Archive for June, 2008
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Wordless Wednesday: Look for Inspiration Under Your Feet
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How To’s Day: How to Pick a Good Substitution Yarn
A few weeks ago when I asked for How To’s Day ideas I got some great suggestions. Thank you to all of you who made suggestions!! Keep them coming!Today’s subject was recommended by Karen. This is actually a question I get alot!
“I want to make this certain pattern, but I need to use a different yarn because __________! “ Fill in the blank ….
- I’m allergic to the yarn called for..
- I can’t find the yarn called for..
- It’s just tooo expensive.
So what do you do when you want to switch out a yarn? How do you find a suitable substitute?
Allow me to let you in on one of my (until now) best kept secrets: YARNDEX.COM
Some other great resources I turn to are the following books:The Knitter’s Book of Yarn: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Using, and Enjoying Yarn
By Clara Parkes
The Knitter’s Guide to Combining Yarns: 300 Foolproof Pairings * 8 Cool Projects
by Kathleen Grecco
The Knitter’s Handy Guide to Yarn Requirements
by Ann Budd (I carry this one in my bag when I go to buy yarn)
No Sheep for You: Knit Happy with Cotton, Silk, Linen, Hemp, Bamboo & Other Delights
by Amy Singer
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Knitters, and Quilters and Haunters oh my (throw in a few ‘mad’ scientists for good measure too!)
That is quite a title eh? Well the Columbus convention center was quite a melting pot on Saturday! It was fun to see people from the MidWest Haunters Association in scary masks walking the halls carrying bloody axes.. I thought about asking someone for some fake blood to put on my knitting needles.. too bad I wasn’t wearing one of Franklin’s t shirts..
In any case once I got over the ‘culture shock’ I enjoyed it!
I took an all day class with Cat Bordhi! It was neat. It was fun. I don’t really know why I brought yarn with me! It was a class on generating ideas for knitting and design. So not much actual knitting went on! Cat did teach a few nice tidbits in there. Like an ingenious method for making a SSK neaten up! I believe it will be in her next book.
I really liked the class and might be asking you all some crazy weird questions to get the juices flowing for some design projects this summer. So watch out!
The market was pretty nice. I only bought one pattern there, ironically a pattern by Anne a knitter who I occasionally rub elbows with at my LYS Yarnia! Yeah..
But I did get to meet Gerald a.k.a. KnittingBrow!
We have had fun talking back and forth on Twitter and it was nice to meet him! He works for Knitter’s Mercantile, who were the main sponsor for the event. Knitter’s Merc had some BEAUTIFUL kits there!! I would have loved to snap one or two up but I need to get through some projects I have lined up here first! So Gerald is going to keep me in line a bit by bugging me on Twitter!
All in all it was a great day. I got some good ideas, I learned a couple useful techniques and I even got to show off some loom knitting to Cat Bordhi.. who found it quite intriguing. (I think…)
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Much to tired…
To do anything…later..
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Knitters Connection!
Great day! Fun trip! Details and pictures tomorrow!
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Right Bat Time, Right Bat Place!
We totally scored today! We stopped by a tag sale after VBS and as we were walking through the kitchen I asked if the refrigerator was for sale (there was no tag on it) the answer was yes! And it was only $165.00!!! WOO HOOO! It’s a pretty nice side by side with in door ice and water with a light! There’s a savings of at least $1000!!
Friday the 13th is not so unlucky eh?
Paying the bills…
Coming April 13th
