Maximal Insignia Chart

maximal-chart
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Knitting chart for the Maximal insignia! The PDF file includes a chart for knitting AND crochet: download now

broke. that's all.

Hmm. At least one cousin has shown interest in the Eleventh-Hour Scarf I made for Buggy. I wonder if anybody wants one? I wouldn't mind, except that I don't have much money just lying around for that kind of thing. :x

Would it be weird to charge family for that kind of thing? Or maybe I could try making a bunch and selling them on Etsy? I didn't see any explicit instructions on the pattern not to sell any products made from that pattern... I suppose I could always note the designer and ask. And I can think of a few friends on LiveJournal that might buy one, if only out of pity. Hnnng. >_<

Anyway, as a bit of reference for later: Lion Brand's page for Hometown USA yarn colors, in case anybody wants to see what colors I can do. (GOD I love that stuff)

Transformers - Predacon Insignia Chart

It’s fairly easy to find charts for Autobots and Decepticons, so I decided to do some for the Beast Era fans out there. ;)



Charts for both knitting and crochet are available as a PDF file: download now

The Waspy scarf is done!



I also made a little wasp pin out of polymer clay to go with it.

on your mark, get set...

Busy, busy. I decided to make something for my internet wife (ha >;3 ), and it has to be snug and warm enough for winters in upstate New York. And green-- there's a reason we call her Buggy, after all.

I'm going with either the Eleventh Hour Scarf or the Stash Drop-Stitch Scarf (with yellow accents). I think it would be better to test both out and see which I think looks better before I throw myself completely into either one. I just got back from A.C. Moore about 20 minutes ago (they were having a sale on yarn! yay!) so I think I'll start... now. C:

i know how much i don't know

Okay, so the way I've taught myself to knit pictures into my work? I think the term for it is Fair Isle knitting. I'm not really sure. Anyway, doing it that way leaves a bit of a bulky mess on the wrong side, and I don't like that. Mosaic Knitting by Barbara G. Walker (link) is apparently a highly reccomended book for this kind of thing, but... I'm always hesitant to spend lots of money on a book. Even used, the cheapest copy is $25 dollars... meh. I suppose I could consider it an investment?

Then again, apparently one of the local libraries has a copy. Hmm. I need to get a new library card anyway, so I suppose this is as good a reason as any to get it. If it's helpful enough, I'll get a copy.

Shopping list:

• cable needle
• circular needles
• baby-weight yarn-- neighbor wants me to make a cap for her new baby! OH GOD THE PRESSURE
• ummm... some bulky and super-bulky
  

Hi, my name is Liz and...

You know when a hobby has morphed into an obsession when you open a blog dedicated to knitting and crocheting.

Just... knitting and crocheting.

*headdesk*

Anyway, hi. I'm Liz, 22 years old, and I am addicted to knitting crocheting. Well, addicted to making things, really. I love to draw and paint, write and sculpt... anything that means creating. But I think we'll just stick to the yarnwork for the sake of simplicity, yes?

My first exposure to knitting came in middle school. My younger sister wanted to learn, so my mother attempted to teach her, and I was intrigued. Unfortunately my first mess (what was to be a scarf, or something) turned me off of the whole ordeal. It's too difficult, I thought.

Several years later, my sister once again expressed a desire to learn knitting. I went out and bought her a Boye "I Taught Myself to Knit" kit from a local craft store, and gave it to her for Christmas. Months went by, and she showed no interest in opening it, so I asked if I could give it a try. Let's just say the contents of that kit now belong to me, and they have been well-used.

For a long time it was just an off-and-on hobby, mostly because I have a really short attention span, but also because the things I knitted had a tendency to curl up into tubes. I've since identified the problem and corrected it, but I've got a couple of scarf-tubes that could probably be frogged and re-done, I think.

Then came... Ravelry. Oh. My. God.

You shouldn't have done that, Dave.

So many patterns-- and nice people-- and helpful links! I was completely and totally sucked in.

That was only a week ago. Since then, I have started 3 new projects, revived two old ones, and added at least ten to my project queue. I am, please forgive the pun, hooked.

I've been using the Note function so much on my projects on Ravelry that I decided it would be fun to just have a blog chronicling my fiberous adventures. I doubt anyone will read this/be interested except me, but if you do happen upon this blog for whatever reason, hi. Don't be shy. :)