The Stitch n bisque Thread!

ijustdiedinside · **Joined:** Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:43 pm **Posts:** 8525

here's where i bisque about my stitches! i was/am making a granny square quilt and i altered the pattern for the square i was making over the summer. now i've come back to working on it, but i didnt write down the pattern anywhere and I can't get my squares to look the same. they are coming out all wonky now. i even unraveled an old one to see what i did, and i swear i'm doing the same stitches, but it's not working. maybe my stitches have become looser or tighter or something. who knows?! anyway, now i'm just making one big regular granny square and i'm going to use the 24 squares i already have as the edging around the blanket. hope that works!

maygles · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:10 am

Finished baby sweater, for a friend whose baby boy came into the world on Saturday!

ijustdiedinside · **Joined:** Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:43 pm **Posts:** 8525

oh wow, adorable and tiny! i love baby clothes!

maygles · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:22 pm

ijustdiedinside wrote:

here's where i bisque about my stitches! i was/am making a granny square quilt and i altered the pattern for the square i was making over the summer. now i've come back to working on it, but i didnt write down the pattern anywhere and I can't get my squares to look the same. they are coming out all wonky now. i even unraveled an old one to see what i did, and i swear i'm doing the same stitches, but it's not working. maybe my stitches have become looser or tighter or something. who knows?! anyway, now i'm just making one big regular granny square and i'm going to use the 24 squares i already have as the edging around the blanket. hope that works!

Are you maybe using a different needle size? Hmmm. Not sure!

maygles · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:23 pm

paprikapapaya wrote:

This whole thread makes me wish I could knit. I try, but get so discouraged during teaching myself that I put the needles away for another year before I frustrate myself again. Arghhh.

Definitely consider taking a class at a local craft store! I took some advanced classes this weekend and they were so fun, and totally worth the (not super expensive) class fee. And I got a discount on materials that day!

ismloveyoubobbybrown · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:52 pm

maygles wrote:

ijustdiedinside wrote:

here's where i bisque about my stitches! i was/am making a granny square quilt and i altered the pattern for the square i was making over the summer. now i've come back to working on it, but i didnt write down the pattern anywhere and I can't get my squares to look the same. they are coming out all wonky now. i even unraveled an old one to see what i did, and i swear i'm doing the same stitches, but it's not working. maybe my stitches have become looser or tighter or something. who knows?! anyway, now i'm just making one big regular granny square and i'm going to use the 24 squares i already have as the edging around the blanket. hope that works!

Are you maybe using a different needle size? Hmmm. Not sure!

yes, my thought was that if your stitches are the same you may have changed hook size or are using different yarn (i've found different brands vary pretty wildly when it comes to thickness even if they're labeled as the same).

ijustdiedinside · **Joined:** Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:43 pm **Posts:** 8525

same yarn since i bought a ton of it when i started the blanket. and i'm 99% sure i'm using the same hook. it's so weird! the way i'm doing it now is actually a lot easier and there's a much greater chance of actually finishing the blanket now just doing a regular granny square pattern instead of a fancy one that takes longer. it's just weird!

maygles · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:01 pm

ijustdiedinside wrote:

same yarn since i bought a ton of it when i started the blanket. and i'm 99% sure i'm using the same hook. it's so weird! the way i'm doing it now is actually a lot easier and there's a much greater chance of actually finishing the blanket now just doing a regular granny square pattern instead of a fancy one that takes longer. it's just weird!

Is it possible that your gauge has changed? That is weird! Tell the blanket to stop being a poo! ;)

kittee · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:35 pm

I sewed my 7th Rooibos from Colette patterns. I just love this dress. Cutting out the pieces sucks, but it's really fun to put together (until you get to the invisible zipper).

the front center panel was gifted to me by my friend hannah. she sells amazing clothes over at madewithlovebyhannah--she screenprints all her fabric...

xo
kittee

maygles · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:54 pm

Wooowww!!! So pretty!

bodhi · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:16 pm

kittee, that is so gorgeous! i love the panel!

kittee · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:39 pm

thanks!!

esme · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:40 pm

cute! and i love hannah's stuff. i have one of her apple skirts and it's pretty much my favorite.

kittee · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:29 pm

esme wrote:

cute! and i love hannah's stuff. i have one of her apple skirts and it's pretty much my favorite.

hannah is the best. i have her ribbon skirt, which i also love. every once in a while, she unloads a few bundles of her seconds or cast off scraps, so she sent me a bundle. they are gorgeous, i've been stashing them for a loooong time.

xo
kittee

Little My · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:13 pm

That dress is amazing! I love the pattern. I'm just about to finish my very first dress! I'll post pics when it's done.

Phoenix · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:30 am

kittee, that's amazing! I learned to sew at school, but I could never make such beautiful things. I wish I could learn from you.

kittee · **Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:32 am

Phoenix wrote:

kittee, that's amazing! I learned to sew at school, but I could never make such beautiful things. I wish I could learn from you.

why thank you! i just followed a pattern for this using a mix of fabrics. you could do it!

Phoenix · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:14 am

Birthday present for an old friend: Cthulhu dice bag!

(Stupid cellphone eats all colour... Imagine the background is really orangey orange, and you'll see that the Cthulhu design isn't grey at all, it's green!)

maygles · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:41 am

Phoenix wrote:

Birthday present for an old friend: Cthulhu dice bag!

Aaaaah so awesome!!!!!!

I knit a replacement handmitt for a friend who lost one of the ones I made for her:

- Inside palm

- Outside

choirqueer · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:36 pm

I finished this shawl today!

maygles · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:50 pm

That is lurvely, choirqueer!

Okay folks, nebraskalaska just showed me this (sorry if it's old news, I am always behind!): http://handmaderyangosling.tumblr.com/

choirqueer · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:14 pm

maygles wrote:

That is lurvely, choirqueer!

Okay folks, nebraskalaska just showed me this (sorry if it's old news, I am always behind!): http://handmaderyangosling.tumblr.com/

Thanks!!

This is my new favorite Ryan Gosling tumblr. I feel kind of creepy about the fact that I've looked at enough of these to have a favorite though.

Sra. Nooch · **Posted:** Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:51 am

Phoenix wrote:

Birthday present for an old friend: Cthulhu dice bag!

(Stupid cellphone eats all colour... Imagine the background is really orangey orange, and you'll see that the Cthulhu design isn't grey at all, it's green!)

May I ask where you got that pattern?!?

Phoenix · **Posted:** Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:06 am

Sra. Nooch wrote:

May I ask where you got that pattern?!?

It's here: http://www.arcanavitae.com/?p=27
(I found it via Ravelry, but I don't know whether you'd need an account to see it there.)

torque · **Posted:** Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:15 am

Here: all bisqueing, no stitching.
I have color problems. My child is getting back into a Harry Potter phase and wants me to make her HP swag. She has apparently been sorted into Gryffindor, and as usual, i am having trouble with colors. (i have trouble seeing and identifying colors, i mean i can see them, but i have trouble comparing them and differentiating them, which is probably why my knitting is all one-yarn stuff, why i don't wear makeup and why all my clothes are black). I got to the yarn store and everything just looked like lipstick red to me, and nobody at the yarn store will have any clue if I ask them this stuff. They already think I'm nuts because I asked for DPNs, which apparently don't exist on this continent. So perhaps her scarf will be totally and completely off. I need to make HER go to the yarn store, I suppose.

Anyway, bisque session over. Thank you!

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