Anyone here knit??

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www.shopabcsoup.com/shop/

Check out the knitting patterns on this site

Purchased a book of these (and more) today at a LYS.

Baby's going to be thrilled. Yes she is!!!

Vivienne

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Don't knit but own a company that makes knitting magazines....

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Well, back when baby really was a baby, I knitted up a storm but got side tracked over the years.

Got back into it when I couldn't bear to ditch my knitting supplies during my decluttering for the Big Move.

I have 2 LYS.....as much a treasure trove as any LBS. You go in for a stitch holder/bell for yer bike and stumble out grasping a receipt for a serious exchange of currency.

My closest http://www.ironhorsefarm.org/

and then http://www.blacksheepknitting.net/

Just completed a home grown project for a friend. A shawl knitted from a pattern designed by the owner of Iron Horse Farm with yarn from her sheep that's been spun and hand dyed there also.

On the go right now..

http://www.morehousefarm.com/KnittingKits/Hats/Lily/

How's the kettlebells kicking your butt?

Vivienne

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V, I used to be a SERIOUS knitter. Have a spinning wheel and used to spin my own yarn. Used to comb my own colors/textures together. Ever feel a brick of raw silk -- to die for! Wrote my own patterns. Now other than the isolated sweater, I haven't made anything in years. Geez, I wonder if I even remember. Maybe you'll inspire me to pick up the needles again.

BTW, have you ever seen Sasha Kagan's patterns? Haven't checked her out for years, but her books of sweaters were like art books. Off to google...

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V, I used to be a SERIOUS knitter. Have a spinning wheel and used to spin my own yarn. Used to comb my own colors/textures together. Ever feel a brick of raw silk -- to die for! Wrote my own patterns. Now other than the isolated sweater, I haven't made anything in years. Geez, I wonder if I even remember. Maybe you'll inspire me to pick up the needles again.

BTW, have you ever seen Sasha Kagan's patterns? Haven't checked her out for years, but her books of sweaters were like art books. Off to google...

And Kaffe Fassett.

I have photo mementos of a lot of the sweaters I knitted (along with outfits I sewed) for Geri. She grew so quickly as a youngster that she often outgrew her clothes almost within weeks of me finishing them. I had a girldfried with a daughter a bit younger and smaller who had no problem snapping up the hand me downs and when it came time for school photos always dressed the child in my stuff and gave a snapshopt to me.

Back in the late 1970s-early 1980s we started to get a lot of the French designs and yarns appearing on the market in the UK and I used to knit with these.

Never really tried my own pattern making but they have all sorts of classes at that Iron Horse farm, maybe I'll try learning. What I really regret is that I never learned to knit the European way which looks so much quicker than the English method. I keep trying but it's so much easier to slip back. A bit like language.....Esperanto sounds good in theory but at my age it's just easier to yell louder and louder in English at foreigners who don't understand.

There are knitting blogs by the ton out there, you know. I've been reading Yarn Harlot since one of my class members mentioned it to me

Vivienne

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Ahhh, Kaffe is amazing. Actually, like him better than Kagan. LOL, I went through a phase where I tried to retrain myself to knit without throwing the yarn. Yeah, it was quicker, but it was too darn stressful. Sort of negated the pleasure I got from finding my rhythm and just enjoying the process. Have you ever knitted lace? You use needles not much thicker than toothpicks. I don't think I have the eyesight to do that anymore.:cool: Honestly, I wonder how much I remember. Hey, maybe I'll pull out the needles tomorrow & play around. Thanks for the idea!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P46o5ysyS1Q&feature=related

Know what you mean.

If I was so desperate for another hat that I needed this sort of speed, it'd be easier to go out and buy one.

Vivienne

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My kids are still little and I am a yarn addict. I knit the European method and it was worth the retraining to do it - faster, for sure. Vee - it's NOT too late!

I used to work in a little yarn shop (Woolcott's) across from the Kennedy School of Gov. (Harvard Square). Lots of interesting knitters...more high maintenance than my mental health clients, in many cases.

Once, this cute boy came in looking for a long john pattern to knit up in Alpaca. The owner said the only thing she had was a reprint of an antique pattern that had virtually no directions - for people back in the day when you had to knit if you wanted to stay warm. She told him it would be impossible, but he persisted. I asked him if he went to MIT - "yes", he replied. I said "you can totally do it". "Just graph it out - and come back and show us the final product". He did.

My fave site for free patterns: http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/index.html

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.... I asked him if he went to MIT - "yes", he replied. I said "you can totally do it". "Just graph it out - and come back and show us the final product". He did.


What....like actually wearing it? That takes style.

Doubt you'd get a Harvard chap to do that.;)

I remember a nice little store just off Harvard Square in the general direction of the Coop that I used to visit back when daughter was an undergrad. Is this the one you worked in. Can you believe I haven't been to visit this area once since we moved up here so if my bearings are off, that's the reason.

Vivienne

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Once, this cute boy came in looking for a long john pattern to knit up in Alpaca. The owner said the only thing she had was a reprint of an antique pattern that had virtually no directions - for people back in the day when you had to knit if you wanted to stay warm. She told him it would be impossible, but he persisted. I asked him if he went to MIT - "yes", he replied. I said "you can totally do it". "Just graph it out - and come back and show us the final product". He did.



I was in a spinning class (wheel, not bike) and someone asked if they could spin combings from their long-haired dog. Sure...but if you get caught in the rain, you'll smell like a wet dog!

Now here's an accomplishment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP8XnQm7FjY&feature=related

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I remember a nice little store just off Harvard Square in the general direction of the Coop

It was in the last block before Memorial Drive - I think it's still there. A hole in the wall with 2 million skeins of yarn stuffed therein. You will be shocked by what Harvard Square has become - gone are most/all of the local businesses like the army/navy, the burger caves, the dusty hardware warren, the small grocery... all were replaced by cellphone stores, GAP, and other national chains. Lost its flavor.