Her mittens are amazing… like paint by number with yarn. OMG! How you hold your yarn is just one aspect of knitting style. mittens: stained glass Grey is the feeling of a cold breeze on my face when I’m rugged up and warm. In searching for the perfect gansey yarn, the type of yarn traditionally used in these hardy fishermen’s sweaters is relatively rare. Have you identified your knitting style yet? I am very late to the reply party, and I bet you’ve already cast on, but if you haven’t, perhaps you’d like to consider the Kanagawa Mittens. A Very Harlot Poncho Yarn Harlot 7 1721 465. You are a light to us! Through every difficult time when I look back it doesn’t seem as bad as it felt in the middle. The other end of the yarn going to the ball is held on the same hand as the working needle. Your email address will not be published. One thing that's certain is the prevalence of right-hand dominant people in the world. My sister, who started knitting after turning 65, loves Magic Loop and can’t bear dpns. Some of those are already 4 colors, but I think many of them could be adapted. Greta Cunningham. Well I can’t wait to see them. And, running markers – that gives me so much hope. I can stop wondering about my counting (and getting different numbers every time) and moved markers (or not) etc.. Well, it snowed here in Ottawa today, so a new sweater sounds like a grand idea. Those colours look lovely. I completely agree, and I’m glad I’m not the only one! : The Yarn Harlot Unravels the Mysteries of Swatching, Stashing, Ribbing & Rolling to Free Your Inner Knitter. Probably not. This style is similar to lever knitting (see below) with the yarn in the non-dominant hand. Yes, that is very specific. I need that book! Ken: not weird arms. sleeves: That is going to be one YUMMY sweater. She has been knitting for over 20 years, knit blogging since 2007, and designing knitting patterns professionally since 2016. It’s like having a worldwide family. So good to see how far along those are already. (Yes, the yarn purchase was in a little fit of pique after a bad moment/afternoon with my mom, but I’m not writing about her today. However, the sun is shining beautifully now so all is well. Grey is calm, and it’s uncomplicated. But pattern over the entire mitten? I like mug-up and signal hill. If you're a right-handed knitter, the right-hand needle is your working needle and the working yarn is in the left hand. Its a mystery to me. You said it picks up the colors from some pillows you already have, so it should work. Will he model the sweater when it’s finished? The Portuguese purl is also considered one of the easiest ways to make a purl stitch. or am I missing some magical technique I don’t know about…. But that's not all! Combination knitters are therefore flipping back and forth in stitch mounts and must take this into account so that their. A stitch has two legs so there are basically two stitch mount options. Another is stitch orientation or stitch mount, that is, the position in which stitches sit on the needle. How you hold your yarn is just. I spent some of my work time out on my porch. :: Get in touch! Have you ever noticed slight tufts of orange hair on Ken? She is a remarkable lady, and I've learned a lot of things from her besides the Knitting Stuff -- how to take the moral high road is one of them. Sorry you had a carpy day yesterday and glad today is better. I never! Jodi is correct in sugesting the Kanagawa mittens. Continental (or European or German) knitting is a knitting style in which the working yarn is held in the hand opposite to the working needle. p.s. There's another option... or two. Or a knitting tutorial you'd love to see? Maybe something like the ones from Saltwater Mittens? Reverse combination knitting, which is much rarer, is the opposite of this. Powered by ScribeFire. https://www.kulabradesign.com/, I think your hand spun yarn is lovely and would make a cozy Peeping Cowl by Joji Locatelli, Gee, Steph, though when you said they matched the couch that they were destined to be accent pillows! Required fields are marked *. It also appears that he may have grown some while away at his first year of college. 5 skeins for $32. In the English style, working yarn is held in the same hand as the working needle. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#query=arne%20and%20carlos%20mittens&sort=created&view=captioned_thumbs&page=1, https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hello-goodbye. As this is the polar opposite to the Western mount, most Western-style knitters refer to this as the reverse mount. Sam's Blanket Yarn Harlot 3 2074 124. The way stitches are oriented on the needle depends on which stitch — knit or purl — you're working. This is so exciting! Moreover, it rained on the weekend and so all four of those little skeins are finished, and now I’ve just got to figure out what they want to be. This is also the reason why English knitting is considered to be the slower method of the two main knitting styles. A place for fans of the Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, also known as the Yarn Harlot, to come together. One Row Handspun Scarf Yarn Harlot 85 28531 11725. You’d need some yarn from your stash… The “Dobby Hat,” as I like to call it, is a lot of fun to knit, and was very well received. I do my sleeves two at a time but on two circulars like the way I knit socks .. doesn’t picking up and putting down different sets of DPs waste time? She learned the method from her grandmother and teaches classes on it. The Harlot's blog was one of the first knitting blogs I started reading regularly. It’s not just Canada — despite the fact that it was warm enough for shorts over the weekend, they’re calling for snow here tomorrow! I’m glad you’re almost through the sleeves – sleeves are so difficult in the best of times! 15 1. Great job on the sweater!! I flip a piece of yarn back and forth between my needles every so many rounds and it counts where I’m at for me. Ooh! Yarn Harlot tells all those stories with humor, insight, and sympathy for the obsessed. Goodness knows I’m not about to start loving sunshine just because everyone else does. Shelves: knitting-books. Anyway, all of this is not to say that you should suddenly love gloom and grey just because I do. If a mitten pattern doesn’t start calling your name, perhaps you should use your newly-spun yarn for a cover for a sofa pillow. That's why I like to use handedness-neutral terminology and refer to the needles as working needle and holding needle instead, to make pattern instructions universal for all knitters. Lever Knitting (Flicking) Other Names: Peruvian, Catholic, Australian, Irish Cottage What Is Lever Knitting? Running markers!! This knitting style is often done on straight needles with the blunt end of the needle secured in the knitter's armpit. The Signal Hill mittens are nice. The Yarn Harlot ain't got nothing on me. Yesterday I was convinced that Ken had long and stupid arms, but today his arm length seems completely reasonable. We, your adoring fans, would also be most grateful for another book like “Knitting Rules” with patterns and instructions. Even knitting sometimes seems unappealing. (It's just located behind the needle.) About fifteen minutes ago I hit my limit of what I can bear to know for a while, so I came over here to see what you were knitting. I hope today is a little better. Fortunate family! See the previous post!!! You put it so eloquently. Continental combination knitting is the usual way of knitting in Russia, which is why it's sometimes also referred to as Russian knitting. They would need a bit of math to adjust gauge, perhaps, but Kirsten Kapur’s Kanagawa mittens might be just the ticket. Instead, you use the same hand to hold on to the needle while, simultaneously, flicking the working yarn around the needle tip using just the index finger. I say go with that pattern. Phew, that was quite a lot! With those colors? Both a celebration of the craft and a sourcebook for practical information, Knitting Rules! I’ll show you sometime, but it’s how I make sure things that come in twos are the same.). (You didn’t mention chocolate, but keep that in your repertoire for next time.) Lever knitting -- practice scarf 1 Trying a new knitting technique that I learned at Sock Summit from Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (yes, the Yarn Harlot): Lever knitting.This was my original attempt … Yesterday was dreadful. If you’re up for mittens then surely the sequel, Saltwater Classics should be considered as well – the Hello Goodbye mittens look really beautiful and a fraternal pair using two colours for each mitten would be gorgeous! “Blocking will take care of that” – a laugh line worthy of Stephanie herself! The world needs more people like her. Sharing knitting, yarn and her lumpy over spun spinning escapades. If I could give you a good, hard hug, I would. To form a new stitch, you scoop the working yarn with the tip of the working needle. I so like the colors, however can’t imagine knitting that type of complicated beautiful mitten. Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter moves beyond instructions and patterns into the purest elements of knitting: obsession, frustration, reflection, and fun. The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much Knitlit Too edited by Linda Roghaar and Molly Wolf. We don't actually know whether this is true or just (knitting) wives' tales. Knit on! Continental knitting is colloquially referred to as picking because the working yarn is just picked up with the needle. I did all the right things, went for a walk and a run and got some sunshine on my face, and I made a nice dinner and I knit myself silly, and took lots of deep breaths, remembering that for better or worse, all states are temporary. Portuguese knitting (thumb flicking or Bosnian/Balkan/Andean/Incan knitting) is common in Portugal. ), (Someone always asks what the strands of yarn are, weaving in and out of my knitting – they’re running markers, how I keep track of rows or compound instructions. Rationale?? I think I was just crabby. Crabby days come and go, but you, Stephanie always lift my spirits. Sometimes colors, especially bright ones are just to jarring. Ken’s sweater looks great so far! 65.5k Followers, 495 Following, 3,107 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (@yarnharlot) Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's humorous and poignant essays find humor in knitting an enormous afghan that requires a whopping 30 balls of wool, having a husband with size 13 feet who loves to wear hand-knit socks, and earns her "yarn harlot" title with her … Susanna Winter is a knitwear designer, creating timeless and elegant pieces with clean lines. This helps with efficiency because you don't need to start and stop as you knit just to add more yarn. Does the same statistic apply to knitters, though? Stephanie is a gracious and giving lady. What if you mixed your stitch mounts? But for Eastern-style knitters, such as knitters in the Eastern Europe, Arab countries, Spain, and South America, it's just a regular mount. Lever knitting, also known as pivot knitting or Irish Cottage knitting, uses the same flicking motion. I know this is temporary, but “temporary” is subjective. Hi Stephanie… I have a question.. Leave a comment; Share; Flag; niaskywalk; March 21st, 2006, 11:34 am; WIP and FO from Knitting Olympics. I’m crabby today because of a medical test that has left my throat feeling like sandpaper. Me personally? I have to be inside today to work but I keep trying to open all my doors so I can be inside while feeling like I’m part of the weather. I can be perfectly fine for most of the day, and then some little thing (usually something I hear on the radio, or tv), puts me in the depth of despair. But you ARE right, she’s knitting one for a while, putting it down, then picking up the other one. Every project, from a misshapen hat to the most magnificent sweater, holds a story. Ooh! It seems to me that it’s really more about keeping the stitches near the end of the needles and combining movements (i.e. YOU: allowed to have a grouchy day, yes you are. I look in daily to re-read old posts and comments. Feel what you feel, friend, it’s OK. (((virtual))). You more than most at the moment have every right to be crabby and yet here you are, still doing for others. Got a question for me? Perhaps the most famous proponent of lever knitting is Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, also known as the Yarn Harlot. Me, too. No stitches are twisted which is why Eastern style knitting is also known as the Eastern uncrossed method. I love the grey too. If you're a left-handed knitter, you need to do everything as a mirror image to a right-handed person or to right-handed knitting patterns. putting the needle through the stitch and throwing the yarn in a single movement) than about doing it EXACTLY as the Yarn Harlot does. For me, working from home is so draining. Recommends it for: people with too much time on their hands. Just wondering. I’m coping, sort of, by knitting a lot of little projects, so I definitely see progress. 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