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imnotyourmother · Jul 28, 2009, 03:22 PM // 15:22

Well I was just wondering if there is anyone else that knitts while waiting to get into Jade Quarry like my wife does..she's making another pair of socks from the yarn blank that she died with Kool-Aid

pumpkin pie · Jul 28, 2009, 03:38 PM // 15:38

no, but i am very good at crochet.
I am also pretty sure you are not my mother!

Verene · Jul 28, 2009, 03:57 PM // 15:57

I love knitting! Though my current project is a bit too complex for me to work on like that where I might have to randomly set it down in the middle - I'm terrible at counting stitches and if I did that I know I'd mess it up.

I am, however, working on a simple shawl for my sister and a Jayne hat (from Firefly) for a friend that are mindless enough knitting that I sometimes pick them up and work on them while waiting to get in a group for JQ or other random times like that.

Also, dying yarn is fun. I need to pick up some more plain white wool so I can do that again.

imnotyourmother · Jul 28, 2009, 05:18 PM // 17:18

Well thanks for the responses.

I am always amazed at how crafty people are!.

Yes I am not your mother! I have tried to knit myself but the only thing that I liked was casting on!

Its my wife that loves to knit. She made me a fantastic red Cardigan for the winter months. Its wool and very heavy. Very kewl.

Crochet is also very neat and can be faster than knitting...

OlympiaofTyria · Jul 28, 2009, 05:30 PM // 17:30

I love knitting while waiting to get into JQ!!!!!! I am currently working on a number of projects, from socks, to a tank top, to a lace, etc.

But then again, you would know that ImNotYourMother because as your wife, I am the one you are talking about. Tee hee

Verene · Jul 28, 2009, 05:57 PM // 17:57

I learned how to crochet when I was a kid (my aunt taught me when I had chicken pox, so I'd have something to occupy myself with so I'd stop driving my family insane...

) but I haven't done that in years.

I have so many half-finished knitting projects though XD

OlympiaofTyria · Jul 28, 2009, 06:27 PM // 18:27

Oh I know all about half-finished projects Verene!!! LOL My problem is....'what should I do tonight? Knit or play GW?' More often than not, it's play GW. And thus I don't get many things finished!

Verene · Jul 28, 2009, 08:09 PM // 20:09

Yep, I definitely do that a lot!

I also tend to browse ravelry a lot when I'm bored, so I'm forever finding new stuff I want to work on

KiyaKoreena · Jul 28, 2009, 09:33 PM // 21:33

I haven't knitted in over 15 years, I prefer sewing. Now my sister... she is the yarn enthusiast. I swear her stash is growing larger as I type. But I do have to admit that glow-in-the-dark yarn at $1.50 a ball is a great deal.

**cosyfiep** · Jul 28, 2009, 09:41 PM // 21:41

as a fiber art major in college (yeah I love yarn-all kinds of yarn) I was mostly a weaver, however, I also learned to crochet as a kid as well as knit....in college I met a student who wanted to learn to knit, she says 'I'm a lefty' so I taught myself to knit left-handed and then taught her (was pretty easy to switch hands).
In high school Dr Who (Tom Baker) was very popular and he had this really long ---like 12 feet or so, scarf....there was a pattern for it, however, I didnt have the colors to begin with so I used what I had.....finished it and then bought the right colors---so I made 2 of them in college while in study halls!

dont do much knitting now

imnotyourmother · Jul 30, 2009, 01:03 PM // 13:03

SWEET!!! Everyone that wants a Dr. WHO Scarf give a shout out!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTT

"pick me" "pick ME!!!"

OlympiaofTyria · Jul 30, 2009, 01:09 PM // 13:09

My Ravelry queue is getting longer every day!!! I'm really good at starting projects, not so good at finishing them LOL

Ghost Omel · Jul 30, 2009, 01:12 PM // 13:12

No i dont =( i can patch up clothing but i cant make it, Unfortunately i did not have time to learn it from my Grandmom untimely death is not right =(, But than again i never been interested in it.

pumpkin pie · Jul 30, 2009, 01:53 PM // 13:53

oh my god, your a man!

i love crochet, i learned that when i was 8. We pester our math teacher who is forever crocheting even when she is teaching to teach us. she agreed, ask us to bring a crochet needle and a ball of yarn, and she will teach us to make hat, the next week.

next week, i went to school with both the needle and a ball of green yarn. everyone laugh at me, i was clueless as to whats so funny about my ball of green yarn.

Chinese proverbs/idioms/sayings, whatever you called it. making a green hat for a man is cheating on them.

imnotyourmother · Jul 30, 2009, 02:07 PM // 14:07

Well yes I am a man as a matter of a fact, an old one that like Toques!! I like ones with pom poms or without pom poms. Blue ones, green ones or get this...

I asked Oly to make me a Toque once and I got to choose the YARN!!! it is ORANGE and GREEN and Purple. It was fantastic!! Almost glows in the dark... now where is that toque.....

pumpkin pie · Jul 30, 2009, 02:34 PM // 14:34

hahaha, i wasn't making a hat! thanks for that word imnotyourmother! A torque was what i first crocheted.

imnotyourmother · Jul 30, 2009, 03:26 PM // 15:26

Sweet. A great way to keep your head warm and have a past time.

I do like knitted socks too. I can remember first putting my brand new socks on - oly knitted those for me too - and thinking WOW these actually fit!!!