Thursday, February 2, 2012

First Knitting Post of the year

The book Stitch n' Bitch (such an accurate name!), by glaringly feminist author Debbie Stoller, has become a pretty valuable resource to me in my knitting adventures. I should consult it more than I currently do, because the few times that I have it's been clear and wonderful.

The book contains things like how to straighten out that annoying curl in circular needles (dip the plastic cord in hot, hot water) how to pick up dropped stitches (pull ladder rungs through loop from the back on a purl stitch, from the front on a knit stitch) and how to tighten saggy and whacked-out stitches (gently pull on each neighboring stitch in that row along the right, tapering off until they look even) as well as less common sense things (because common sense isn't that common, especially when you're all caught up in a project and just want to knit.)

A dear friend of mine just had a great post about yarn bombing/guerrilla knitting/yarn storming. Go google these terms and you'll find amazing pictures and advice.
Some useful websites:
http://www.knithappens.com/ (You can find these books on Amazon as well.)
http://www.earthguild.com/products/knitcroc/marypat/gauge.htm (This lady makes gauge a little more confusing than it needs to be. Maybe the directions will make more sense to you though.)
If you like very natural, bulky, earthy wool, this is a really good place to order from: http://www.briggsandlittle.com/wool/products.asp Most stores carry B &L yarns.
So there you go. If you're a just-learning knitter or an experienced one (I bow down to you. Actually, in both cases! What patience you must have!) these websites will probably be good fun and helpful reviewing.
YouTube is also really useful for seeing how certain stitches are done.
note: I'm really sorry, I forgot about hyperlinking these! Don't have time for that now, so just paste the links into your browser. (Really, it's just a few extra clicks. Y'all can deal, right?)




3 comments:

  1. Wow! Quite a lot of links, and all useful, too!

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  2. Thanks so much for commenting on stuff! It means a lot :D i hope some of them are good. Thanks for the ones you contributed as well!

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  3. The links worked for me, so hopefully everyone else will like 'em too. i think they're good, anyway :D

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