October 12 - I love Yarn

Friday, October 12 has been declared I Love Yarn Day by the Craft Yarn Council. If you check out their website you will see there are lots of ideas about how one might go about celebrating the day.

I intend to spend it sharing odd/inspirational/things I must do knitting photos like these with you:

A very low-cal sausage, indeed. Probably not very spicy either.

At least for some of us.

I must figure out how to make these; no pattern was shared

My inspiration to knit a roast chicken. Again no pattern

These gems have been collected for over a year until I could find just the perfect use for them. Obviously, I think sharing them on I Love Yarn day is such an occasion.

Of course I am also working with yarn this evening. Now that the elf shoes are complete, I think a matching elf hat is in order. Working with yarn is never dull; I, of course, am speaking for myself only. Mike and Paul are a bit less exuberant about the whole yarn thing IMHO. But then they have other hobbies that excite them. Paul, it's organizing books, the garage, storage areas (I am so lucky; it's nice to get the results. I'm not much about the whole organizing activity itself); and Mike, well he seems most exuberant about knocking small items off a table, ledge or ottoman with one easy stroke of a paw. To each his/her own.

Comments

Anatomy of a Sock

I've been knitting socks for a relatively short time. One of the disconcerting things for me as I started following patterns for socks is the pattern designer assumes the knitter (in this case that would be me) knows all the parts of a sock. So I thought I'd devote a post to improve my own knowledge about the anatomy of a sock and maybe some of you will learn something about the humble yet necessary sock as well. Here's the names of the parts of the foot as I know them. #49 ankle, #50 heel, #51, instep, #52 ball, #53 big toe, #54 toe, #55 little toe, #56 toenail. There are some parts more important for this discussion; first the heel of a foot is generally used to refer to the entire C-shape from the ankle to the instep. Speaking of the instep, it refers to that curve near the bottom of the foot. And what seems to be missing in the design above is the sole which generally refers to the bottom of the foot in total or plantar aspect in more technical terms...

Gosling's Meme and Knitting

What is a meme, you may first ask? Well Dr. Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist, came up with the idea in the late 1970's and stated something like: a meme is to a society what a gene is to a human. Both are an element or unit that can be replicated or passed from one individual to another. During the Internet age memes can be easily shared, replicated or otherwise passed on to another. Recent examples can be found on Gawker . Memes can include piano playing cats, a honey badger, the Call Me Maybe phenomenon and so on. The political campaign in the U.S. helped fuel memes using some of the most unusual statements like, "binders of women" and "you didn't build that." A few memes have staying power but most have a relatively short life span. Gosling's meme related to knitting has been around for some time; so when I again saw another post about him recently, it was time to figure out the origin. Ryan Gosling is a Canadian actor born in Onta...

Yarn Usage II: Crochet vs. Knit

All four swatches were made. Each is 6.25" or 15.875 cm square; each prepared with the same sized yarn and needles or hook. It took 25 stitches to get the appropriate width for the knit swatches and only 20 stitches for both of the crocheted squares. That already says something, but I'll get to it in a minute. (Don't know what I'm talking about here? Check out this post first.) Unfortunately, you'll just have to trust me that four swatches were prepared and that they were all the same size. In the excitement to get to measuring and weighing of the swatches, no photographic evidence was taken. Luckily for me the results of this research doesn't have to be reviewed by a jury of my peer. This blog post will be the sum and total of where this information is published. The remains of my four swatches What can be shared, however, are the balls of yarn rewound after the weighing and measuring was completed. You will note the size ...

Flagel Knitting Files

Search This Blog