30 days of knitting

I found a 30-day knitting meme so I think I'm going to do it. Starting... the 1st of April, maybe. Or tomorrow.

Day 1: What was your first finished project?

Day 2: What is currently on your needles?

Day 3: Do you have any other WIPs (works in progress)?

Day 4: How did you learn how to knit?

Day 5: How long did it take from the time you learned how to knit, to finish your first project?

Day 6: What is your favorite piece that you’ve knit?

Day 7: Your least favorite?

Day 8: What’s your most challenging project?

Day 9: What fiber or yarn do you love working with?

Day 10: Do you have a favorite pattern or designer?

Day 11: Do you have a “Knitter Hero” or someone that is just way too awesome for their own good? Do share!

Day 12: Where do you keep your stash? Post pictures!

Day 13: Do you have yarn that you love but can’t find a project for?

Day 14: What’s the worst yarn/fiber that you’ve worked with and why?

Day 15: What was your least favorite pattern and why?

Day 16: Have you ever had a knitting related injury?

Day 17: Have you ever had a project that you loved become ruined? What’s the story behind it?

Day 18: Do you knit English or Continental?

Day 19: Do you watch movies and/or listen to podcasts while knitting? What are your favorite things to knit to?

Day 20: Do you knit in public? Was anyone offended/incredibly happy/curious that you were doing so?

Day 21: Do you knit gifts for friends and family for the holidays or birthdays?

Day 22: Have you ever stricken someone off your to-knit-for list because they didn’t appreciate/take care of your last knitted gift to them?

Day 23: If you had the supplies (and patience) for it, what project would you start today?

Day 24: Have you ever made your own pattern or dyed your own yarn? How did it turn out?

Day 25: Do you have a knitting book or a place where you keep patterns, ideas, size measurements? Post a picture of it!

Day 26: Have you ever been a part, or wanted to be a part of a knit-a-long? What was it? If not, why?

Day 27: How do you acquire most of yarn? Online retailers, local yarn shops, swaps, or large chain craft stores? What’s your favorite?

Day 28: Do you do any other crafts besides knitting? What are they, and did learning to knit come before or after learning these other crafts?

Day 29: Do you have any tips, or things that you’ve learned from knitting?

Day 30: What’s your name on Ravelry? If you don’t have a Ravelry account, why?

Flip Flop Socks!

These took hardly any time at all to make! So happy :D I plan on wearing them in my office when my feet get cold. I think the reason I didn't think they took too long is because a) I'm actually a pretty fast knitter and b) the colours were fun to knit.




Materials: Kroy Sock Yarn, Color "Summer Moss"

Pattern: Lickety Split from Knitty.

Run away, run away

Well I started to make these socks today and I've already got probably 1/2 of one done. They're toe-up socks, which I'd never tried before. I'm making them because I want to wear flip flops at my office but sometimes my feet will be cold. So... split toe socks.

That said, I feel like everything I do is just an escape. Because if I ever sit down and think about things, I feel too awful to do anything. Does it ever get better?

Crafts of late...

Sometimes I just want to make hats. They're fast and easy.

Pink and White convertible hat
I found this pattern in crochet form from April Draven (look in my links, I'm lazy for now), but I wanted to knit so I converted it into knit form. I might post the pattern later. It's pretty simple.




Slouchy Crochet Hat
Just a random crochet hat. It's a bit big.



And what's this? Another creature? We'll see. I may not ever finish it, poor little guy.

Swish, swoop, etc.

I forgot to post this a while ago. I drew this picture for my brother's birthday card. I hope he liked it. I don't think I'd ever tried to draw a real animal before, in this style. I think it turned out pretty good.