Knitting Meme

OK, I guess I will succumb to the latest Meme going around (carefully alphabetized by CatBookMom), simply because there is no other interesting content for today.

Mark the items Bold for stuff you’ve done, italics for stuff you plan to do one day, and normal for stuff you’re not planning on doing.

1. Afghan/Blanket (baby)
2. American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
3. Baby items
4. Bobbles
   
5. Button holes
6. Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
7. Cardigan
8. Charity knitting
9. Continental knitting
10. Cuffs/fingerless mitts/arm warmers
11. Darning
12. Designing knitted garments - doesn't include minor/major modifications
    
13. Domino knitting (modular knitting)
14. Drop stitch patterns (doing one right now!)
    
15. Dyeing with plant colors
16. Dyeing yarn
17. Entrelac
18. Fair Isle knitting
19. Freeform knitting
20. Fulling/felting
21. Garter stitch
22. Gloves
23. Graffiti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
24. Hair accessories
25. Hat
26. Holiday related knitting
27. Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cozies…)
28. I-cord
29. Intarsia
30. Jewelry
31. Kitchener BO
32. Knitting a gift
33. Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
34. Knitting and purling backwards
35. Knitting art
36. Knitting for a living
37. Knitting for pets
38. Knitting for preemies
39. Knitting in public
40. Knitting items for a wedding
41. Knitting on a loom (see note below*)
42. Knitting smocking
43. Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars
44. Knitting to make money
45. Knitting with alpaca
46. Knitting with bamboo yarn
47. Knitting with banana fiber yarn
48. Knitting with beads
49. Knitting with camel yarn
50. Knitting with cashmere
51. Knitting with circular needles
52. Knitting with cotton
53. Knitting with dog/cat hair
    
54. Knitting with DPNs
55. Knitting with linen
56. Knitting with metal wire
57. Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
58. Knitting with self-patterning/self-striping/variegating yarn
59. Knitting with silk
60. Knitting with someone else’s handspun yarn
61. Knitting with soy yarn
62. Knitting with synthetic yarn
63. Knitting with wool
64. Knitting with your own handspun yarn
65. Lace patterns
66. Long Tail CO
67. Machine knitting
68. Mittens: Cuff-up
69. Mittens: Tip-down
70. Moebius band knitting
71. Norwegian knitting
72. Olympic knitting
73. Participating in a KAL
74. Pillows
75. Publishing a knitting book
76. Purses/bags
77. Rug
78. Scarf
79. Shawl
80. Short rows
81. Shrug/bolero/poncho
    
82. Slip stitch patterns
83. Slippers
84. Socks: toe-up
85. Socks: top-down
86. Steeks
87. Stockinette stitch
88. Stuffed toys
89. Swatching
90. Sweater (I'm assuming full-grown adult versus baby sweater on this one)
    
91. Teaching a child to knit
92. Teaching a woman to knit
    
93. Teaching a male how to knit
94. Textured knitting
95. Thrummed knitting
96. Toy/doll clothing
97. Tubular CO
98. Twisted stitch patterns
99. Two end knitting - Tvåändsstickning
    
100. Writing a pattern

*Knitting on a loom: There are two ways to go about this as I'm aware of. The first is using one of those currently trendy devices like the Knifty Knitter or a peg loom (I have a set of KK's that I bought on a whim). The other way is to knit on an actual weaving loom. Years ago, I picked up a 44-page booklet entitled "Knitting on the Loom" by Birgit Olson Barron (1988). I've been planning to set up a warp and try it out this summer. It is a method that incorporates knitted stitches within the woven cloth. Any loom that can be set up for a 50/50 plain weave structure can be used—rigid heddle on up. The loom is warped, and away you go.

Yes, I certainly do intend to one day be:

• designing knitted garments
• knitting for a living
• publishing a knitting book
• writing a pattern

I don't know how, but I know that I want to. It's possible. Difficult, I imagine, but possible. If others have done it before, then it's possible. Others have done it... why NOT me?

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posted by Jeanne @ 3:19 AM