tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124295072024-03-07T19:10:45.825-08:00Fiber Devdeveloping fiber & improving it along the wayJocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-70293665560501179352021-01-17T12:00:00.009-08:002021-02-10T10:49:41.606-08:00Sunday Funday<p> </p>
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I've been wanting to get back to my circular sock machines. I lurk in a FB
group and they post the most amazing things. Since I haven't cranked
anything out in awhile my skills are a bit lacking. Of course I went
straight away to ribbed socks because what I really want to do is a set of leg
warmers. It's been good practice as you can see.
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Getting the right tension, picking up dropped stitches and making the
appropriate ribbing adjustments are just a few of the things I had to
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But it's all coming along, if rather slowly. I even got all the way
through a heel without too much trouble. I'm on the toe of this sock and
then will have to do it all over again.
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I've collected a number of books as well, but the most useful one is currently
no longer in print. I'm working with the author remedy that
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Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-22324084875327655952017-06-21T13:24:00.000-07:002017-06-21T13:34:18.034-07:00WiP Wednesday<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jklgirls/33076003652/in/dateposted-public/" nbsp="" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="IMAG2577.jpg"><img alt="IMAG2577.jpg" height="240" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/551/33076003652_f5a331fb6c_m.jpg" width="178" /></a>I'm on the second sock of a pair that I'm knitting with my bent dpns. I bent a set of Susan Bates sock needles because I broke one of my size 0 Neko curved dpns (see that post <a href="http://fiberdev.blogspot.com/2017/03/another-pair-of-socks-on-curved-dpns.html" target="_blank">here</a>). In that post I introduced a set of videos on how to start a pair of socks using bent or curved dpns. I now have a full <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCekMtwbq_DR7dQRwwQERXWQ" target="_blank">set of videos</a> uploaded with playlists for how to knit <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3CZYcMvGY4&list=PLpDbLLPnO47WOALynxv-pUznMXDutV5A6" target="_blank">heels</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AhnPaZsJJQ&list=PLpDbLLPnO47VLs5WqzpWmUdsJjG6xSBlU" target="_blank">toes</a> on bent dpns and a special video on actually <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPLwcHTOZAw" target="_blank">bending your own</a> set of needles. I hope you enjoy my videos and find them useful. Meanwhile I'll be finishing up my socks, the pattern is Rose City Rollers, I used my own heel and the round toe instructions. You can see details in my Ravelry <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fiberdev/rose-city-rollers" target="_blank">project</a>.<br />
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While I was making the cozy I saw that it was too small. It turned out I cut it 1" short. I had cut enough for two cozies (both short). Remember the rule, measure twice, cut once? I just cut twice. <br />
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Maybe I should stick to knitting. That's my <a href="http://kathrynsbrain.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fiber Arts Friday</a>. How was yours?Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-81554244751769431882017-03-03T14:24:00.000-08:002017-03-05T10:33:35.029-08:00Another pair of socks on Curved DPNsI started another pair of socks on curved dpns. This time they are ones I bent myself. I got past the heel of the pair I was working on with the Neko size 0s. Here's how that looked:<br />
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So a friend suggested I try bending my own using Susan Bates aluminium dpns and the result:<br />
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They work beautifully too! I'm loving them, not as flexible as the original Neko's but not breakable either! I've got several youtube videos <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-Fm-vLcEtg&list=PLpDbLLPnO47VK3cdjkitkNxea7oLwQgvF" target="_blank">uploaded</a> on how I started these socks. More to come.<br />
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I learned to knit socks with dpns (double pointed needles). At the time it was the way to do knitting in the round, for sleeves, hats, mitts. Later someone discovered that you could use 2 circulars and do two at the same time. I tried and liked using 2 circulars and I go back and forth between the two methods. They have their issues, pulling out the wrong needle (dpns), using the wrong needle (two circs). <br />
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Then came Magic Loop. I've tried magic loop on hats (when I didn't have the right sized 16" needle) and it was ok, but pulling that cable just seemed to stop my rhythm. So I never tried it for socks and since I generally am a 1 sock at a time knitter, I never tried 2 socks on either 2 circs or magic loop. For two circs it's pretty straight foward, cast-on half the stitches on needle 1, then the other half on needle 2, repeat with sock 2, Not so with magic loop. <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><br />
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I used the instructions from <a href="http://www.spinfoolish.com/knitting-in-the-round-two-at-a-time/" target="_blank">Spinfoolish</a> so I won't repeat them here. What I do want to say here are my feelings on this new-to-me method of knitting. Call me a curmudgeon (not the knitting curmudgeon, that's someone else), I'm all for progress and all, but I'm not so sure this is for me. I can't help but feel like that guy that thought that cars were too fast, what's wrong with the stage coach? You get to see so much more of the scenery. Bah. Progress.<br />
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Seriously though, I'm glad I at least tried it and can now show someone else. It's great that with this method more people can enjoy sock knitting, or any knitting in the round without hating dpns (they're not that bad really -- try the curved ones if you like, see last post). For myself, I'll stick to dpns or 2 circs.<br />
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Happy Fiber Friday folks!Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-18958916392672337442016-05-20T11:17:00.002-07:002016-06-24T13:41:33.143-07:00Fiber Friday: Curved DPNs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I got a new toy. Introducing Neko Curved DPNS. You only need 3 to knit in the round, 2 to hold the stitches and 1 to knit with. The curve holds the stitches nicely (the needles don't fall out).</div>
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They're also easier to hold. These are size 0, and because they're plastic, a little flimsy. The bigger sizes are more rigid. To knit, you slide the stitches to one side of the needle and knit them onto the spare needle.</div>
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They're made in Germany and there are a couple places you can get them in the States right now. <a href="http://us.deramores.com/neko-double-pointed-bendy-needles" target="_blank">Deramores US</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CandrasYarnParadise?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank">Etsy</a>. I got mine on Etsy. The sizes are limited, I'm not sure if that's because they're plastic or because they're made in common German sizes. There are videos on youtube as well (in German, but knitting is knitting in any language).</div>
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-29365069114363725222016-05-13T17:00:00.000-07:002016-06-24T13:26:45.889-07:00Fiber Friday!Finally a link party to join! Okay, this is what I've been working on this week. I bought the class Modular Knitting on Craftsy and am knitting the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fiberdev/four-triangle-taj" target="_blank">Four Triangle Taj</a>. It's starts out with one triangle<br />
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It's quite colorful, I'm on the last triangle which will be purple! I've purchased several classes on Craftsy, I think it's a neat way to learn. I've done one on-line craft class before Craftsy and really loved how you can chat and share your progress. I think it's great that you can fast forward, replay and go over anything you want at anytime! </div>
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It's nice that both Ravelry and Craftsy store your purchases for you. Over the years I've gone through many computers and would have lost it all!<br />
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Yeah, it's my tribute to Prince. The pattern? <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/luminara" target="_blank">Luminara</a>, which is mine.<br />
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The lace motif looks like a flame to me is from Stitch Definition by Annie Maloney, it's pattern #47.<br />
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My Manic Monday posts used to be all about planning. Lining up your ducks. I had a different career then which was pretty stressful and crafting helped balance things. I'm without that particular career now and it's been a year trying to accept that it's over. Every now and then I toy getting back in but that thought quickly goes away. I just don't want that life anymore. <br />
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So what am I doing now? Crafting fulltime! Living the dream. But wait, before you get all excited...it pays nothing. So I'm planning again. I need to figure out how this is going to generate moola.<br />
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Not that I'll be blogging everyday. But when I do that day will be devoted to the above themes. If I'm not blogging that day will still be devoted to the above themes. Mondays will still be all about lining up those ducks. Tuesday's and Thursdays will be about either high tech and how it applies to crafting or techniques like brioche, mosaic, and designing. WiP Wednesdays and FO Fridays will be just that, working on stuff, finishing stuff.<br />
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Prince also wrote Nothing Compares 2 U, I didn't know that either. There's a line "Girl you better try to have fun no matter what you do" I'm gonna try that -- because Prince was no fool.<br />
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FOs and what I've been up to while keeping abreast with current projects. First up though is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fiberdev/caramel">Caramel</a>. This is the sweater I referred to in my last post. It's still a little big, but I wanted more room in the arms, maybe not this much. I like to wear things under my cardis and I hate when my sleeves bunch up. The back neck could have been narrower too. Next time. Changes in the pattern, I added lace! I love sweaters from Anthropologie, in particular those by Angel of the North. Their sweaters always have some feature on the fronts and back. I've got the same lace going down the back, although narrower. Also, I added pockets with the contrasting color as the inside.<br />
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I still had a bunch of this yarn leftover so I gave it to my aunt. Stashdown! For awhile I kept thinking of other things to make, but the yarn served its purpose in my hands so it was time the rest go to someone else.<br />
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Lots of sweaters in the queue to help me hone my "fit" skills, but other things seem to derail me. All in all I got a baker's dozen made in 2015 so, yes, I've kept busy.<br />
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Fiberarts Friday, FO Friday and WIP Wednesday blog-a-longs have all gone by the wayside. If you know of other parties drop a link in the comments.Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-85570937135050398882015-01-09T11:47:00.000-08:002015-01-09T12:04:03.337-08:00Happy New Year!For the last 16 years I've spent the first weekend after New Year's at a knitting retreat. Last weekend was the 17th year and we returned to the San Juan Bautista Retreat Center for the second time. I worked on my mosaic vest almost religiously (ha, ha, no pun intended -- San Juan Bautista is one of the California Missions, and the Retreat Center is run by Franciscan Monks). <br />
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And it's done! It's a little big though. I don't know what I was thinking when I cast on for this, um, a long time ago. Details <a href="http://ravel.me/fiberdev/mv" target="_blank">here</a>. I guess I just picked the Large, guessing that the sizes were S(M,L,XL). But for that the chest measurement was 46". And well, given that I knit a tad loose, it ended up more like 49". It fits ok, the fabric composed of garter stitch with worsted weight yarn, it's pretty thick. I love the construction, I just wish I paid more attention when I knit the back. I should've known early on (like within the first repeat of the pattern) how off it was going to be.</div>
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Which leads me to what I plan to work on this year...knitting sweaters that fit. Actually this was last year's goal but I didn't knit that much (house remodel -- floors -- which means I spent half the year moving furniture in and out -- twice each -- of the house). This time for sure. The sweater I'm going to start with is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/caramel-2" target="_blank">Caramel</a>, because I already have yarn waiting, an on-going goal, stash reduction. Besides since it has overlapping fronts -- I only have to pay attention to the back. Plus it's knit top down so I can try it on as I go!<br />
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Other goals, the usual, knit more (wip reduction), spin more, weave more, lace more. What about you? Leave a comment then head on over to <a href="http://wonderwhyalpacafarm.blogspot.com/">Fiber Arts Friday</a> to see what everyone else is up to!Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-32781239551394467342014-02-14T11:02:00.003-08:002014-02-17T11:17:41.444-08:00Air Nomad<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jklgirls/12508110975/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="IMAG0089 by theblairgirls, on Flickr"><img alt="IMAG0089" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7381/12508110975_0be82c5c19_m.jpg" height="240" width="240" /></a>
Yes, I'm an Avatar fan. Not the blue creature kind, the bending kind. What can I say, I have teenagers and we enjoyed the antics of Aang and his conglomeration of benders. Katara was my favorite then so I'm a huge fan the new series lead by <a href="http://www.nick.com/shows/legend-of-korra" target="_blank">Korra</a>. Still don't know what I'm talking about? It's a cartoon, on Nickelodeon. And this? This slouchy hat just turned out to be the right color and have the right elements for an airbending nomad. I hadn't planned it that way, in fact, the arrows are kinda going the wrong way.<br />
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It's <a href="http://wonderwhyalpacafarm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">FiberArts Friday</a> and I hope to see you next week! I'll be in the Handwerks booth #1235.<br />
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Here's one more view for the folks at <a href="http://tamisamis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">FO Friday</a>!<br />
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ETA: link to Korra on Nickelodeon.Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-89465330322186660082013-12-16T16:48:00.001-08:002020-12-08T17:19:43.590-08:00Knitting Changed my LifeI taught myself to knit in 1996. I accompanied a friend to a yarn store, then a new mom to a 1 yo, and saw all the cute baby sweaters. Muggle that I was I asked if she would knit a sweater for my daughter to which she replied, "Sure, but you could, too." She bought the supplies for a cute dino sweater (which I gave back to her when her son was born). Anyways, I must have thought about it for a bit, but eventually bought a book or two, some yarn (red heart variegated) and needles -- US size 6 straights, Inox, I believe. I knew how to cast on (long tail), knit and purl (or I thought I did) from childhood and proceeded to knit this:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhDAAFp_DaveEqfkBr7NWVZ-VjA7r9bGNoZVeuwMBLu8pWwssWFWfJ65mCXvAUDPaEGhsx5Ns6mf_LRrgDRyAfy8WmdESluHThyphenhyphen9ELT2Lm0loHHFr643l4cyYnaBncrfyjjWW5A/s1024/picsart_1383721887024_10703704144_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhDAAFp_DaveEqfkBr7NWVZ-VjA7r9bGNoZVeuwMBLu8pWwssWFWfJ65mCXvAUDPaEGhsx5Ns6mf_LRrgDRyAfy8WmdESluHThyphenhyphen9ELT2Lm0loHHFr643l4cyYnaBncrfyjjWW5A/s320/picsart_1383721887024_10703704144_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>
I went to my first Stitches in 1997 (and have gone every year since), joined a knitting guild (to which I still belong -- hello SBKnitters!) and took spinning lessons at the shop the guild met. I joined a spinning guild and in 1998 I joined a weaving guild and taught myself to weave, this is also the year I started taking lessons in bobbin lace. All throughout, I knit, took more classes, bought yarn (lots of yarn), books, patterns, needles, spinning wheels, sock machines, looms, learned inkle and card weaving, ... Prior to all this I was quilting and did some embroidery, and as a child I learned to sew, crochet and tat. But nothing really took off like knitting. And definitely, nothing stuck like knitting.<br />
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Here it is 17 years later and while I've done a little weaving, some spinning, a little more sewing (not so much quilting, just garments), and more bobbin lacing, I've done a lot more knitting. I even started designing hand knit patterns. And I don't see an end to it. I can't even imagine my life without it. There isn't a week that goes by that I'm not knitting. I always take knitting when I travel. Always -- it's the first thing I pack!<br />
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I know it's WiP Wednesday and while I've got a ton of things on the needles, looms, wheels,...I think the biggest WiP I've got going is me. Knitting brings me joy, a sense of accomplishment when I'm done and inspiration for all the wonderful projects to come. It's made me more patient, it's kept me sane but most of all it's just made me better.<br />
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Do you see it? I didn't notice until I had finished the top hem (and yes cut the thread) and tried them on. The left one looked a little, um, short? So what happened? I think it was when I messed up on the thumb gusset and kept going on with the increases. When I went to fix it I probably got off track on the chart. The left is one diamond short.<br />
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And spent the rest of the weekend getting back to the first picture. So I'm calling it done (even when I still have the thumb to go -- which is where I was Friday night), it's close enough and really will be tomorrow.Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-19292352545959276292013-10-07T10:32:00.002-07:002013-10-07T11:05:38.106-07:00Manic Monday: Waylaid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was on a finishing spree, and was hoping by Monday I'd have a "Done and Done" post. First up was to be Clandestine started for a CookieA KAL 3 (that's THREE) years ago. Close, finished the weekend at the toe. I had cast on the mate immediately after finishing the toe of the first sock. As quickly as the second sock is going I don't know what really made the first one go so slow. Was it the US 0 needles? The intricate 14 row lace and twisted stitch pattern? The dark yarn (with a name like Clandestine, they must be done in dark yarn, right)? The 18-20 things I had on other needles. <beg> Whatever, but I love how they look. The texture, the fit, the elegant lace. Second sock is slightly looser in gauge, which is always an issue with me. These have been claimed by dd #1.</beg><br />
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So what happened? Ravelry, that's what happened. They finally added a "fiber" category for stash and a flow to handspun yarn, yay! Ugh. I started entering my fiber and quickly got lost down that rabbit hole. The good thing though is that now I see how much I really have -- and what's up isn't all of it by half! Which means I gotta get busy because when this is spun it gets added to my already too big yarn stash. Double ugh.<br />
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I'm also nearly done with my Josephine mitts, just the top and the thumb to go (see bottom of previous post <a href="http://fiberdev.blogspot.com/2013/09/hitting-up-lys.html" target="_blank">here</a>). But it's been that way for weeks. <br />
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Then there's Celestarium, and the Whovian scarf I want to start (what am I thinking, I don't even have the yarn for this yet), and a weaving project (for which I do have the yarn, but can't find) and...it's just another Manic Monday.Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-78142851650465798252013-10-02T15:34:00.001-07:002014-02-24T14:00:39.675-08:00Yarn (and Cookie) Crawl<div dir="ltr">
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I arrived late Saturday morning and was wisked away to Pismo Beach to have our passports stamped at Eileen's Treasures. I came away with a skein of blue handpainted sock yarn, its twin purchased by my Aunt. At the next stop, Nordic Yarn Mart I picked up some woody rose colored long striping yarn. Yarns at the Adobe is also in San Luis Obispo where I snagged a sk of pink sport wt, plus a copy of IW's Unofficial Downton Abbey Knits, but don't leave SLO without going down the street and around the corner to <a href="http://cowboycookie.net/" target="_blank">Cowboy Cookie</a> where not only can you get the second best chocolate chip peanut butter cookie (Gayle's has the best), you can also get an ice cream cookie sandwich! The cookies are large here, so remember, they do offer a 1 cookie sandwich where they cut a single cookie in half. Three shops down and we had to get back to Cambria.<br />
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I love the new location and layout of Ball and Skein. They had a great selection and I won a door prize! I bought a Gina Wilde book and had her sign it plus one I brought and I got 2 skeins of the new Rowan Fine Art -- in a tawny colorway. I also got IW's Unofficial Harry Potter Knits. Now I've already mentioned Red Moose, but if you miss that, then head towards Cayucos to The <a href="http://www.brownbuttercookies.com/" target="_blank">Brown Butter Cookie</a> company where the second you enter you are assailed with the aroma of butter and invited to taste every cookie they bake. I think the original brown butter cookie is my fav, but the espresso bean one is a close second, there's also cocoa, citrus, coconut lime and a mint cocoa gluten-free cookie.<br />
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I went to my beloved GPY shortly after the Yarndogs closing -- my knit group meets there and while I was showing other knitters examples of the colorful magic that is Madelinetosh, I fell into a bin of a colorway I couldn't resist! I wasn't planning on buying anything, but then again, I never am. Like I always say, my favorite color is pink and my next favorite is rainbow.<br />
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I work in the East Bay close to Pleasanton, so I thought I'd drop by Knit This! Purl That! What a cute store! I had never been, seeing as I've only been working out here for just over a year and all that time before there were all these other yarn stores closer by. It's really easy to get to and has convenient hours so I think it'll be my go-to lunchtime place. I remember working near Bobbins Nest and going there for lunch. There's a nice coffee place in the same center that makes great quiches. I'll have to explore the food offerings near KTPT, but downtown Pleasanton looks promising. I bought a new to me colorway of Crazy Zauberball in a purply-denim, and some laceweight Freia.<br />
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This last long weekend I visited another fav, The Golden Fleece in Santa Cruz. We live just off 17 this side of the hill so we like to go down early and have breakfast in Santa Cruz or thereabouts. We cruised down hwy 1 and made our way to Gayle's then back towards 17 to hit GF. I got some Liberty in a nice pastel colorway and some HPKY in a not so pastel colorway!<br />
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And the best for last, since it's <a href="http://tamisamis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WiP Wednesday</a> I leave you with this, I brought my Josephine mitts with me and knit on them a bit while I waited for GF to open. Taken before I finished the thumb, I still have to start the other mitt.</div>
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Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-5308639009821933822013-08-18T11:07:00.003-07:002013-08-18T13:03:47.556-07:00And Another One's Gone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today is the last day that Yarndogs will be open. It was a quick sale, starting last Wednesday with 50% off most things. The first day of the sale the line to get into the store wrapped around the block. After today there will be only 5 stores left that I would call "local". The Knitting Room, Continental Stitch, Uncommon Threads, Purlescence and Green Planet Yarn. On the outskirts (from me) there's still Nine Rubies in San Mateo, The Golden Fleece and Swift Stitch in Santa Cruz, and Yarns by the Sea in Aptos.</div>
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Back in 1998 when I was still a newbie to knitting there were about 5 stores close to me, of those only The Knitting Room, Continental Stitch and Uncommon Threads (new owner) are still around. At the end of 2007 there were 12 South Bay stores! 3 closed in 2008, and since , 1 would move and 5 more would close. I have to admit, as populated as the area which I live, 12 stores was a bit much. But oh the choices! And the yarn crawls! So much fun. So much creativity. Each store had it's own unique offerings, from special yarn to fashion shows to all star instruction. </div>
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So what happened? Economics? Did the internet take business away? Sure, I buy online, Webs usually has some good deals and Jimmy Beans always has things I can't get anywhere else (at any price). And now with Craftsy, even classes are easier to come by. So what's left for a local yarn store to offer? What it has always had the advantage in, service (sales, support as well as instruction), inspiration, community and instant gratification. Give me a reason to go to a yarn store and I will buy something. But it isn't just about the goods, it never has been.</div>
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I'm a mature knitter so I don't need much in the way of support. And with my stash, I've long passed the need for more yarn. But I will always crave inspiration. And community? What knitter doesn't need that? What online stores and classes can't offer is that um-hmm, yup that's it moment when you need some acknowledgement that you are doing things right. Whether that's a technique, getting gauge or picking colors that go well together. And what about encouragement when you've finished or nearly finished something? These are the reasons to go somewhere local, meet with friends, learn new things, be inspired. And oh, by the way, when you're there? Buy the yarn.</div>
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Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-10250667829141656472013-05-24T10:05:00.001-07:002013-05-24T10:05:42.704-07:00A Slow Swing on a Trapeze<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jklgirls/8804194735/" title="IMAG1128 by theblairgirls, on Flickr"><img alt="IMAG1128" height="240" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5326/8804194735_fd10726377_n.jpg" width="320" /></a>
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Happy <a href="http://wonderwhyalpacafarm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fiber Arts Friday</a> folks! I have for you and everyone at <a href="http://tamisamis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">FO Friday</a> my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/trapeze-was-a-mystery-kal" target="_blank">Trapeze</a>! <br />
Yarn: Pagewood Farms Aleska in River Rock, 2 sks<br />
Beads: size 8/0 in pearl pink and matte purple<br />
Setting: 4th Thursday knit night for the South Bay Knitters at Green Planet Yarn in San Jose. My Celestarium in progress behind me on the table and blogger <a href="http://trinket-t.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Vivian</a> to my left.
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Here's the view from the back. Thanks to blogger <a href="http://andallthatyarn.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Carol</a> for taking the snaps!<br />
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Unblocked but otherwise finished, this was a Mystery KAL that I joined last summer. It starts with 3 trapezoids knit in the round which are joined with lace beaded triangles and finished with an icord border at the neck edge and a lace beaded ruffly border along the bottom and ends. I didn't have enough yarn so cut my losses and ended the border less 2 rows. <br />
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Loved the pattern, very unique which accents the subtle tonal changes in the yarn. <br />
<br />Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-26276753871510587952013-03-24T10:50:00.002-07:002013-03-27T09:06:46.381-07:00Manic Monday: Progress?I don't know if you can call it progress when I had 20 projects on the needles and still have 20 projects on the needles. In my last Manic Monday post I had 4 projects I was dying to start and 4 projects that had to get done before Stitches. I finished 2 of the 4, a reknit of my Giant Kelp in Cabled 8 and Drunken Path in So Soft Sock, and started 1, Canyon River in Super Twist in time. But after Stitches I really, really wanted to cast-on like crazy. So I started and finished 2 projects, the Lucy Hat and my Downton Abbey MKAL gauntlets. I also cast on Celestarium, which including Canyon River which I've made a little more progress on keeps me at my running 20. To date if I finish any 2 things I'm now working on I'll have reached my underachiever goal of 6.5 in 2013, okay 2.5 things -- but really? What constitues half done? A sock? I think I have one of those. I'm shooting for our annual participation in The Golden Fleece anniversary in Santa Cruz to have at least one Canyon River sock done. Handwerks will be there with yarn and I'll be there with patterns. If you missed us at Stitches, Santa Cruz is just down 17 and near the beach, stop by and say hello on Saturday, April 20.<br />
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And while I've made progress on the knitting (really I got stuff done!), I have not stopped the stash enhancement. During the birthday week I made a trip to the new location for Green Planet Yarn to get supplies for this <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fleur-apron" target="_blank">beautiful apron</a> by Pam Powers, basically 7 sks of Spud n Chloe, for the flowers I'm using leftovers (does that count as stash reduction?)<br />
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Somehow or another other skeins seemed to have found their way into my basket. Here's a mini parade of stash acquisitions from various stores, local and online:<br />
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Finally, I didn't buy much from Stitches West, but I did manage to get these slated to be a handwoven scarf on my soon to be obtained Cricket Loom (belated bday present from the dh, just haven't gotten around to purchasing):<br />
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Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-68352313823366196552013-03-15T09:09:00.002-07:002013-03-25T17:07:21.334-07:00Cast On Cast Off<div>
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Ah the joys of knitting with no deadlines. There are several projects that I've been dying to start but with all the prep for Stitches and 20 wips already on the needles I had to show some restraint. Immediately after Stitches I cast on a bunch of things and so I have a mini parade of FOs for you on this FiberArts Friday. First, I cranked these out on my Quiknit circular sock machine:<br />
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The yarn, Handwerks So Soft Sock, was leftover from my Drunken Path and since I used the same yarn for the demo (different colorway) the machine was already set up for it. Plus I wanted to try out the ribber on this machine so these were the perfect trial, and I got socklets for my efforts!</div>
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Here I am with my<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fiberdev/lucy-hat" target="_blank"> Lucy</a> hat. I bought the yarn in January and impatiently waited to cast on. It goes fast and is so satisfying. I finished it at my knit group and wore it after while I ran errands. Yarn is Madelinetosh Vintage in Black Velvet and Baltic for the band. Pattern from Knitscene Winter 2012.<br />
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Finally, long after the final episode of the 3rd season of Downton Abbey had aired I started my MKAL <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fiberdev/lady-violets-dinner-gauntlets--downton-abbey-mkal" target="_blank">gauntlets</a>. See my last post for pooling issues. I just finished the right and immediately started the left. Once I finish these I have one more project I want to cast on. I'll still have my running 20, which really is a rotating 5, one of which is this:</div>
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I cast on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fiberdev/celestarium" target="_blank">Celestarium</a>!</div>
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Happy <a href="http://wonderwhyalpacafarm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">FiberArts Friday</a> and <a href="http://tamisamis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">FO Friday</a>! How many WiPs do you have? Leave a comment and enjoy cruising the blogosphere.</div>
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I'm a little behind. I'll talk more about my other WiPs (a running 20) another time. Today I want to show you this:</div>
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This is how my Downton Abbey MKAL started out. I didn't like the way the colors were pooling and the gauge was off anyways. So I frogged down to the provisional caston and switched to smaller needles. Here's how the colors stacked up after one repeat of the pattern:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jklgirls/8554083004/" title="IMAG0975 by theblairgirls, on Flickr"><img alt="IMAG0975" height="320" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8242/8554083004_347422f991_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
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And after two:<br />
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I like this much better than the swirl. Some knitters participating in the KAL didn't like how you couldn't see the lace pattern, but I like how the lace pattern breaks up the colors into stiped blocks. <br />
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That's it for me, it's WiP Wednesday so be sure to check out what other fiber artists are up to at <a href="http://tamisamis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tami's Amis</a>!</div>
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Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-3594915058702603742013-02-22T07:28:00.000-08:002013-02-22T07:32:44.280-08:00Color at Stitches West<div>
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/canyon-river-socks" target="_blank">Canyon River</a> was originally designed from a bargello stitch in 2 colors of yarn we no longer have. I wanted to reknit it in a yarn we have for sale in the booth, and decided to use a single multi-colored yarn. The stitch is a slip stitch and just a little textured. The yarn is <a href="http://www.handwerkstextiles.com/hame.html" target="_blank">Super Twist in Haypress Meadow</a> and mostly purple with a bit of yellow, orange and green. It's completely different from the original pattern design, right? But it works! It follows principals outlined in a book called <span id="btAsinTitle">The Knitter's Guide to Hand-Dyed and Variegated Yarn:
Techniques and Projects for Handpainted and Multicolored Yarn </span>by Lorna Miser, and guess what? We have the book for sale in our booth and Lorna will be there to sign it! It's a great book from a very knowledgable knitter. Who but the founder of Lorna's Laces would know what works with hand-dyed yarns best? I was so surprised that a two color (striping stitch) could be so interesting in hand-dyed yarn. It makes you look at stitch patterns in a different way. I used to avoid textured stitches for variegated yarn, but I won't anymore. Come by booth #1336 at Stitches West from 12-2 both Friday and Saturday. Talk to Lorna in person, get your books signed and check out the yarn!</div>
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Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-39683590049147166902013-02-15T13:32:00.001-08:002013-02-15T17:31:00.202-08:00Stitches West Countdown ContLess than a week to go for Stitches West and I have a few FOs!<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jklgirls/8476059337/" title="IMAG0917 by theblairgirls, on Flickr"><img alt="IMAG0917" height="320" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8524/8476059337_9a0fbdb59c_n.jpg" width="240" /></a>First up is a version of my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/giant-kelp-scarf" target="_blank">Giant Kelp Scarf</a>, originally designed
in a Handwerks Club Yarn exclusive, I've reworked it in Cabled 8. It turned out great in this springy merino.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jklgirls/8476060351/" title="IMAG0918 by theblairgirls, on Flickr"><img alt="IMAG0918" height="320" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8108/8476060351_72c16eea2a_n.jpg" width="240" /></a>Next is a Drunken Path scarf in Handwerks So Soft Sock combined with Cascade's Kid Seta Noir. It's knit up on 9's and goes fast! You actually only need half a skein of the Handwerks.<br />
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Both of these and many other samples will be displayed at Stitches West in the Handwerks booth #1336<br />
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Happy <a href="http://wonderwhyalpacafarm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fiber Arts Friday</a> and <a href="http://tamisamis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">FO Friday</a>. Leave a comment and I hope to see you at Stitches West.Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429507.post-26187770875100349422013-02-13T12:44:00.001-08:002021-01-17T15:17:38.380-08:00Cozy CrankingWhat do we have here?<br />
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Lovely colors going round and round.<br />
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Coming out like little yarn sausages.
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It's a circular sock machine!<br />
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This is how I'm making samples for the Handwerks booth at Stitches West. I'm about 1/2 way done. We'll have them displayed at booth #1336 so you can get an idea of how each color knits up! But that's not all this machine can do. Come by the booth Saturday, Feb 23 from 2-4 and watch me make a sock on it!<br />
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This is a Work In Progress, check out other WiPs at <a href="http://tamisamis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tami's Amis</a>. Happy Wednesday!Jocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036568307660919673noreply@blogger.com0