Anything Knitted and Crocheted: Guess what happened to me lastnight?

Anything Knitted and Crocheted

Welcome to my blog. I hope to blog about my knitting and crocheting as well as everyday life. The patterns that I post are original and as such there is copyright on them. When they are based on another pattern there is a link to the pattern.

My husband and I adopted a beautiful dog named Leo. He is a dachshund and absolutely adorable! we adopted him on June 23, 2010 and he has become the love of our lives.

I love to share patterns that I find along the way or to talk about some of the neatest designers that are out there today, so I love to post links to the designs or the designers.

So grab a cup a and sit and enjoy the blog.

Cora

Friday, October 19, 2007

Guess what happened to me lastnight?

Have you ever had one of those D'Oh with head slap moments? Well I did lastnight. I was working merrily along, just about done the waist ribbing, when I decide to look at the pattern to find out how many rows of ribbing I have left. I missed the knit row where the decreases happen. So I am sitting chairing this meeting and thinking, okay I can rip back to the lace part and get the lacy area back on the needles, right? WRONG! Arg, I had to rip all the way back to the beginning.

My husband the loving man that he is rewound the 2 balls of yarn, yes that is how much work I had done on it, I cast on again last night and it is going smoothly, again.

I guess it works best if you read the instructions. D'oh (head slap)!

Cora

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The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge

The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge - A requirement for all Knitting Scouts, the recipient must do his or her bit to present knitting in a positive light, whilst at the same time avoiding all references to “hipness”, grandmothers, and yoga.

I’m always doing my part in this arena whether it’s spoken or written like in this blog. I teach at my local community league, which was a fluke. I am involved in the Alberta Avenue Initiative and was asked to teach both knitting and crochet. I start with dishcloths as it gives the basics.

The “MacGyver” Badge (Level One) - The recipient must demonstrate clever use of a non-knitting tool in a knitting-related scenario. For instance, recipient has used paper clips as stitch markers, or successfully whittled and then utilized bamboo skewers as dpns.

I’ve used all kinds of things as stitch markers when none were available, and have found clever ways of knitting cables without cable needles using skewers.