TEXTILLIAN STUDIOS

Category: Knitting

  • I’m Not Perfect (But I’m Perfect for You)

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    No, I am not right on time. Le sigh. Reference With all of the talk of the sock, you might think that the sweater for Mr. Penney with the soft deadline has gone lying by the wayside. But it hasn’t. I had to go back to doing the sleeves independently of one another because doing…

  • You Can Do Magic

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    Reference Well, I can now say I can do the easy toe in my sleep. The sock is now on its way: I am doing 68 stitches for this sock because I tried 72 and that was too big of a sock, yet 64 was not quite big enough. For the 68, I just added…

  • Come Undone

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    Reference Well, it appears what goes up must come down. On Friday night, I made another attempt at a toe-up sock, using the easy toe instructions from MSKS. On Saturday morning, this is what I had waiting for me.  The yarn is more stuff that I bought off of eBay, this time from Francis Patrick. I was…

  • It’s Over Now

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    Reference Yeah! Another project in the Done column. I finished the socks I was making from my handspun this morning. I casted on for the second sock Friday night and was doing the kitchener stitch for the toe this morning after we got back from the gym. Working on 4 mm circular needle over 48 stitches…

  • Baby, I’m Yours

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    Reference Well, with the help of one of our little spies, the baby sweater was delivered to the parents. I know the spy gave it to his parents because I heard this: Father: Did you say thank you? Spy: Thank you, Pat. Despite numerous attempts on Mr. Penney’s part, we still don’t know whether they…

  • Icky Thump

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    Reference Well, the last of the baby sweaters is done. It is currently drying after a quick run through the washing machine, and I will show you pictures of it once it is in the hands of the mother (just in case she happens to read this blog. And if she does: “Hi!”) I was…

  • Don’t Sweat the Technique

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    Reference Roseann asked about the method (putting down stitches) I used to join the sleeve to the body. It is really very similar, at least in my mind, to a three needle bind off. Here is what I do.

  • Put Me Down

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    Reference  Well, I was hoping to be farther along on this by now, but progress is still being made: The second sleeve has a few more rows to go, and then I will “put the stitches down” in to the body of the sweater and work on the collar. I am putting down stitches, as…

  • House of Blue Leaves

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    Reference  Ok, so they aren’t blue, but it is beautiful to see this in the morning, with the sunlight filtering through the trees in the front yard, hitting the trees in the back yard. First, an update on one of my little rants. It seems that there is some information about this subject, or at…

  • (Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind

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    Reference Another thought popped into my mind on the way home from work tonight: Is there some kind of formula that you can just plug in the needle size, yarn diameter, and stitch pattern to determine the yardage needed to knit something? I ask because it seems like a basic thing, but yet I don’t…