The Big Knit 2009…
I didn't get as many hats as I wanted to do for The Big Knit but I did some (well 5) and that's all that matters in the end. Since I've started knitting with some form of regularity I've noticed that compared to most I'm a really slow knitter. I'm wondering if speed is something that comes with experience or is this it. I used double pointed needles for the first time whilst knitting one of the hats as an experiment and although fiddly to do, makes the finished object look a lot more "professional" in my opinion. The pink hat shown below was my favourite.
My cat Lemmy.
Whilst on the same subject I stumbled across this video by a French band called Trichot Machine (which is knitting machine in French I do believe) on YouTube. It's made entirely from knitted frames (I can make out around 718 at the end). I bet it took an absolute age to make.
Being productive…
I'm halfway through editing and uploading the backlog of gig photos which I was talking about in my last entry. The ones I've done so far are on Flickr if anyone is interested. I just have an all day Death Metal festival to go through when time allows and then I'll be up to date.
The Stitch & Bitch continues to go well too. I quite enjoy my Thursday evenings at Cafe Roco and I really didn't think that things would have turned out as well as what they have. The staff/owners of the cafe are lovely, the regulars who turn up each week are lovely too. There's no bitchiness (that I'm aware of) and there is a a good mixture of people who attend be it their ages, skill levels or backgrounds. I'm so glad it's finally here. It's still a relatively small group however so when I have time I'm probably going to knock up some posters advertising it and put them up at the local library, yarn shops etc. in attempts to get some new faces attending. My knitting as a result is improving I think as well. I'm currently knitting a hat for my soon to be nephew. A year ago I wouldn't have known where to start.
Finally this week I received a parcel from a friend in Japan which contained the much coveted Helvetica Moleskines. I'd been after these beauties for a while but I just couldn't find a way to order them in the UK and not being able to read kanji doesn't exactly help so I thought it was never meant to be until I asked my friend who happily obliged. Both Kaytea and her husband run their own business doing very unique hair extentions and wigs in Tokyo and come highly recommended.
I'm always writing/doodling in journals as this photo proves. I use them for everything, shopping lists, doodles, quotes, good random song's I've heard and want to remember, brain dumps, project ideas, collages, diary entries, you name it, it goes into a journal. I find it quite cathartic and although sometimes I may not touch one in weeks, when I finally do so I become a woman possessed. On average I fill around one each year, sometimes more, sometimes less and I always carry one with me just in case I have a few minutes to kill/get the urge. I also don't let anyone read them. I've considered burning them on a few occasions but I always bottle out in the end.
Hookers & Needles…
Last week I finally got my finger out and applied for an invite for Ravelry, which arrived yesterday and so far I'm loving it. I'm hoping it'll help inspire me enough to get the yarn and needles out again, which looking through the free pattens I doubt it'll fail. Hopefully it will give me the kick up the backside I need to finally organise the Stitch & Bitch I've wanted to establish for a while as well. I've also celebrated my 30th birthday and have had an amazing time. Lots of excellent presents received and lots of alcohol consumed.
Today is going to be spent doing some odd jobs and I am planning on doing some baking this afternoon. I did some on-line shopping recently with ASDA and I must have done something wrong as I ended up with far too many bananas as I have a ton of them which are slowly going black so I think some Banana Bread, Banana Muffins and some Banana Biscuits are in order. Today is going to be a good day.
Stitch & Bitch…
Image by Banksy
In the past I've always wondered if a Stitch & Bitch would work in the city of Sunderland. Yesterday I decided to find out after a lot of procrastinating and am trying to start one up.
This is purely because my knitting needles have been rather neglected thanks to one of my pet cats thinking its all a game whenever I get the needles and yarn out. Therefore if anyone is interested then please add the MySpace I quickly set up for more updates. If you don't have MySpace you can email the group too.
It really doesn't matter what skill level you're at (On a personal note I am a complete novice), what gender or age you are, or even what needlecraft leanings you have (be it knitting, crochet, embroidery etc). All that matters is that you want to make friends, and a bit of time on a regular basis so that you can indulge without cats trying to spoil your fun.
Hello.
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