K3tog: ILx Knitting 3

I couldn't remember how to start a cast-on

Oh man, this ^^^
Convinces me I am definitely losing it, every time. See also - casting off. So embarrassing to get out a book or look it up online and be reminded how utterly simple it is.

I'll write up the pattern and will post.

Think this does it:

Using Judy's magic cast on (or some other toe up seamless cast on) on a size 8 (~4 st/in gauge) circular long enough to use the magic loop technique: Cast on 26 stitches - 13 per needle. The tail of the yarn is the toe end of the bootie.

Round 1:
Knit 12 st on needle 1, k1m1 in st 13 (at the heel)
k1m1 in st 1 on needle 2 (heel), k all remaining

Round 2 - 6
k1, k1m1 (toe), k remaining on needle 1
k to 2nd to last st on needle 2, k1m1, k1

Round 7 - 9:
k all stitches (38 st total)

Round 10 - 14:
k1, ssk, k remaining on needle 1
k to 3rd to last st on needle 2, k2tog, k1

Invert and use 3 needle bind off to loosely cast off 5 from each needle, leaving 9 on each needle plus the final loop of cast off. Slip the final cast off loop onto needle 1, invert.

Work the cuff back and forth - k2tog the final cast off loop w/ 1st st on needle 1, leaving 9 st on each needle. For a roll cuff, k 1 row, p 1 row (stockinette) for 8 rows. cast off loosely.

every evening my cat finds some yarn and brings it to where i am sitting, which is usually at the front of the house. then while i am sleeping she brings the yarn to my bed. it's the best when the yarn she finds is way too big for her or has a tag on it. she waddles very carefully not to drop it. sometimes she steps on the tag and gets momentarily stuck. i need to pick up this yarn that is now laying around everywhere.

Thanks, Jaq! I was going to look for cotton yarns at the yarn shop today but I forgot. I've got plenty of time.

Right-wing knitters are really depressing.

I saw a man in handknit (and I think wool) short shorts at the NY Sheep and Wool Festival.

So the shorts dude was Stephen West.

Stephen West in wooly shorts! I can't even.

This is the time of year when I have to solve the annual puzzle of what wacky toy to knit my mom for Christmas. It is now an expectation!

I am making a v cute elephant for my sister-in-law and brother, who requested it. And weeks AFTER the request they told me they are having a kid, due in May! I am going to be an aunt. Which means...MAGICK BABY BLANKET. Think I am going to go w/one of the Mason Dixon log cabin patterns. Oh man. I have to finish all this Christmas knitting but I feel just crazed thinking about making this baby blanket. Crazed!

I mean I really want to make a baby EVERYTHING but blanket is top priority. "Your auntie Crabbits made this for you before you were born" --- a sentence I hope is said dozens of times!!

Also deliberating if I should make my boyfriend a weird toy for xmas>>?? I showed him my ravelry page in a more indulgent moment and he had me email him the pics of the toy I made for Stevie D so I think maybe yes? Blah blah blah

I have a pretty big crush on Stephen West btw which I am certain is futile on every possible level.

http://www.dragonbrookyarns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Stephen-West-in-knit-shorts-400x400.jpg

Kind of a Ren Faire vibe

I need to make something for two babies that will be born in Texas in April.

Only one baby now :(:(

I am knitting a jumper for myself in stocking stitch and it is SO BORING ARGH.

i keep trying to knit sweaters and failing. i'm just an accessorizer i guess.

A coworker sent me this over IM: http://www.geekologie.com/2012/12/is-it-hot-in-here-or-am-i-wearing-a-full.php

So so wrong

i meant to post "lol" but i must have not lolled because i am on the internet too much and had already seen that

anyway is there anything wrong with knitting sleeves in the round that are written as flat? i don't want to do reverse stockinette sleeves flat due to my unevenness problems. the rest of the sweater is a waffle stitch with knits and purls so it will look fine.

No, I do that all the time because I hate seaming. You do have to either knit the upper arm flat and join though, or do the crazy Elizabeth Zimmerman totally seamless technique.

I don't see why not. A lot of flat versus round is personal preference. I think getting a more even tension with knitting in the round will be worth it to you more than whatever would be gained by knitting flat.

Plus, no seaming!!

haha no seam xpost

yeah. i'm gonna do it. i'm trying to stay away from totally seamless sweaters because of how floppy they look on me but i don't think the sleeves need the structure from the seam.

nah i'm knitting them flat because magic loop was making the stitches stretch out and i didn't want to use dpns. it's coming out ok though. i have more confidence in my ability to knit flat stockinette now.

i finished the fronts and the back! i'm doing good on this, following all the instructions for once

i can't seem to start the second sleeve
this http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/02/20/fashion/streetstyleneonbeanies.html?ref=fashion
made me order a skein of "edison bulb" colored madelinetosh to make a hat

I made a scarf with Edison Bulb and Neon Rose.

i'm almost done with this fucking second sleeve! i need a pattern for my neon hat. i'm too picky.

I am working on my first (crochet) quilt. 144 granny squares. My stitches are uneven. Will attaching them together even them out, or am I doomed to topographical weirdness?

Think of it as handcrafted charm.

What is the fiber? If it is animal, maybe blocking will help.

i'm finally sewing this sweater just in time for summer. i hate seaming. though the first long seam is just slightly uneven (where i forget where i was picking up the bars) and not enough to undo. i'm going to undo the beginning where the ribbing is but i'll wait and do it at the end. so tiring. i wish i could be good at this stuff.

also i have a few projects i'm thinking of just unraveling. i've moved on from when i wanted to do them, now i want to do something else. argh!

i have tried for probably 100 hours to do fancy sewn and tubular bind-offs for ribbing. they are confusing and then when i do them they are not nearly as invisible as promised. also close to impossible to undo. i just did a decrease bind-off for 2x2 rib from some youtube i found and it's perfect. very stretchy, basically mirrors long-tail cast on. it makes a little bit of a bar across the top but it's thin. a lot more "invisible" than tubular.

I recently learned to knit, I only know the two basic stitches. I finished my first project a week and a half ago (a scarf) and am making another with the leftover yarn. Already there's a huge improvement in my knitting; comparing the two projects my first one is full of mistakes. I want to make this scarf and another (for my mother) then I'm going to learn to use my circular needles.

You can do a lot with just a knit and purl stitch! Hooray for scarves, they are one of my favorite things to make. So satisfying.

I'm knitting a scarf, but it's a complicated lace pattern and I'm using kidsilk haze, what a poxy fule. It looks like a big scribble.

i started bristol ivy's thorn pattern in january and i'm still working on it.

That looks beautiful! Does it use short rows?

I have been making the log cabin blanket from mason dixon first book & so far 4 square feet...over 15 skeins of yarn into it so far.

Sorry...over 16 sq ft! 4 ft x 4 ft. Fuckin' math.

not short rows, just regular increases. i'm working on row 11 of the looooooooong picked up and knitted border. super super long.

i want to knit most of the brooklyn tweed patterns but they come out at a rate of like 100 per year

I started a Log Cabin Blanket a few years a go and uh, never finished.

hurgh i just started the bindoff after knitting 2 rows this morning, 650 stitches each. i can't even type good. what a slog.

I like the crochet bindoff for big fuckoff bindoffs like that, it just feels like fewer steps:
http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2006/07/04/i_cant_stand_to_watch.html

is it the same as the chain bind off, just not knitting as you do it? i'm using the decrease bind-off, which is neater than sewn (which i always make mistakes at and lose track of, then impossible to undo) and as fast as chain but much stretchier. also appears less bulky than the chain bind-off. i think i have about 200 stitches left but i need to just stop for the day. i'll probably not stop though. i can't!

yeah, i did it

my cat is obsessed with the cables on circular needles. i have to hide them while i work on something because she will chew them to hell. she never ever scratches me on purpose but today i think she did because she was laying on the bed and pretended to be spooked by something then ran over my arm causing a deep scratch so i had to get up and wash it out and when i came back she was chewing on a cable. it was planned. asshole.

I got a sock loom for Christmas.

Also, this fall my yarn shop friend moved ... to be the new editor of Interweave Knits!!!

finally gonna bookmark the knitting thread, maybe will ramble a bit at some point. I finished my first sweater a couple months ago!

Cool!