What I did with Santa's gifts - part 1

limey · 02-05-2018, 05:57 AM

Well, as you know, Santa brought me some lovely yarn.
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When yarn is in a skein it can get tangled while you knit with it, so the first thing to do is put it on a swift:
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and wind it using a ball winder:
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into a neat ball ready for the next step.
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glatt · 02-05-2018, 07:35 AM

It's good to have the right tools.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-05-2018, 09:09 AM

You have neat balls.

Gravdigr · 02-05-2018, 03:30 PM

I also like Limey's balls.

monster · 02-05-2018, 08:13 PM

I love that colour!

limey · 02-05-2018, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

I love that colour!

Yes, BigV hit the spot with that, for sure!

limey · 02-12-2018, 02:36 PM

Here we have some more tools. The beads are in my grandfather's old inkwell (ideal to prevent accidental spillage). And the world's teeniest crochet hook. I don't crochet but it is the perfect thing for adding beads to knitting as you go.

Sent by magick

limey · 02-12-2018, 04:30 PM

And here we have some beads knitted into the knitting. I shall have to work out how to show you the process. It's a little fiddly even without trying to take photographs!

Sent by magick

xoxoxoBruce · 02-12-2018, 05:14 PM

Wow, that looks tedious. Not something that you can add to multitasking.

limey · 02-12-2018, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Wow, that looks tedious. Not something that you can add to multitasking.

Goes well with audio books, radio plays and music. Though we were listening to some rather distracting early polyphony just as I was getting started which didn't exactly help ...

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Gravdigr · 02-13-2018, 05:23 PM

Ehrmagerd, beards!

BigV · 02-13-2018, 08:26 PM

limey, I'm delighted to see you making such beautiful things with the materials I gave you. It makes me happy. I wish you could visit the shop where I got the stuff (the fibers, that is. The music shop is not nearly as impressive but just as local and independent.) The proprietor told me she'd dyed that skein herself very recently. I doubt there's a freshness value to it but I did like the fact that she'd done it. I like meeting the makers, the builders, the artists.

I'm excited to see the progress of your artistry too!

BigV · 02-13-2018, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by limey

And here we have some beads knitted into the knitting. I shall have to work out how to show you the process. It's a little fiddly even without trying to take photographs!

Sent by magick

as for how... I know bupkis about knitting but I won't let that make me stick to my own... hahahah

It looks like you push a bight through the bead and then carry on knitting/purling (just words I parrot without knowledge), instead of threading the yarn through the bead like pearl on a necklace. That makes sense to me since where would you start with the threading?? At the beginning and then keep pushing them up toward the ball until you need just one? That doesn't seem workable.

Anyhow, I look forward to more pics of your work in progress. I love progress pics!

limey · 02-14-2018, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

as for how... I know bupkis about knitting but I won't let that make me stick to my own... hahahah

It looks like you push a bight through the bead and then carry on knitting/purling (just words I parrot without knowledge), instead of threading the yarn through the bead like pearl on a necklace. That makes sense to me since where would you start with the threading?? At the beginning and then keep pushing them up toward the ball until you need just one? That doesn't seem workable.

Anyhow, I look forward to more pics of your work in progress. I love progress pics!

Your bupkis assessment is about right. I use the teeny crochet hook to pull the “bight” (that’s a nice nautical term! We knitters say “stitch”) through the bead. Yes, some knitters thread all the beads on the yarn before they start knitting but I’ve NEVAH been able to get my head round that ...

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limey · 02-15-2018, 09:24 AM

Here are a couple more progress pics. You can begin to see the pattern emerging. And the beads are nicer than they look in the pic - a sort of matt iridescent blue and pink.

Sent by magick

02-05-2018, 05:57 AM	#1
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	What I did with Santa's gifts - part 1 Well, as you know, Santa brought me some lovely yarn. When yarn is in a skein it can get tangled while you knit with it, so the first thing to do is put it on a swift: and wind it using a ball winder: into a neat ball ready for the next step. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-05-2018, 09:09 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You have neat balls. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-05-2018, 03:30 PM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I also like Limey's balls. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-05-2018, 08:13 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I love that colour! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-12-2018, 02:36 PM	#7
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Here we have some more tools. The beads are in my grandfather's old inkwell (ideal to prevent accidental spillage). And the world's teeniest crochet hook. I don't crochet but it is the perfect thing for adding beads to knitting as you go. Sent by magick __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-05-2018, 07:35 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's good to have the right tools.

02-12-2018, 04:30 PM	#8
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	And here we have some beads knitted into the knitting. I shall have to work out how to show you the process. It's a little fiddly even without trying to take photographs! Sent by magick __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-12-2018, 05:14 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wow, that looks tedious. Not something that you can add to multitasking. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-13-2018, 05:23 PM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Ehrmagerd, beards! __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-13-2018, 08:26 PM	#12
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	limey, I'm delighted to see you making such beautiful things with the materials I gave you. It makes me happy. I wish you could visit the shop where I got the stuff (the fibers, that is. The music shop is not nearly as impressive but just as local and independent.) The proprietor told me she'd dyed that skein herself very recently. I doubt there's a freshness value to it but I did like the fact that she'd done it. I like meeting the makers, the builders, the artists. I'm excited to see the progress of your artistry too! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-15-2018, 09:24 AM	#15
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Here are a couple more progress pics. You can begin to see the pattern emerging. And the beads are nicer than they look in the pic - a sort of matt iridescent blue and pink. Sent by magick __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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