I’m pretty pleased with my progress as I (finally) dedicate time to learn the continental knitting style. Knitting is picking up speed but I have a really tough time maintaining proper tension in the yarn in my left hand when I do the Norwegian purl stitch. Any advice? I loop the yarn over my middle finger and feed it in over my forefinger.
On a side note, its been funny to watch my right hand forefinger reach out towards the yarn whenever I get confused! 😆
I had trouble with this too when I was learning, I think everyone does. I got better after experimenting with holding and wrapping the yarn and finding a way that was comfortable and easy to control. For me, I wrap the yarn around my pinky, curl my ring finger over the yarn, and then loop it over my middle finger. This gives me full control while also still letting the yarn slide through easily enough.
Tldr, keep experimenting with your holds until you find The One.
Cast off the Nautilus shawl (from Ravelry) tonight.
Well, cast off the shawl for the second and final time. I didn't like the cast off in the instructions so I ripped it out and did an i-cord bind off. Learned my lesson about ripping out the longest side of a shawl done in fingerling weight yarn. Won't do that again! 🙃
Alright #knitting community. I have been knitting for 40 years and I really need to move to the continental method full time.
I say full time because I do utilize the continental method when I knit with two (sometimes three) strands of color, holding one in my left and one in my right hand, but I do get confused when I have to do more than just knit!
What are your favorite resources for learning continental knitting?
Can anyone recommend a good book that is both an introduction to #Stoicism and a guide to practically implementing it in one's life? I'd love a recommendation. @bodhidave, any suggestions?
@jkirkendall@bodhidave@philosophy It's probably best to start with sources and then proceed to secondary literature. Brad Inwood provides a comprehensive selection of fragments in The Stoics Reader and Later Stoicism 155 BC to AD 200.
I usually listen to Audible books long after the book has been published, but these days, books hit the shelves and Audible the same day.
This hasn't been a problem until now - I'm 15 chapters into the third book of Adrian Tchaikovsky's The Final Architect and I'M SO LOST and y'all there are no cheat sheets or full synopses on the interwebs yet because the book has only recently been released...
It is a testament to Tchaikovsky that I'm still enjoying the book!
@jkirkendall@knitting So feel that! And yet all my 00 are missing 🤷🏻♀️. I finally just put a single hole in the corner of a billion freezer quart zip bags, labeled them by size, then put the mess on a big screw together key chain ring. So far it's worked better than anything else. Also passed the brass ones on to a relative who doesn't have skin that causes them to discolor.
I'm really, really happy with this piece! Both the blue and the off white yarn were leftover from other projects - the blue is commercial yarn, the off white is minimally processed hand spun. Great pattern - free on Ravelry: the Tidvatten Tide.
Cast this off today and sewed in the loose ends. Tomorrow I'll wash and dry it, and post another pic. The off white yarn is handspun and still has a lot of lanolin in it, so it's a bit stiff. Looking forward to seeing it after I give it a good soak.
Its the Tidvatten Tide on Ravelry, and uses short rows to create the curve. Brilliant, simple design.
Finished The Hunt for the Mad Wolf's Daughter by @dianemagras! As expected, I loved it! If you're a fan of children's lit, like strong female characters, and want to feel as if you're actually visiting medieval Scotland - I highly recommend this book and the first in the series, The Mad Wolf's Daughter.
@jkirkendall@knitting@spinning That is some gorgeous yarn in a lovely sweater. Although it’s so hot here right now that I start sweating just thinking of wearing it.