I’m about 100% certain I published this Saturday but seeing as it’s not showing up you get it today instead.
Improving Your Skillset
How far down the road to learning your craft do you believe yourself to be? Are you comfortable with what you know or are you always striving to learn new skills and add to your knowledge base? Take a look at a few knitting or crochet books and have a look at some of the skills mentioned in the patterns. Can you start your amigurumi pieces with a magic circle, have you ever tried double knitting, how's your intarsia? If you are feeling brave, make a list of some of the skills which you have not yet tried but would like to have a go at, and perhaps even set yourself a deadline of when you'd like to have tried them by.
Today will be a short one. I went to Wonderwool! It was AMAZING and I spent all my pennies and know that next year I need to save even more. I missed out on some stuff I would have loved but to be honest would have needed lots to do what I wanted to do and I didn’t have the budget for that. There was some lace that was beautiful, but would have been 1/2 my budget- just not happening at the moment I’m afraid.
Knitting wise I am NEVER afraid to try something. I think I could try something new each year for as long as I live and still have things to do. On my wishlist at the moment is the Knitters Life List which would be an ideal companion for this list.
I *can * start my crochet with a magic loop
and with a floop,
I’ve tried double knitting and not got on particularly well so it’s on my “come back too” list,
I can say I’ve never done intarsia, but my stranded colourwork aint half bad.
After completing Sylvi cables are my bitch,
I knit in the round whenever I can, magic loop is my favourite but I can do plain circular knitting on an appropriate sized cable (Thank you Interchangeable needles!) DPN’s hold no mystery for me and I can even do 2 circs, but it’s by far my least preferred method because finding 2 sets of circs not in projects can be a hard thing for me to do.
Enterlac was a skill I learned at Christmas.
I duplicate stitched the collars on a Westie cardigan for my Nephew this year.
I also spin, but poorly.
I knit socks from the toe up and the cuff down. I knit 2 at a time normally as well.
I’ve knit a jumper from the top down
How dirty was my mirror and how dark was my hair! (Amused, knit Summer of 2010)
And from the bottom up (Sylvi)
I’m adapting a flat jumper pattern to in the round (up until the armpits anyway)
I’m pretty good with different cast ons (Cable being prefered) and I’m okay with some bind offs, (Traditional and JSSBO) but I’d also like to learn more!
I’ve felted some slippers
Things I would like to do
Lace- I wouldn’t say anything in knitting *scares* me but lace is something I would love to do but have a slight fear of. I have a hank of Laceweight in yellow which I think would make an amazing Swallowtail; and yes BEADING also counts as another thing I would like to do. I also would like to knit my shawl for my wedding and potentially Bridesmaid shawls for my Sister and my Sister in law. Luckily it’s a long way away so I’ll have plenty of time.
Ami – I would like to make at least one full toy this year. I have the skill sets, just not really had the ambition so far. I can see me making more after the nephew is born and as he gets older- boys are so hard to knit for but everyone likes toys.
Spinning- I would like to get better at spinning, I know that this simply comes from time. I do not put enough hours in at my wheel for me to be a good spinner. I’m hoping that if we do move house we will have a proper room for me to sit and spin in. Although I currently have my attic it is clogged with clothes, exercise machines that get no use (They will be sold before we move!) and the tumble dryer.
Dying! I actually bought a dye kit, sock blank and 2 skeins of sock yarn today. I am incredibly excited about dying that I might just have to clean the kitchen tomorrow and make a mess on Monday! I wanted pink and brown self striping and couldn’t find any.
Afterthought Heels- I actually also bought some plain un-dyed (cream) sock yarn today to do the toes and heels of my Time Traveller socks. The yarn stripes up like Tom Bakers Scarf from Dr Who and I really don’t want to interrupt the stripes.
Steeks- Already part way through Rams and Yowes I’m dreading the day when out come the scissors to snippedy snip!
General things I would like to learn but are not a priority this year- Crochet Intarsia and Crochet colourwork in general, true finishing techniques instead of muddling though, writing my own patterns and charts, Needle felting.
Thing is, despite this long list of things I can do, things I can’t do (yet!) is just the overwhelming desire to learn! I promise you now if I wasn’t so tired I would be up at my wheel plowing away at some roving. That sounds like a belting idea for tomorrow actually.
The next few posts will be pic heavy with very little words because I have probably bored you all to death. Sorry <3
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