Monday, 18 December 2006
i should not go half through the month sans entry.
I have had the craziest weekend. I got 5-ish hours of sleep last night, 3 of them in the car, because I took a spur of the moment trip to Hollywood yesterday. My friends' bands played at the Knitting Factory and I decided to go with them. I have wanted to see a show at that venue since I first heard the name, and now I finally got to! They had big murals of balls of yarn on some of the walls and their logo features a little old lady knitting. In a rocking chair, of course. There is a room called the "AlterKnit Lounge". Oh knitting puns! I can't get enough of them, anywhere I go. I'm pretty much running on fumes at this point since I never slept for more than an hour at a time. The six hour drive killed me. I'm a tall girl, and being stuffed in the car for that long is just bad. But I had a good time. I just wish I could have spent today in bed instead of at school. Did I forget to mention that it's finals week?
I have been so busy lately, even without day trips to the opposite end of the state. Holiday knitting is getting on my nerves. My dad and grandpa want hats and a TON of people have asked me for scarves. I've done a fair bit of crocheting, too. I have yet to really take any pictures yet. I'd like to photo everything before I give it away. I need to get my shit in gear! I also have two pairs of mittens/gloves to knit by Christmas. UGH!
In order to help me out with all this knitting I am going to need to do in the future, especially scarves, I've asked my mom for a knitting machine! I figure that way I can churn out simple stuff pretty quickly, and maybe make some money that way. I don't like doing miles of stockinette, so why not let a machine do it for me?
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i have seriously thought about it too, but i am not techically good, so i wasn't sure if i could handle it well enough. also, they generally can only use thinish yarns. i thought a sock knitting machine would rock, too, you know? legwarmers, armwarmers, etc, etc, etc. socks for everyone! even if you could just do the tube part on there and the finishing on your own. i know that the machines can do cables and fancy things, but i don't know if i could program them, you know?
Posted by: natasha | Monday, 18 December 2006
Yeah, I figure it will probably take me a while to figure it out. The one I want is a simple one (or so it says). I've heard about the thinner yarns, which is fine with me. Thicker yarns are faster to knit up anyway, so doing that by hand is easy. I think they make machines that hook up to the computer. That would be so cool but like you say, I don't know if I am techincal enough for that.
Posted by: Jess | Tuesday, 19 December 2006
My Mother-In-Law has a knitting machine, it's pretty frikken cool! It looks scary, but I'm sure once you figure it out it's tit. I want one for blankets. The thought of hand knitting a blanket makes my eye twitch.
I've always wanted to go to The Knitting Factory, and now that I know there's actually a Knitting theme...I'm DYING to go.
And don't feel bad about gaps, I went months! I'm back in the reading-blogs-all-day mood again!
Posted by: pam | Tuesday, 16 January 2007
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