Easy Knitting Blog

You may have noticed I have neglected to post recently. I have been trying to continue on my scarf project (AFTER I recovered from my son tearing it off the needles) but knitting is sooooo slow for me. This is what happens every time I try to learn to knit, and this is where I usually give up for a few years until I decide to try again. Not this time! I swore I would keep going so I decided to scour the Internet for some quick knitting tips in hopes of upping my knitting speed. Here is what I’ve found so far:

Quick Knitting Tools: Lion Brand Speed Stix

Found at Joann’s I have GOT to get some of these!

Lion Brand Speed Stix 14” Knitting Needles – SIZE 50
SKU# CBG N 073683
Regular Price: $10.99

These size 50 knitting needles will make 3 to 4 strands of yarn fly through your fingers creating projects in a fraction of the usual stitching time. The bright red color of the needles lets you see your stitches easily and their light weight is easy on your hands.

• Size: 14 inches in length
• A free 4-yarn, 1 hour scarf pattern is included on the back of the package

Quick Knitting Book: Quick Knits With Speed Stix

This book promises to provide 9 fabulous patterns that can be done in 1-10 hours or less. Now THOSE sound like quick knitting projects to me! I might have to work on some quick easy projects just to get my self-esteem back up so I don’t feel so much like a failure. To get the needles AND book would be under $20 so it seems like it would definitely be a good investment for someone like me who has serious problems ever finishing a project. I will keep trekking on with my eyelash yarn scarf but I am definitely going to look into getting this book and the Speed Stix.

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My daughter Jodi has invited me to post on her blog since I am always looking for someone to talk knitting with and my eleven year old daughter is getting tired of hearing about my escapades. I’ve learned a few lessons this past week that I thought I would share with you as they are important even for beginning knitting projects and it’s always good to analyze your knitting problems when they occur.

Knitting Problems – Not checking your yarn’s dye lot or dye batch number

I am in the middle of making one of my famous Felted Bags and it uses multiple skeins of yarn in each color. I did a normal yarn change and got a few rows into the new skein and realized I had a big problem. I bought these skeins at the SAME TIME from the SAME STORE! Look how different the colors are in the blue strip. I have always known that you should check the dye batch numbers but they usually seem to be the same when you grab two skeins off of the same shelf. Needless to say, I will be checking this for sure from now on.

Just thought I would share that. Even though I consider myself to be a pretty experienced knitter I still find myself making silly mistakes like this that are easily avoidable. When I come across something like that I will make sure to post here (if Jodi keeps letting me).

Have any of you had this knitting problem occur in one of your projects? I’d be interested to hear your story!

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My darling children have been intrigued by mommy’s new hobby. I have been working on the easy knitting eyelash scarf for several days now. My daughter Lexi always grabs the empty needle and tries to put it into the scarf. She wants to imitate Mommy. My son Mikey on the other hand is a typical destructive boy, always wanting to grab my yarn and run.

Last night I made the mistake of staying up too late watching political coverage on t.v. while knitting. I left my project sitting on the couch thinking nothing of it and went to bed. Well of course the kids decided to wake up WAY too early just because they have this 6th sense that tells them I stayed up too late. So I did what any good parent would do and turned on Dora the Explorer and sneaked back to my bed hoping the kids wouldn’t notice for a while.

A little while later (won’t mention exactly how much later) I emerged from my room still a bit heavy-lidded and found somewhat of a disaster in my house. My skein of eyelash yarn was wrapped around the wall separating the kitchen from the family room, my needles were thrown into the fireplace, and alas, my scarf was ripped off the needle, half unraveled, and hidden behind the couch cushion. I think my son might have realized that I wouldn’t be too happy with him when I found the evidence.

Considering how long it took me to knit that first 12 inches of scarf … I think I will need to protect my projects a little better in the future!

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