Anything Knitted and Crocheted: I was on Ravelry this morning, specifically the alan Dart group that I moderate.

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, January 16, 2011

I was on Ravelry this morning, specifically the alan Dart group that I moderate.

Alan Dart's Jack O'Lantern

She used the Jack O'Lattern pattern to make Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas. I thinks she did quite well. The pattern on the website includes Maizey. Alan has the most amazing patterns. I need to knit up both Jacks and Maizey. I am looking forward to doing both.

Jack measures in at 18in/46cm tall and Maizey is 12in/30.5cm tall using Hayfield Bonus DK or Paton's Astra on size 3.00 mm/US 2½ knitting needles. When I get both done I will post some pictures.

Cora

doozerbob's Jack

Meet the original Jack.

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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.