Being Ostentatious

Things are complete. Let me show you what I have been doing.

The Clapo-Ktus as a wrap

Clapo-Ktus as a scarf

This is Clapo-Ktus, designed by Loredana Gianferri and found on Ravelry. I used a yarn called Ares from Yarnia. The Buktus-part of the pattern allowed me to use up about 95% of the yarn. The Clapo-Ktus turned out just as well as I hoped it would.

The second Viola child-sized sock was also finished using the instructions on the Serenity sock weight band. And with appropriate attention to matching the two socks are a real pair. Again, I am pleased they worked out as I had expected.

The completed pair of Viola socks

Finally, I have been busy using the beads I had accumulated to make two more ball gown ornament covers. The white beaded cover will be used on the red ornament, but I think I have to find either a white or gold ornament should be used with the good/cooper adornment.

The gold and cooper gown

The white and red gown

There are five ladders on both of these ornaments because my bulge beads were not as wide as those in the class. I am also playing around with the swag designs; there are extra beads near the bottoms. As I continue to practice the time to make a gown is down to 3-4 hours. With more practice perhaps I can make one in 2 hours as was suggested by the class instructor.

So pardon me for being ostentatious, these creations seemed to be good enough to share.

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