Category: Knitting

I Love Yarn Day

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Though it might be every day for me, tomorrow is apparently “I Love Yarn Day”. According to the Craft Yarn Council, this day happens on the second Friday of October. They even have a website where you can find local celebrations. Most of these seem to come in the form of a flash mob. I have no idea what a yarn flash mob would be, but it does sound interesting.

They also suggest ways to celebrate on your own, such as knitting/crocheting in public, wearing something knit, gifting yarn, making things for charity, etc. Basically, do something yarny. And pretend that was a real word.

I will probably celebrate by looking at my current project

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as I walk past when getting up in the morning because I am spending my weekend up to my elbows in small children. But maybe I will get into the spirit by wearing a headband or barrette. Because, you know, it’s still 90° here like it’s not the second Friday of October.

In Development

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I’m still working on my Starry Stoles, just not currently. I needed a teensy break from the monotony of swaths of stockinette and beads. Instead, I am working on this:

A bag full of yarn doesn’t make sense to you? Pssh, picky. Here’s more:

It’s a new lace hat that I am taking row by row, as you can see by the notebook in the picture. Basically I’ve picked out a lace pattern and am figuring out the specifics of each row as I get to it. Helps keep my place in the pattern, really, since it doesn’t exist until I get to it.

I’ve just gotten to the widest part, so now I’m just working my way through the length. I’m thinking another color change repeat and finishing off the band in gray. Hopefully I will have this hat finished by this weekend.

The Finishing Touch

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Remember my mesh t-shirt I made a while back? Well, I wore it once and then tossed it in my repair bin. Not because it fell apart when I washed it, but because I didn’t like the way the bottom looked.

It was constantly riding up as I wore the shirt, plus it just looked unfinished as a raw edge:

So I decided to do something about it. I picked up stitches across the bottom at a ratio of 4 in every large space (I think it’s a chain 3 space?) and 1 in each small space (between two single crochet stitches).

Then I knit that in a 2×2 rib on size 4 needles for about an inch, bound off with Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off, and wove in the ends. Basically a 30-minute project that gives the piece the finished look it was missing.

Being 100% cotton yarn, the ribbing doesn’t actually hold anything in place. The extra inch seems to help in not feeling like the shirt is riding up all the time, though. Or perhaps that is thanks to the jeans I was wearing holding onto the new waistband. Either way, I’m liking the shirt much better now. Amazing how much difference something so small can make.