preemies

Knitting in public

Knitting items for a wedding

Knitting on a loom

Knitting smocking

Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars

Knitting to make money

Knitting with alpaca

Knitting with bamboo yarn

Knitting with banana fiber yarn

Knitting with beads

Knitting with camel yarn

Knitting with cashmere

Knitting with circular needles

Knitting with cotton

Knitting with dog/cat hair

Knitting with DPNs

Knitting with linen

Knitting with metal wire

Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn

Knitting with self-patterning/self-striping/variegating yarn

Knitting with silk

Knitting with someone else’s handspun yarn

Knitting with soy yarn

Knitting with synthetic yarn

Knitting with wool

Knitting with your own handspun yarn

Lace patterns

Long Tail CO

Machine knitting

Mittens: Cuff-up

Mittens: Tip-down

Moebius band knitting

Norwegian knitting

Olympic knitting/Ravelympic knitting

Participating in a KAL

Pillows

Publishing a knitting book (you never know…)

Purses/bags

Reminding someone how to knit

Rug

Scarf

Shawl

Short rows

Shrug/bolero/poncho

Slip stitch patterns

Slippers

Socks: toe-up

Socks: top-down

Steeks

Stockinette stitch

Stuffed toys

Swatching

Sweater

Teaching a child to knit

Teaching a female how to knit

Teaching a male how to knit

Textured knitting

Thrummed knitting

Toy/doll clothing

Tubular CO

Twisted stitch patterns

Two end knitting

Writing a pattern

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I’m Hooked!

Introductions and a Knitting Meme!