F.O.B.
Although I don't think I've clarified this particular tidbit of information, I came back to blogging in large part because of the other cool knitters I found blogging about their trials, tribulations and creations. (I see now that I'd assumed I was cool and a mildly capable knitter. I was W-R-O-N-G.) I was prepared to chime in with my two knitting cents, to talk about my projects, and to participate in the larger knitting world. And since I haven't posted yet about my knitting, I figured it was high time.
I promise in the future to include a photo or two of my projects. For the moment, it's late and I'm feeling lazy.
What brings me to the conclusion that I'm not much of a knitter yet is the snag in one of my current projects. I'm making a fairly simple blanket for my sister who is due to give birth to my niece-to-be in a couple weeks. I have a problem bothering to find patterns, so I made one up. Actually, I repeated the blanket I made for my son. That should've been my first clue - the blanket for Little J turned out to be total shite. Well, I thought, I've learned a lot since then. I shouldn't have the same problems. Now, I'm not such a novice that I drop stitches all the time or anything like that. No, I just can't seem to get my head around why in the world the darn stuff wants to curl when I make a nice, smooth knitted side and a purl side. So I used a seed-stitch border. Which curls anyway. Actually, the whole piece doesn't curl. The border does this little fold one way on one edge, and the other way on the other edge. Infuriating, yes. Aesthetically pleasing, not so much.
Looking at a piece made by MomK, I notice she used a garter stitch to keep a sweater from doing that annoying little flip. It doesn't look much diff from my seed stitch, and it would be way easier. So, mid-piece, I've switch to garter around the edges. It seems to be working. Since it's for my sister, I know she'll understand. I just hope she doesn't also notice how odd the shape is - super long and a bit narrow.
Okay, so lesson learned, right? Use a friggin' pattern. At least I bothered to check my gauge this time.
I promise in the future to include a photo or two of my projects. For the moment, it's late and I'm feeling lazy.
What brings me to the conclusion that I'm not much of a knitter yet is the snag in one of my current projects. I'm making a fairly simple blanket for my sister who is due to give birth to my niece-to-be in a couple weeks. I have a problem bothering to find patterns, so I made one up. Actually, I repeated the blanket I made for my son. That should've been my first clue - the blanket for Little J turned out to be total shite. Well, I thought, I've learned a lot since then. I shouldn't have the same problems. Now, I'm not such a novice that I drop stitches all the time or anything like that. No, I just can't seem to get my head around why in the world the darn stuff wants to curl when I make a nice, smooth knitted side and a purl side. So I used a seed-stitch border. Which curls anyway. Actually, the whole piece doesn't curl. The border does this little fold one way on one edge, and the other way on the other edge. Infuriating, yes. Aesthetically pleasing, not so much.
Looking at a piece made by MomK, I notice she used a garter stitch to keep a sweater from doing that annoying little flip. It doesn't look much diff from my seed stitch, and it would be way easier. So, mid-piece, I've switch to garter around the edges. It seems to be working. Since it's for my sister, I know she'll understand. I just hope she doesn't also notice how odd the shape is - super long and a bit narrow.
Okay, so lesson learned, right? Use a friggin' pattern. At least I bothered to check my gauge this time.
