Hello all!
Tis Harrison, ze Secretary of BSU Knitting and Crocheting Club to give you an important announcement/update!
First:
Heather's Knit-along/baby steps:
-Tonight we just started on the cuff and Katie noted that when she felted hers she would have wanted to knit it longer then the 3inch it said in the pattern so she suggests 3-6 inches for the cuff area before going to the heel. Heather would like everyone to be finished with the cuff and start on the heel during club on Wednesday or if your just starting, it's ok, we can still help you no matter what step you are on, but the group will be starting on the heel if you would like to work until then for Wednesday.
Second:
We are planning for Monday around 6:30pm-7pm ish around that time Katie will be having a carpool in order to get to her house for yarn dyeing, Kastrel and Jessie did offer their place for the Kool-aid Dyeing, but can fit about 7 people in the place, so Katie thought we should do it at her place, which could fit more, please email Katie if interested to RSVP.
For those who cannot make it, here are some links for you to read if you would like to try it yourself one day:
Dyed in the Wool
Dyeing with Kool-Aid, A howto
First Taste of Dyeing with Kool-Aid
Kool-Aid dye it baby!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Additional Reminder for TONIGHT!
"We've gotten the OK to sell our hats!
THIS Monday, March 1st, we will be selling our hats for the homeless (or just someone who needs a warm head). We will sell them from approximately 5:30- 9:00 PM in the Atrium where the knitting club had our winter sale. A table will be set up and hats will be sold for just $5 each! All of the proceeds will go to the American Red Cross in aid of Haiti. Any hats not sold will be given to a charity yet to be determined.
This will be in place of our Monday night club meeting, but bring your knitting and questions if you want to help us sell, and we'll just have club at the table. I hope to see you all stop by or sit with us to sell them!
These are super cute hats, so tell all your friends and buy one for yourself!"
From the email since it seems like a few didnt get it for some reason, so doing it now.
Hope people see this in time.
Katie is not feeling that great, so i will be taking place, hopefully it wont be just me..
Harrison
THIS Monday, March 1st, we will be selling our hats for the homeless (or just someone who needs a warm head). We will sell them from approximately 5:30- 9:00 PM in the Atrium where the knitting club had our winter sale. A table will be set up and hats will be sold for just $5 each! All of the proceeds will go to the American Red Cross in aid of Haiti. Any hats not sold will be given to a charity yet to be determined.
This will be in place of our Monday night club meeting, but bring your knitting and questions if you want to help us sell, and we'll just have club at the table. I hope to see you all stop by or sit with us to sell them!
These are super cute hats, so tell all your friends and buy one for yourself!"
From the email since it seems like a few didnt get it for some reason, so doing it now.
Hope people see this in time.
Katie is not feeling that great, so i will be taking place, hopefully it wont be just me..
Harrison
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Updates on Sock and whatnot~
From BSU Knit and Crochet Email:
"Finally, our big announcement, which many of you may or may not have heard about, is we're going to do a knit along. The pattern is "Fuzzy Feet":
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter02/PATTfuzzyfeet.html
We hope that this task will help us all learn and understand the construction of a sock in an easy ginormous gauge. Then, we felt it down to a fuzzy slipper, perfectly formed for your foot. We will break the pattern into sections and hope that everyone will be able to get to the next step each meeting. We can catch you up on the progress of your "sock" either on Mondays or Wednesdays. Don't be scared! We'll help you along! We believe any beginner can do this, and it will really rocket your abilities forward.
What You'll Need:
Size 11 double pointed needles
Worsted weight wool (Pure wool or no more that 10% blend of another natural fiber.)
One of our favorite wools is the fisherman's wool sold at Hobby Lobby in a great big skein for about $8. It comes in natural colors or a white if you'd like to attempt dying your own. Hobby Lobby also sells other wool and wool blend yarns, check your label carefully! Make sure that it is not "super wash" wool- this won't felt! We WANT it to shrink.
We're really excited about this adventure and plan to start it soon. Bring your supplies to club and we'll tell you about the rest! If you need any help getting supplies, please let us know. We can order you some needles or possibly loan and get some wool to you if you need too.
We hope school is going great for you! Good luck on midterms and hope to see you soon at club!"
As for this week, not much happened, we did go on a shopping trip since only 4 went to the meeting this night and bought lots of yarn. Using a 20% off coupon i found online, which is quite amazing for me since i haven't seen a 20% ever, only a 10% off total purchase.
Next week we will be ... doing more fuzzy feet related things from Heather, Nothing on my part, except i should contact Joanns to find if there is a way we can get a discount as a club shopping there, Katie.. nothing so far is there? except a dyeing yarn and whatnot day sometime.
Seems like there is a sock craze, and so here is some interesting links, some advanced and some good to start off with. i personally prefer the short row heel but some places suggest a gusset to start for your first sock like this first link from knitty where it helps you calculate and determine the amount of stitches, you will need a set of double pointed needles though for socks or learn how to do the "magic loop"
-Beginner's Gusset Sock on Knitty
-Very nicely taken photos on various ways to do socks
-Short row heel tutorial for socks ( i used this when i was stuck, there are many other ways for short rows relating to socks though )
-Another relating to short rows
-Small explanation on gusset heel socks with pictures
-Magic loop tutorial *Warning, PDF might slow down browser on some*
-Picking up stitches for gusset heel socks or this one as well for another gusset heel pictorial
=An amazing little way for double knitting: for socks! on knitty
Now my little additive:
You should try some homemade tagalongs, they were pretty easy to make and such, just make sure it goes in a nice preheated oven with the dough already chilled slightly or else the lukewarm temps will melt and then bake it which is fine but will join together your tagalong biscuits.
Interesting recipe of honeycomb crunch
Until Next Time!
"Finally, our big announcement, which many of you may or may not have heard about, is we're going to do a knit along. The pattern is "Fuzzy Feet":
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter02/PATTfuzzyfeet.html
We hope that this task will help us all learn and understand the construction of a sock in an easy ginormous gauge. Then, we felt it down to a fuzzy slipper, perfectly formed for your foot. We will break the pattern into sections and hope that everyone will be able to get to the next step each meeting. We can catch you up on the progress of your "sock" either on Mondays or Wednesdays. Don't be scared! We'll help you along! We believe any beginner can do this, and it will really rocket your abilities forward.
What You'll Need:
Size 11 double pointed needles
Worsted weight wool (Pure wool or no more that 10% blend of another natural fiber.)
One of our favorite wools is the fisherman's wool sold at Hobby Lobby in a great big skein for about $8. It comes in natural colors or a white if you'd like to attempt dying your own. Hobby Lobby also sells other wool and wool blend yarns, check your label carefully! Make sure that it is not "super wash" wool- this won't felt! We WANT it to shrink.
We're really excited about this adventure and plan to start it soon. Bring your supplies to club and we'll tell you about the rest! If you need any help getting supplies, please let us know. We can order you some needles or possibly loan and get some wool to you if you need too.
We hope school is going great for you! Good luck on midterms and hope to see you soon at club!"
As for this week, not much happened, we did go on a shopping trip since only 4 went to the meeting this night and bought lots of yarn. Using a 20% off coupon i found online, which is quite amazing for me since i haven't seen a 20% ever, only a 10% off total purchase.
Next week we will be ... doing more fuzzy feet related things from Heather, Nothing on my part, except i should contact Joanns to find if there is a way we can get a discount as a club shopping there, Katie.. nothing so far is there? except a dyeing yarn and whatnot day sometime.
Seems like there is a sock craze, and so here is some interesting links, some advanced and some good to start off with. i personally prefer the short row heel but some places suggest a gusset to start for your first sock like this first link from knitty where it helps you calculate and determine the amount of stitches, you will need a set of double pointed needles though for socks or learn how to do the "magic loop"
-Beginner's Gusset Sock on Knitty
-Very nicely taken photos on various ways to do socks
-Short row heel tutorial for socks ( i used this when i was stuck, there are many other ways for short rows relating to socks though )
-Another relating to short rows
-Small explanation on gusset heel socks with pictures
-Magic loop tutorial *Warning, PDF might slow down browser on some*
-Picking up stitches for gusset heel socks or this one as well for another gusset heel pictorial
=An amazing little way for double knitting: for socks! on knitty
Now my little additive:
You should try some homemade tagalongs, they were pretty easy to make and such, just make sure it goes in a nice preheated oven with the dough already chilled slightly or else the lukewarm temps will melt and then bake it which is fine but will join together your tagalong biscuits.
Interesting recipe of honeycomb crunch
Until Next Time!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Helloz
Well another week has started and spring is closely approaching, good time to start a simple spring project like a tank top or something or something else since we may get more snow or cold, who knows.
If you haven't already, here are the links for our BSU groups on various places:
○Ravelry.com Ball state group
○Facebook's Ball state knitting and crocheting group
Nothing else, feel free to comment and don't forget the times of our meetings:
Mondays- 7:15pm
Wednesday- 7:15pm
location: Atrium TV lounge on the side of the bookstore.
to leave you off, here is a video that seems helpful for knitters, there are many other ways to fix problems and dropped stitches, but here is just one:
Craftzine
If you haven't already, here are the links for our BSU groups on various places:
○Ravelry.com Ball state group
○Facebook's Ball state knitting and crocheting group
Nothing else, feel free to comment and don't forget the times of our meetings:
Mondays- 7:15pm
Wednesday- 7:15pm
location: Atrium TV lounge on the side of the bookstore.
to leave you off, here is a video that seems helpful for knitters, there are many other ways to fix problems and dropped stitches, but here is just one:
Craftzine
Monday, February 15, 2010
Changes for the better
Well everyone, it seems that the fates have conspired in my favor. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I have been selected to be vice president of our little pirate crew. That means that the blog is now under the care and wisdom of Harrison, our new secretary, uber-knitter, and all-around okay cat. I may pop back in on occasion, but for the most part expect Harrison to do a better job than I did (and let's not lie to ourselves; weasels on keyboards could do a better job than I did)
In other news, don't forget that tonight is our yarn swap. Bring yer crap and trade it for other people's crap!
And now, your moment of zen:
In other news, don't forget that tonight is our yarn swap. Bring yer crap and trade it for other people's crap!
And now, your moment of zen:
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Bundle Up!
Well Get-Along Gang, I don't know if you kids have pried yourselves away from your Twitter and your MTV and your 90210, but it is freezing outside, so knit club for this Wednesday is canceled due to act of God.
Second order of business, my helper monkeys have fixed the links. Never say Auntie Heather never did you anything.
Thirdly, as we all know we (and by we I mean the crocheters. Those girls is fierce!) have amassed what scientists refer to as a "crap-ton" of hats. We have yet to decide exactly how we're going to distribute the woollies, so we have a few options:
1. We can give them to A Better Way, the Muncie domestic violence shelter.
2. We can sell them and donate the money to a worthy cause
3. None of the above because somebody has a better idea but isn't sharing.
Finally, Katie will be sending out an e-mail with sale dates, etc. In the meantime, I hope everyone has a warm, cozy, event-free weekend.
And now, your moment of zen:
Second order of business, my helper monkeys have fixed the links. Never say Auntie Heather never did you anything.
Thirdly, as we all know we (and by we I mean the crocheters. Those girls is fierce!) have amassed what scientists refer to as a "crap-ton" of hats. We have yet to decide exactly how we're going to distribute the woollies, so we have a few options:
1. We can give them to A Better Way, the Muncie domestic violence shelter.
2. We can sell them and donate the money to a worthy cause
3. None of the above because somebody has a better idea but isn't sharing.
Finally, Katie will be sending out an e-mail with sale dates, etc. In the meantime, I hope everyone has a warm, cozy, event-free weekend.
And now, your moment of zen:
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
These Broken Links!
Folks, I am aware of the broken links in the T&T section. Please bear with me while I try and find new links or fix the ones I have or run away to a French villa buckle down and ask for help. Cheers!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Help and Harmony
Hey-ho everyone! There be changes in the water at this blog. First, if you'll glance ever-so-casually to the right, you'll notice a new panel for techniques that might throw you or tips on how to make your projects go better. For now, we have a knit and crochet glossary, but tell me what you want to see on the blog and I'll post it.
Secondly, as Katie e-mailed to us all (we love you Katie!!!!) we as a club have decided to help make hats, scarves, etc for people who are not as lucky as we. As a way of doing my part, I will print my extremely handy Universal Hat Pattern (patent pending) and pass it out on Wednesday. If I can find my Universal Mitten Pattern I'll print it too. I will also post my hat pattern here now for those of you who might be impatient or just want a copy on the blog for whatever personal reasons you might have.
Heather's Universal Hat:
You will need:
1 set of size nine (American) needles. Flat or circular, whatever floats your boat
Stitch marker (if circular)
Darning Needle
Measuring Tape
Step 1
Make a swatch. No griping! Just a tiny one.
Measure your stitches to the inch
Measure recipient's head
Now the dreaded math!!!!!!!!!
Let's say our recipient's head is 21 inches around. Let us also say you happen to get 7 stitches to the inch. Remember, this is all your gauge, so if you do not like the fabric you are getting, move up or down a needle. THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG GAUGE!
We do a wee little bit of arithmetic...21x7=147
Now, this is the only tricky part. We need to adjust the number just a little bit so that the total is divisible by ten. Since 147 is close to 150, we'll just call it 150.
This is the cool part! Cast on 150 stitches in any method you prefer. If knitting circularly, join in the round, being careful not to twist. Don't feel bad if you do, though. It's tricky and always takes me a couple of times to get it right. Place Marker. Knit until the life drains from you, or until you get about 5 to 6 inches, whichever comes first.
At the beginning of the next row (round) knit 9, then knit two together (k2tog). Repeat until you hit the end of your row (round). Knit the next row (round) straight. Repeat this pattern:
*K8, K2tog* rep
K 1 row(round)
*K7, k2tog* rep
k1 row (round)
Get it? Keep going til you have knit 1, k2tog. Now, take your darning needle. thread some yarn through the last few stitches (on my last hat it was only 13. Your mileage may very) and pull nice and tight. Weave in ends, sew up the seam if knitted flat, and viola! You may add a pom-pom if you want to. I would.
Thirdly, Harrison has one again found us a kick-ass, if not a wee bit more advanced, link. Let's give him a big hand.
http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2009/10/basic-short-rows-theory-and-method.html
PS. Short rows are not as scary as this uber-knitter makes it out to be. Trust me.
And finally, your moment of zen:
Secondly, as Katie e-mailed to us all (we love you Katie!!!!) we as a club have decided to help make hats, scarves, etc for people who are not as lucky as we. As a way of doing my part, I will print my extremely handy Universal Hat Pattern (patent pending) and pass it out on Wednesday. If I can find my Universal Mitten Pattern I'll print it too. I will also post my hat pattern here now for those of you who might be impatient or just want a copy on the blog for whatever personal reasons you might have.
Heather's Universal Hat:
You will need:
1 set of size nine (American) needles. Flat or circular, whatever floats your boat
Stitch marker (if circular)
Darning Needle
Measuring Tape
Step 1
Make a swatch. No griping! Just a tiny one.
Measure your stitches to the inch
Measure recipient's head
Now the dreaded math!!!!!!!!!
Let's say our recipient's head is 21 inches around. Let us also say you happen to get 7 stitches to the inch. Remember, this is all your gauge, so if you do not like the fabric you are getting, move up or down a needle. THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG GAUGE!
We do a wee little bit of arithmetic...21x7=147
Now, this is the only tricky part. We need to adjust the number just a little bit so that the total is divisible by ten. Since 147 is close to 150, we'll just call it 150.
This is the cool part! Cast on 150 stitches in any method you prefer. If knitting circularly, join in the round, being careful not to twist. Don't feel bad if you do, though. It's tricky and always takes me a couple of times to get it right. Place Marker. Knit until the life drains from you, or until you get about 5 to 6 inches, whichever comes first.
At the beginning of the next row (round) knit 9, then knit two together (k2tog). Repeat until you hit the end of your row (round). Knit the next row (round) straight. Repeat this pattern:
*K8, K2tog* rep
K 1 row(round)
*K7, k2tog* rep
k1 row (round)
Get it? Keep going til you have knit 1, k2tog. Now, take your darning needle. thread some yarn through the last few stitches (on my last hat it was only 13. Your mileage may very) and pull nice and tight. Weave in ends, sew up the seam if knitted flat, and viola! You may add a pom-pom if you want to. I would.
Thirdly, Harrison has one again found us a kick-ass, if not a wee bit more advanced, link. Let's give him a big hand.
http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2009/10/basic-short-rows-theory-and-method.html
PS. Short rows are not as scary as this uber-knitter makes it out to be. Trust me.
And finally, your moment of zen:
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Getting Started
Okay, we've had a few meetings so I thought I'd post a few things to help us get through the bumps you may encounter.
First, crochet. http://www.youtube.com/user/tjw1963#play/playlists
Teresa's crochet page has a lot of good things, including left-handed crochet. Good luck.
And now, knitting.
First we have the knit stitch, in continental because that is what Katie insists on teaching.
And purl
And if you are lucky enough to get this far...casting off!
As a side note, if anybody knows a good knit/crochet glossary, send me the link so I can post in in the sidebar as a tool.
And now...your moment of zen.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Meeting times
Well everyone, we finally got our collective heads out of our collective rears and decided on some times to meet.
If you are interested in learning how to knit or crochet,we have a learning night on Mondays at 8 to whenever you feel like leaving.
If you just want the social fun-ness (and why wouldn't you, really?) the Knitting Club meets on Wednesdays at 7:15.
As always, we meet in the Atrium TV lounge. Bring your works in progress, patterns, and smiles! It's gonna be a fun ride.
If you are interested in learning how to knit or crochet,we have a learning night on Mondays at 8 to whenever you feel like leaving.
If you just want the social fun-ness (and why wouldn't you, really?) the Knitting Club meets on Wednesdays at 7:15.
As always, we meet in the Atrium TV lounge. Bring your works in progress, patterns, and smiles! It's gonna be a fun ride.
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