Knitting like crazy!
Learning to arm-knit?!
Pintester Movement 2.0!
I read the sometimes-NSFW, always-hilarious Pintester blog, in which Pinterest pins are tested out by intrepid reporter/guinea pig Sonja Foust... and she recently issued a challenge: retest a pin idea that she's already tried and see what happens! How could I resist?
p.s. Mama, NSFW in this case means there's swearing. You have been warned.
One of my favorite -ahem- failures (sorry, Sonja) was an attempt at arm knitting; the FO image was pinned from designer Simply Maggie's video tutorial, and I was able to find it as a free! Ravelry pattern as well. The Pintester did not fare so well (spoiler alert?), but I hoped that my base knowledge of with-pointy-sticks knitting would give me some sort of advantage... and I had a cunning three-step plan!
Step 1: use the correct yarn for the job!
Step 2: easily grasp the mechanics of arm knitting!
Step 3: bask in glory!
Visiting stash... ooh, Step 1: complete!
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| Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Superchunky -- it's discontinued |
That sound you hear is me polishing my nails on my shoulder.
Like a boss.
Step 2: um. Okay. Let's present this as a series of vignettes.
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| Long tail cast on: success? I guess? looks a mess. Bless. |
Attempt One: in which I leave way too much slack and have no clue how to properly twist the yarn to approximate stockinette stitch.
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| Nope. |
Attempt Two: in which my husband hovers over me and tells me that I look like I'm in "yarn handcuffs."
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| He's not wrong. |
Attempt Three: in which my daughter distracts me so much, I drop a selvedge stitch and don't realize it until it's too late. Fillagadusha.
Here's what I learned about arm knitting:
Everyone else in the house needs to leave me alone.
Also, I need at least three days to procrastinate.
Step 3: I am a supermodel!
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| Eat your heart out, RuPaul! |
In the end, Attempt Four was a winner, with a cast-on edge of seven and a total length of six feet (ends sewn together). With prior practice and without distractions, I was finally able to finish this in the promised half-hour time frame.
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| bind-off edge of glory |
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| double-looped for cowl realness |
...I've said too much. Gotta go! Evenstar beading awaits!
9 comments:
Blue must be the colour for arm knitting. I have a blue arm knitted scarf aswell. Definitely a no distractions type of activity.
LOL great post! Personally I will never try arm knitting, I think my 25mm needles will be plenty big enough for me!
I would get so frustrated so quickly but you did a great job! It looks very fashionable :) So many Pintester Movement Arm Scarves and also Socktoctopusses. They seem to be the most popular ;)
This is the best one I've seen that wasn't the original tutorial! Bravo!
That is some FANCY yarn to be using on ARM knitting. Great post.
Handcuffs would be as far as I'd get.
That is actually super cute and something to wear out and about in the dead of winter when you still have to look cute but dont' want to freeze to death. Great job! ( also, im super jealous, i can't knit and you did a really good job and im super jealous of really crafty people because I'm just not)
That came out really well! I have a scarf obsession, I really need to actually start making some.
This may be the best one yet. Apparently I am seriously deficient when it comes to any sort of knitting. I also really like the Harry Potter reference.
Great job.
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