Anything Knitted and Crocheted: Mitered Magic Tunic from Creative Knitting, September 2009

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

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Mitered Magic Tunic from Creative Knitting, September 2009

I had fallen in love with this sweater called Mitered Magic, designed by Amy Polcyn.Just look at the sweater it is a very wonderful design and very easy to knit. Melisa, a friend of mine, had been asking me to knit her a sweater for a few years now. She wanted blacks and greys for the sweater. So I decided to try this sweater after she did a number of squeals when she saw the design.

So here are some pictures of it so far:

Yarn: Bernat Jacquards Color: #13040 Jet Jacquard
Needles: Clover 5.00 mm/US 8 circular needles

The bear is from an old Patons Book that isn't available anymore. He was a sample that I knit up from the time that I worked at Lewiscraft, before the company went bankrupt.

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.