Knitting
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My Finished Hot Water Bottle Cozy- Version 1
Hi everyone! After the fiasco of using a knitting pattern to make a hot water bottle cozy, I decided to try to invent my own knitting pattern. I felt confident to make one free hand (Without planning out the pattern before I started to knit) so I took the yarn I used to make the original cozy and began to work on it again. This new version, which I call version 1, does fit, but there are things I wanted to change before I was finally satisfied with the way the pattern is. I changed everything I didn’t like for version 2, which ended up turning out so well, it…
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The Importance of Taking Hand Breaks While Knitting
Hi everyone! As I write this, I am feeling the effects of knitting too much. Along with my shoulders hurting, my hands are hurting pretty badly. Many years ago, I used to feel hand pain a lot. Since it was so normal, I would push through the pain. Today, I understand the cause of the pain (Inflammation from underlining health issues (Not arthritis) and neurological problems I struggled with my whole life) so I know that I will need to take a break. If a break is something I cannot do (Usually due to work deadlines), I take breaks throughout the day and rest my hands. Right now I have…
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Failing to Knit a Hot Water Bottle Cozy (And My Plans to Fix It)
Hi everyone! Months ago, I decided to knit myself new clothes, accessories, and home decor items that I want to use. I already owned items made with knitted fabric, but they are either white or a pale color and not washable. I had serious concerns about them getting dirty, so I decided to knit myself some new items using machine washable yarn and use them instead. One of the first items I wanted to make was a hot water bottle cozy. I found a pattern online for a cozy I liked and began to knit it. From the first time I read the pattern, I had my doubts about how…
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Current Sewing and Knitting Projects- May 2022
It’s been a while since I wrote a post about my current sewing projects and the progress I made on them. Since I’m in between finishing sewing projects and finishing knitting projects, I wanted to write a post about what I’ve been working on and how far I am to finishing them. Also, I want to talk about my future plans for sewing projects. I have future plans for knitting project, but they take so long to finish I decided not to talk about them in a post at this time.
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Why I’m So Focused on Knitting Right Now
Hi everyone! For the past year or more, I’ve been really focused on improving my knitting skills and get better at reading knitting patterns better. I’ve been knitting for years, but for the past year or more I focused on it more than sewing and any other hobby I have but don’t mention about online. I will start to talk about some of my most recent knitting projects sometime soon, but I wanted to talk about why I’m so focused on knitting right now.
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Knitting and Crocheting Books I Like at Michael’s Crafts
This past month has been a busy one for me. Despite this, I tried to keep optimistic that I will be able to finish my sewing and knitting projects I want to. During a trip to Michael’s Crafts store, I found knitting and crocheting books that I liked. I didn’t purchase anything books on the day I shopped at Michael’s, but I did take photographs of the books so I could remember them. Some of the books I want more than others, but I still wanted to share them in a post.
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Types of Knitting Needles I Own and My Thoughts About Them
Hi everyone! As you probably know by now, I’m currently having body movement problems connected with healing from health problems I had for years. I am also taking time off sewing and traveling to take a lot of photographs in order to conserve my energy. Even though I’m taking time off two hobbies of mine, I’m still trying to do things to cheer myself up. One of those things is knitting. Knitting and crocheting are two hobbies I don’t think I’m good at, especially crocheting, but I surprise myself whenever I take on a new project and can find errors in the pattern. (Especially knitting) I don’t know why I…
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Knitted Lavender Rug Using Bernat Baby Blanket Yarn
In January, I wanted to crochet myself a rug. I found a cute pattern, bought the yarn, and began to start crocheting. The only problem is… this was my first time crocheting and I was very bad at it. After undoing my crocheting over four time, I gave up and decided to knit myself a rug instead. After weeks of knitting, it’s finally done! This is what it looks like…
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My Tentative 2020 Fall/Winter Knitting Plans
Hi everyone! It’s September and fall is well on it’s way. Although I’m very excited to see fall on it’s way, I need new fall and winter clothing and accessories. After searching for new knitting patterns and yarn to make them, I believe I have my tentative knitting plans in order and ready to be knitted. As of this post, my plans are tentative and are not certain. I’m not sure if I will change my mind about what to make, but I’m pretty happy with my list right now. Here are my current knitting plans…
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Velvet Yarn Grey Knitted Scarf
Weather in Arizona is warming up and that means I need to put away my winter clothing. Before I put all my winter clothing away, I wanted to share my new scarf that I knitted in December. While shopping at Michael’s for yarn, I found velvet yarn. I wanted a sweater made out of velvet yarn, so I picked up a few skeins to make sweaters out of. In addition to the yarn for the sweaters, I picked up some grey yarn that I planned to make a scarf and beanie out of. The original plans for the scarf and beanie fell through, so I made up my own scarf…
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