Craft Sound Tip #1:
If you want to mimic the sound of aliens communicating via subfrequencial televibrations, walk around with a small cellophane bag filled tightly with googly eyes.
I am a little late on this one, but I’ve only now caught up with all my blog reading! Here is a great suggestion on how to retrofit your mitts! I’ll have to try this on my current mittens, as they are cold enough to freeze your Winnebago.
Has anyone else gotten this email? Does anyone else feel like this is pretty much a Viagra commercial? Am I going to have to buy herbal supplements now, or is it enough to use a knitting pump?
(OK, so I just watched the video, and holy F! That is Michael Schumacher knitting. Or, to be current, Lewis Hamilton knitting. Or, to be biased, Nick Heidfeld knitting.)
Vegan Yum Yum has a good article on Food Photography for Bloggers, but considering the scale of food (small) and the scale of knitting (wouldn’t you know it’s also small!), there are lots of things us knitters could take from this.
Most of the tips in here are ones I’ve heard before, but it did tip me off to these lovely Lowel Ego lights for shooting at night, otherwise known as any time during the winter in Canada.
My first attempt at amigurumi lasted about 3 rounds before I lost my place and couldn’t figure out the start of the row. If starting is your biggest problem, this post on how to start amigurumi would be extremely worthwhile.
Here’s an additional amigurumi pattern for a ghost:
I know this will not endear me to the pattern maker, but there are other pretty obvious negative associations with this picture, or am I the only one who is seeing this? Maybe if the point at the top of the head were more curved, I would be less afraid of accidentally crocheting Klan amigurumi.
No, I’m not a foot fetishist. This is about sock patterns.
One thing that I wish were in every sock pattern is shaping that fits your actual foot. I’m amazed that after hundreds of years, knitted sock patterns still have that same symmetrical toe shaping. So I’m really excited to see that someone has charted anatomically correct toes! Your mileage may vary, but I think it’s a great first step. Pardon the pun.
I’m heading off to the Sault again. I’ve got a copy of The Golden Compass to read, a few papers for my masters and the stats from all that wonderful data you generous folks gave to me!
I’m also printing something else out…
I’m finally starting Bubble! I didn’t have any worsted/aran wool to use with this and I’m still trying to stick to my stash diet, so I drove to Value Village yesterday and bought a pullover in a crimson colour. It’s cotton, which I don’t usually like to knit with, but I think it will be ok. I ripped, skeined and washed it last night, and it’s drying as we speak. Hopefully it will be dry in 4 hours when I have to leave!
I’m back to taking photos again, now that my mom is back from Europe (along with her camera). Here are a few I took for you guys:
If you want to try your hand at embroidery, check out this Video Library of Hand-Embroidery Stitches.
Oh man, did I need this! I’ve been sitting on my Isabeau Purse for a few years now because I had no idea how to line it. But now I can try my hand at this tutorial and see if I can indeed Sew a Lining for my Knitted Bag! Updates soon.
Eve is a PhD student in cognitive neuroscience at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her personal blog is The Swamp.
