Comments on: February KFYS contest, some photos, and something for Brigid http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/ slowly going where everyone has gone before Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:58:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: La http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-619 La Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:41:36 +0000 http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-619 March works for me. The only day in March I'm not available is the 31st. Costa Mesa huh? That's not so very far in the scheme of things. My KFYS says I can't BUY yarn...doesn't say I can't STEAL it tho. Hmmmmmmmm It'd be almost worth it, that's gorgeous stuff! March works for me. The only day in March I’m not available is the 31st.

Costa Mesa huh? That’s not so very far in the scheme of things. My KFYS says I can’t BUY yarn…doesn’t say I can’t STEAL it tho. Hmmmmmmmm

It’d be almost worth it, that’s gorgeous stuff!

]]> By: Stacey http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-620 Stacey Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:49:08 +0000 http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-620 It's crochet! That's why you hate it. It’s crochet! That’s why you hate it.

]]> By: Wen http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-622 Wen Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:25:18 +0000 http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-622 ding! ding! ding! ding! ding! ding!

]]> By: BigAlice http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-623 BigAlice Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:40:37 +0000 http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-623 Damn, Stacey beat me to it with the same thing I was thinking. Oh well, I've got something choicely fugly, from Ye Olde L.B. Homespun days. The J-Knits yarn looks great, what a pain that it twists up on itself and splits. I'd recommend some Socks That Rock in "beryl", but I think the green's probably too dark: http://www.bluemoonfiberarts.com/colorway_detail.php?colorway_id=19&fiber_category=Animal&colorway_category_id=2 The STR is soft but also pretty highly twisted (a la Koigu). I find that occasionally it'll twist back on itself, but not frequently enough to really annoy me. And definitely less splitty than Lorna's Laces. Damn, Stacey beat me to it with the same thing I was thinking.
Oh well, I’ve got something choicely fugly, from Ye Olde L.B. Homespun days.

The J-Knits yarn looks great, what a pain that it twists up on itself and splits. I’d recommend some Socks That Rock in “beryl”, but I think the green’s probably too dark:
http://www.bluemoonfiberarts.com/colorway_detail.php?colorway_id=19&fiber_category=Animal&colorway_category_id=2
The STR is soft but also pretty highly twisted (a la Koigu). I find that occasionally it’ll twist back on itself, but not frequently enough to really annoy me. And definitely less splitty than Lorna’s Laces.

]]> By: kristen http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-627 kristen Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:27:41 +0000 http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-627 The first thing I thought when I saw that scarf was, "Man, it's just wrong to put up a picture of a crocheted scarf on a knitblog." :) We're all really lucky that my knitted atrocity never got photographed. It was a baby blanket that ended up being 12' wide and 3' long. FEET. Not inches. I really should have been clued in when all the stitches made the cable pop out of my needle, but nooooo. Oh, and it was acrylic. It was pink acrylic, the kind that's nubbly and has a nylon thread running through it for sparkle. Pink, sparkly, nubbly, wider than my car was long (my Buick Park Avenue, that is) and only as tall as my knees. I still rarely do gauge swatches, though. Go figure. The first thing I thought when I saw that scarf was, “Man, it’s just wrong to put up a picture of a crocheted scarf on a knitblog.” :)

We’re all really lucky that my knitted atrocity never got photographed. It was a baby blanket that ended up being 12′ wide and 3′ long. FEET. Not inches. I really should have been clued in when all the stitches made the cable pop out of my needle, but nooooo. Oh, and it was acrylic. It was pink acrylic, the kind that’s nubbly and has a nylon thread running through it for sparkle. Pink, sparkly, nubbly, wider than my car was long (my Buick Park Avenue, that is) and only as tall as my knees.

I still rarely do gauge swatches, though. Go figure.

]]> By: olga http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-628 olga Sat, 03 Feb 2007 16:54:12 +0000 http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-628 I was gonna say crochet too, but since THAT was already said, I'll say the color pink in that because of some childhood drama involving pink colottes that forever left you scarred and pink brings on bad juju. Or something like that.... I was gonna say crochet too, but since THAT was already said, I’ll say the color pink in that because of some childhood drama involving pink colottes that forever left you scarred and pink brings on bad juju. Or something like that….

]]> By: Chris http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-629 Chris Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:50:11 +0000 http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-629 Oh, I love that Film Noir colorway... Alas, I am not a KFYS partcipant, because your prizes look great! Oh, I love that Film Noir colorway… Alas, I am not a KFYS partcipant, because your prizes look great!

]]> By: kristen http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-630 kristen Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:02:21 +0000 http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-630 Alright, you chickens, I'll go first. I have a monstrosity. It's not the one I really want to enter, but here's a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarkasmo/sets/72157594515897891/" rel="nofollow">whole Flickr set</a> dedicated to the Sweater of Doom. Details: - Pattern from <a href="http://www.iseespots.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=IF&Category_Code=GM" rel="nofollow">Grandma on the Mountain</a> (beautiful aran sweater), and it was well-written enough for a n00b like me to jump right in (this was something like my 3rd actual project, not including a thousand square swatches). I read the pattern and got the impression that it was more fitted than I wanted (this was to be a Walking Sweater for my mom), so I compensated by casting on something like 200 sts, and for the arms...I have no idea what I did, but they sure are big, aren't they? - I was in a "phase" where I thought it was better to knit with two strands of yarn held together. Even though I'd done oodles of practice swatches, it didn't occur to me that if I didn't like the fabric I got with one strand, I could go down a couple of needle sizes. So this was knit with two strands of LB Wool-Ease (color GUAVA) held together throughout. - In addition to the ones mentioned above, skills like picking up stitches, installing lifelines, and tinking (or un-knitting) stitches were apparently not in my repertoire. "Reading" stitches was also an undeveloped skill, evidenced by the places where I messed up <i>moss stitch</i>. Any mistakes that were knit into this garment were knit in permanently. Nothing was ripped, nothing was fixed. - I still have never woven in the ends at the waistline. Alright, you chickens, I’ll go first. I have a monstrosity. It’s not the one I really want to enter, but here’s a whole Flickr set dedicated to the Sweater of Doom.

Details:

- Pattern from Grandma on the Mountain (beautiful aran sweater), and it was well-written enough for a n00b like me to jump right in (this was something like my 3rd actual project, not including a thousand square swatches). I read the pattern and got the impression that it was more fitted than I wanted (this was to be a Walking Sweater for my mom), so I compensated by casting on something like 200 sts, and for the arms…I have no idea what I did, but they sure are big, aren’t they?

- I was in a “phase” where I thought it was better to knit with two strands of yarn held together. Even though I’d done oodles of practice swatches, it didn’t occur to me that if I didn’t like the fabric I got with one strand, I could go down a couple of needle sizes. So this was knit with two strands of LB Wool-Ease (color GUAVA) held together throughout.

- In addition to the ones mentioned above, skills like picking up stitches, installing lifelines, and tinking (or un-knitting) stitches were apparently not in my repertoire. “Reading” stitches was also an undeveloped skill, evidenced by the places where I messed up moss stitch. Any mistakes that were knit into this garment were knit in permanently. Nothing was ripped, nothing was fixed.

- I still have never woven in the ends at the waistline.

]]> By: becky c. http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-631 becky c. Sat, 03 Feb 2007 23:35:59 +0000 http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-631 OK, I'm half-jealous and half-grateful that I'm not a KFYS-er, cause I have a sweater? shrug? shwug? - don't know what to call it but it surely is hideous. I don't know if I'd be brave enough to share it, thankfully I don't have to decide. OK, I’m half-jealous and half-grateful that I’m not a KFYS-er, cause I have a sweater? shrug? shwug? - don’t know what to call it but it surely is hideous. I don’t know if I’d be brave enough to share it, thankfully I don’t have to decide.

]]> By: BigAlice http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-643 BigAlice Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:21:36 +0000 http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-643 That sweater is something else Kristen. You could hide cats in those sleeves. OK, I'm jumping into the water. My lurvely Lion Brand Homespun shawl, in its orange/green/purple glory: http://bigalice.blogspot.com/2007/02/fug.html That sweater is something else Kristen. You could hide cats in those sleeves.
OK, I’m jumping into the water.

My lurvely Lion Brand Homespun shawl, in its orange/green/purple glory:
http://bigalice.blogspot.com/2007/02/fug.html

]]> By: Imbrium http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-647 Imbrium Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:36:06 +0000 http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-647 After hemming and hawing about whether I really want to put this piece of crap on the internet, let alone admit that I knit it, I've decided that pride goeth before a fall...or something like that. So, yeah, I guess I'm in. Witness my humiliation here: http://www.siliconashes.net/~imbrium/?p=336 After hemming and hawing about whether I really want to put this piece of crap on the internet, let alone admit that I knit it, I’ve decided that pride goeth before a fall…or something like that. So, yeah, I guess I’m in. Witness my humiliation here: http://www.siliconashes.net/~imbrium/?p=336

]]> By: warcrygirl http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-648 warcrygirl Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:45:14 +0000 http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-648 Ugh! I missed out on this, methinks. In the meantime here's a link I think you'll find interesting: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0622011020070207?src=020707_1510_ARTICLE_PROMO_also_on_reuters Ugh! I missed out on this, methinks. In the meantime here’s a link I think you’ll find interesting: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0622011020070207?src=020707_1510_ARTICLE_PROMO_also_on_reuters

]]> By: karen http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-654 karen Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:45:19 +0000 http://slowknitter.com/2007/02/02/february-kfys-contest-some-photos-and-something-for-brigid/#comment-654 it ain't so ugly !!!!! I am available first 2 sundays in march it ain’t so ugly !!!!!

I am available first 2 sundays in march

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