Monster Afghan

[Velobambina]

When I was a kid, grandma taught me how to crochet. I used to make afghans but life and other interests (teenage rebellion & working p/t during HS to pay for college!!) diverted my interests elsewhere.

I recently started crocheting again. Now I have a monster afghan going--it's almost half done. Shade of pink, chocolate brown, tan, burgundy. Looking good. Nothing complex. I need to learn some fancy stitches, as I just do basic chain stitching. Now I'm planning the next one!

Anyone else crochet and/or knit?

[Blueberry]

I do!! I crochet and knit - more knitting than crocheting, these days.

Stitch dictionaries are fun to play with - see what works! I have trouble counting when crocheting (can't tell what's the top of a stitch, and what's the first stitch down the side). So, I do better knitting.

Pictures??

Any good yarn shops up your way (we're staying in Manassas this weekend).

CA

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

When I was in my 20's I crocheted a lot- lace tablecloths even!
But in my 40's I learned to knit and became a HUGE knitting nut. Sweaters, scarves, hats, but my favorites to knit are socks and mittens.
Sadly, when I started biking my schedule became so overloaded that I had to put aside my knitting- that was 1 1/2 years ago. I like to think that make some day I'll break a leg or something and get a few weeks to just knit in bed!

[elk]

I like to think that make some day I'll break a leg or something and get a few weeks to just knit in bed!

DON"T SAY THAT!!!!! Can you knit in the evening? That's when I do it...I remember films we've watched by what I was knitting at the time....

[mountainchick]

I knit too! I also do it at night when there isn't much else to do, and I want to keep my hands busy and not snacking

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

DON"T SAY THAT!!!!! Can you knit in the evening?

No, I usually work in the afternoons and evenings just so that I can bike or walk in the morning. Just not enough hours in my life. It's ok....everything goes in cycles (pun intended).

[Tuckervill]

I started crocheting when I was 7. Made several afghans and other stuff, but in my 20s I got into cotton thread and doilies. I made hundreds and hundreds of doilies and snowflake type things. Then I stopped.

I had a group in friends in Memphis that I referred to as the Knitting Cult. I'd never knitted before. They were always always knitting wherever we went. I have some great wool socks that some of them made for me over the years. I LOVE each and every pair. But I resisted learning because of my carpal tunnel syndrome and just because I don't want to be in the Cult.

However, my DIL knits woolen pants for her baby to go over cloth diapers, infuses them with lanolin and they don't leak. They're great. When she was visiting a couple of weeks ago she dragged me to a yarn store. Long story short, I am now learning to knit socks! I should have picked another project to actually learn how to knit, but now that that learning curve is over, I'm looking forward to having my own wool socks that I knit myself! As soon as I learn to turn a heel. lol. (I've been using this site with videos--knittinghelp.com.)

The carpal tunnel was a bit of an issue, but I adjusted and I don't think knitting will be an issue unless I do it for a long time every day for a many days

Karen

[salsabike]

Yes yes yes. Knit and crochet (and weave). Love it. Am a total yarn fiend, as anyone who came to the TE/Bruno party will confirm.

[elk]

I also used to be a weaver ....(in fact, I think I need to sell my table loom so I can pay for my bikes )

Karen..I too was knitting socks...and got frustrated by the heel event too....

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I started crocheting when I was 7. Made several afghans and other stuff, but in my 20s I got into cotton thread and doilies. I made hundreds and hundreds of doilies and snowflake type things. Then I stopped......

.....Long story short, I am now learning to knit socks! I should have picked another project to actually learn how to knit, but now that that learning curve is over, I'm looking forward to having my own wool socks that I knit myself! As soon as I learn to turn a heel. lol. (I've been using this site with videos--knittinghelp.com.)

Yes, I was crocheting all kinds of complex doilies in my 20's too!

Learning to knit by knitting socks is a heck of a way to get started! If you get stuck, go back to starting to knit something more simple. Sock heels are somewhat daunting even for intermediate knitters.

[carpaltunnel]

This is a coincidence...do any of you know where I can get a pattern for those gloves with no fingertips? After a 40 year hiatus I've decided to knit again.

The building I work in is so cold that people are wearing them. (Imagine coding programs with gloves on!) No one's obtained a pair recently so the lady who knit them has retired and moved away. Any pointers? Thanks!

[Zen]

My mom made a lot of these for me when I was in junior high.They were quite the thing but I somehow don't think they'll be making a comeback.

[DirtDiva]

I was really hoping you would be talking about these.

[uk elephant]

I also do a lot of knitting and crocheting. I spend almost two hours a day commuting on the train. That's when I do a lot of knitting these days. And in the evenings watching tv. Currently I'm on a baby-clothes-knitting-spree. Several friends are expecing or just had a baby and I'm making jump suits and jackets and teddy bears and booties. I have a long list of projects I'm wanting to do though. I've finally figured out how to do the heel on some traditional Norwegian socks, so I want to make a few pairs of those. I've got some repairs to do to a sweater I'm making for BF. And I want to make myself a sweater again.

I do have a pattern for fingerless gloves, but it's in Norwegian so that might not help much. But I'm sure there are patterns on-line in English.

[margo49]

I had a top like that (but I wore shirts under it)!
Mum made us afghans too and Dad would crack the walnuts with a hammer and get them exactly in halves was very pedantic for the Duration about saying "the War in Afghanistan" coz othewise it sounded ridiculous.
You can buy yuppy-fied ones in kiwi coffee bars