Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Photography Assignment
This weeks photography assignment was "Street Photography." Here are a few of the pictures I took:
(Posted By Mia)
Sunday, January 16, 2011
The Mittens.
These mittens took a long long long time to make. They're pretty though - however- they look prettier in the picture than they do in real life. The tale of these mittens is filled with disaster and (sort of) tragedy.
At first, they seemed fine. I liked making them and I thought they were pretty. Then, once I got to the main part of the hand (the part with the tall flowers), the knitting seemed to slow down. Really slow down. It seemed like I was knitting forever.... then I realised the chart was so small, I couldn't read it, which led to slower knitting. So I enlarged it, and all is good, right?
NO. They seemed way too big for their intended recipient. But, I kept knitting, hoping that they would be ok. Finally, I finished the first mitten. (It took about a month...) and I had a week to make the other one.
So, all was well. (kind of) and I kept knitting. Then, when I was mostly done, I realised that I had forgot to leave stitches open for the thumb. OOPS. Oh well, I thought. I'll just do an afterthought thumb) When I was done, and cut the thumb, I realised that I had cut the thumb in the wrong place. Or so I thought. I really had knit two left mittens. Well. After some thought, I just cut the thumb in the opposite side. It doesn't fit quite as well (no gusset) but oh well.
I gave them to her and she likes them, even though they are too big. She said I should enter them in the fair. :)
Maybe someday I will knit another pair and enter them!
(posted by Chloe)
At first, they seemed fine. I liked making them and I thought they were pretty. Then, once I got to the main part of the hand (the part with the tall flowers), the knitting seemed to slow down. Really slow down. It seemed like I was knitting forever.... then I realised the chart was so small, I couldn't read it, which led to slower knitting. So I enlarged it, and all is good, right?
NO. They seemed way too big for their intended recipient. But, I kept knitting, hoping that they would be ok. Finally, I finished the first mitten. (It took about a month...) and I had a week to make the other one.
So, all was well. (kind of) and I kept knitting. Then, when I was mostly done, I realised that I had forgot to leave stitches open for the thumb. OOPS. Oh well, I thought. I'll just do an afterthought thumb) When I was done, and cut the thumb, I realised that I had cut the thumb in the wrong place. Or so I thought. I really had knit two left mittens. Well. After some thought, I just cut the thumb in the opposite side. It doesn't fit quite as well (no gusset) but oh well.
I gave them to her and she likes them, even though they are too big. She said I should enter them in the fair. :)
Maybe someday I will knit another pair and enter them!
(posted by Chloe)
Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Finge{rings}
My friend Maddy (http://maddyknits.wordpress.com/) and I have been making knitted rings to sell on our Etsy shop! They're soo cute and really warm! (They're made out of 100% wool yarn!)
So far, we have:
owls
butterflies
giraffes,
turtles, hearts, and I think a dragonfly is in progress!
Come visit our Etsy shop!
We are selling these for $6 each!
(This might sound expensive, but it's not, really! We handknit these ourselves!)
I really love making these!
(posted by Chloe)
P. S.
Here's Maddy's post!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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