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11/17/2007

The Yarns -- They Have Gathered


Here we have a basket with twists, mohair, metallic, tweed, alpaca, boucle, bulky, worsted, chunky, and size 19 circs. Know why? With four or five yarns held together, I am making the "Hot D#@*" afghan. This will include some knitting, purling, and dropping stitches. It seems that this baby only takes several hours to complete --- we'll see. This is my mindless knitting for when I am tired of the Argosy pattern. I must say that the Argosy is a fun pattern. The pattern for the afghan along with info about the origin of the name can be found here:
http://www.knitting-crochet.com/found/hotdamn.html
The Argosy scarf is at http://www.knitty.com/
Happy knitting!

Saw this at http://soulfulknittingministries.blogspot.com/ and decided to do it too! The things I have done are in Bold Print.

Afghan
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
HatKnitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Domino knitting (modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Baby items
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Slippers
Graffiti knitting
Continental knitting
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting
Knitting to make money
Buttonholes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colors
Knitting items for a wedding
Knitting socks or other small tubular items
Knitting with someone else’s handspun yarn
Knitting with dpns
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dying yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Knitting two socks on two circulars simultaneously
Fulling/feltingKnitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener stitch
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO
EntrelacKnitting
Machine knitting
Knitting with self patterning/self striping/variegated yarn
Stuffed toys
Baby items
Knitting with cashmere
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
IntarsiaKnitting
Knitting for preemies
Tubular
COFreeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mits/armwarmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Rug
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Hair accessories
Knitting in public
Knitting with buffalo yarn
Knitting with pygora
Dying with food dye/drink mixes
Dying with chemical dyes (acid, etc)
Oh-my-garsh!! Just lookit that list!! Is it obvious that I have been knitting for decades??! I still enjoy it, probably even more than when I first started in high school!

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"Be excellent at what is good! Be innocent of evil!"
---Bob Fitts

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