Archive for November 3rd, 2005

smitten

Posted in blogging on Nov 3rd, 2005

I am getting obsessed with this whole mitten thing. I went to three different yarn shops looking for mitten books this week and was turned away from the first two, finally, at the third one I hit the jack pot, six different titles! I came home with two basic books, Knit Mittens! and the Vogue knitting on the go Mittens & Gloves. I was very tempted by Latvian Mittens, Magnificent Mittens and Folk Mittens; I decided the more basic books were the way to start and if I’m totally hooked go back for the others.

evolution

Posted in blogging on Nov 3rd, 2005

Knitting Purist
You appear to be a Knitting Purist.
You are an accomplished knitter producing beautiful
pieces with a classic feel. You sometimes
lament losing half of your local yarn shop to
garish novelty yarns. Perhaps you consider fun
fur scarves the bane of knitting society and
prefer to steer new knitters towards the wool
and cotton blends. Some might call you a bit of
an elitist but you know that you’ve been doing
this craft long enough to respect the history
behind it and honor it with beautiful piece
that can last a lifetime.
http://marniemaclean.com/

What Kind of Knitter Are You?
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I took this quiz a year ago and I was a “Knitting Adventurer” so I thought I would take it again to see if I would get a different result. I guess a full year of knitting can make a difference in your knitting outlook. I don’t think I’m a pure purist (lol) I think those novelty yarns have their place, but I don’t use them very often anymore. I have gone from loving the selfstriping sock yarns to being more drawn to solid yarns with more complicated sock patterns, still use the selfstriping but not as much of it my stash these days.