Anything Knitted and Crocheted: There are several Alan Dart KAL's being done on Ravelry....

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.

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Cora

Thursday, August 12, 2010

There are several Alan Dart KAL's being done on Ravelry....

The first one is from the Alan Dart Group On Ravelry which involves either his Pearl the Knitter and/or Howdy Pardner (aka Cowboy).

Pearl the Knitter

Howdy Pardner/Cowboy

The second is the Nursery Mice that is being offered in the Knitting, Beads and Other Things (Carol also has a website by the same name. She also sells the magazines and some Alan Dart patterns as well as kits.) Depending on whether you got the magazine from the newsstand (4 patterns) or subscribed (5 patterns) depends on what you are going to knit.

NEWSSTAND EDITION

* Jack & Jill

* Little Boy Blue

* Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

* Little Bo Peep

SUBSCRIBER EDITION

Includes the above plus the one listed below.

* Little Miss Muffet

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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.