Knitting

Knitting is a functional art form that uses a variety of stitches to create something out of a single strand of yarn. While knitting was once considered to be an old-fashioned or maternal hobby (i.e. grandmothers knitting sweaters or expectant mothers knitting booties), there has recently been a renaissance.

Twenty- and thirty-somethings are taking up knitting in large numbers, and are not content to just knit tea cozies. Scarves, sweaters, hats, tops, and other accessories inspired by popular designers are a common knits, as are things you normally wouldn't associate with knitting, like stuffed monsters, arm slings, and even a womb.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Knitting”

• 100+ Free Knitting Machine Videos

  
  knittsings | Knitting Machine, Passap, Free Knitting Patterns Blog — Authority: 92
  Here are over 100 free knitting machine video links from around the web. Below you will find movies on set up, cast on’s, cast off’s, garter carriage, lace knitting, miscellaneous techniques and equipment and much more. This list is just the beginning. If you know of a great knitting machine video you’d like to ...
  2 hours ago

• chop, chop (and hat, hat)

  
  Dichroic Reflections — Authority: 128
  Since L’Empress asked, here is a picture of the chops I bought yesterday: And, since I had the macro lens out, here are bonus photos of the hat I’m knitting:
  3 hours ago

• Oak Leaf Motif Spool Knitter

  
  Grizzly Mountain Arts — Authority: 126
  Handcrafted 8 Pin Spool Knitter Dave has handmade this 3 inch spool knitter out of Poplar wood. He has also burn etched an oak leaf motif all the way around it. This spool knitter has 8 brass pins that will not rust, and comes with a 6 inch loop lifter. An additional photo can be found at the Ebay ...
  7 hours ago

• Whew.

  
  keeping me in stitches... — Authority: 126
  Busy day! My in-laws took the girls last night to spend the night with them, and weren’t bringing them home until after 3 today. The carpet cleaners came first thing this morning. They were quick though, out at 10:00 AM. I had the rest of the day to myself! I thought…”I could clean the playroom.” ...
  8 hours ago

• Swatch your steps

  
  SpinDyeKnit — Authority: 128
  I *knitted, I ripped, repeat from* to end of row, and the impatient part of me finally changed to a fingering weight baby alpaca that could take that kind of abuse more easily.  (And it, too, is just SO soft–no complaints.)  All in good time on that laceweight. I started over. Richard asked me innocently, ...
  8 hours ago

• Fabulous Offers and Sales!

  
  Access Fashion — Authority: 116
  Aventura DE-STASHING SALE - Verena Yarn Shop is de-stashing our stock of yarns from the Spring 09 issue. Registered users take 15% off all yarns from this issue and we’ll include the pattern for free! Subscribers still get their 10% discount for a total of 25% off yarns to knit the patterns below. Get a head ...
  9 hours ago

• Review Time!!! :o)

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 145
        A few weeks ago Amy from Fair Haven Health sent my husband and I some things to try. I got the FertileCM and Hubby got the FertilAid for Men. This going to be a review on the FertileCM. Hubby’s review on the FertilAid for Men because he only started taking it last week. He was out of town when we received ...
  12 hours ago

• Stash Relocation Project

  
  Damn, Knit & Blast It — Authority: 92
  The great house move has happened!We’re in the new house and we’re in that manic mood swinging place where one minute the house is fabulous and the next we’re despairing and wailing, “what have we done?”We bought from an old lady who clearly hadn’t been able to manage the house for some time. It’s filthy ...
  13 hours ago

• Saturday Stuph.

  
  KnitterMan — Authority: 128
  A while back a customer ordered some yellow and some orange fingering. I passed the order to the mill. And promptly forgot I had done so, and ordered it from the mill again. Mill delivered it the first time. I labeled it and sent it on its way. And the mills delivered it again. So I have an extra set of these:  ...
  14 hours ago

• More complete projects

  
  Esmerldas Studio — Authority: 126
  considering that Ive not done very much lace knitting, Im pretty pleased with this piece I really love the lovely, light feeling of this great silk yarn yesterday I pinned the edges (and that is a project that takes a while!) to block this lovely I used the spray bottle to spritz the knitting and get it properly ...
  18 hours ago

• Yummy

  
  Dianthus — Authority: 100
  The weather has turned toward chill though not really cold. It was the perfect day to bake. So this morning I made some cornbread from The World of Breads cookbook, which I love. It the Sweet Corn Bread with apples added to it (you can and I have also added blueberries). This bread is pretty rich and is sort of ...
  18 hours ago

• Saturday knitting and craft finds

  
  The Holistic Knitter's Blog — Authority: 130
  These caught my eye this week: Knitted Goddess Pattern by Michelle Simkins Worsted / 10 ply (9 wpi) Needle size US 6 / 4.0 mm This pattern is available for download for $5.00. Just love this pattern - ideal for any woman! Festivus Fingerless Mitts by Tracey Grzegorczyk Chunky yarn US 8 / ...
  20 hours ago

• Necchi Sewing Machines

  
  WikiMag — Authority: 152
  If its durability you need then you need look no further than the Necchi sewing machines. They have come a long way with us dating back to pre-war. This machine was founded on the Singer model and became extremely popular in Italy, and then expanded into the world not long after.
  20 hours ago

• Its in the Bag

  
  Gypsyknits — Authority: 116
  Ive been sewing. That is until the sewing chair broke and yes I was sitting on it. There was a weak chair leg and Ive been after the DH to fix it but seems he hasnt had the time (eyeroll). Needless to say, I hit the floor, whacked my back on the chair and have been in pain since. Ouch! But before that happened, I ...
  21 hours ago

• stuff I did today

  
  Dichroic Reflections — Authority: 128
  One of the things I’m looking forward to in the Netherlands is the likelihood of an apartment with some soundproofing. We did sometimes have to sleep with earplugs because we lived right in the Centrum, right by the bars, and it got loud when they had things like the celebration for PSV winning the European Cup. But ...
  21 hours ago

• Fingerless Gloves Knitting Patterns: 15 Freebies!

  
  TipNut.com — Authority: 547
  These make lovely handmade gifts! Here’s a fine collection of free patterns for fingerless gloves (and handwarmers) that I’ve gathered from around the ‘net, just click a picture to view the pattern page.Fingerless Gloves: Free Knitting PatternsAlso See These Tips:Spiral Cowl & Fingerless Mitts: Knitting ...
  22 hours ago

• Commercial Sewing Machines - Online

  
  Spray Paint Car Blog — Authority: 154
  Commercial Sewing Machines Are An Asset To HaveIt is very difficult to sew layers together with a commercial sewing machine as it will not pass through the feeder easily. You will also experience difficulty when using fabrics like silk and satin as these types of fabrics tend to slip and one usually ends up sewing a ...
  1 day ago

• Sweater Curse

  
  Rocketboom — Authority: 424
  Molly explains the sweater curse. Story links: Rachel John, Extreme Knitting, 1000 Strand Knit , Art student knits life-size Ferrari , Mirian Tegels - the faster knitter in the world? , How to knit a sweater : Knitting a sweater: Increases in pattern , The Last Knit , Never Knit Your Man a Sweater (Unless ...
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• that time of year again

  
  cosmicpluto knits! — Authority: 419
  Not very many people get knitted gifts from me anymore – I did the whole ‘everything knitted’ thing one year but some people would really just prefer a Sephora gift card, you know? But on my short list of gifts is a scarf, and some toys, maybe some weaving, and of course some socks. These are actually ...
  1 day ago

• Video: Neutral Milk Hotel’s “Two-Headed Boy”

  
  the listenerd — Authority: 424
  At the Knitting Factory in NYC in 1998??? [ theduty ] Tagged: knitting factory, live, music, neutral milk hotel, two-headed boy, video, youtube
  1 day ago

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