Thursday in Big Basin

no knitting, but found this on our hike

Wood Yarn

Wednesday in Santa Cruz

well for anybody traveling with British Airways from Europe to the US (and back, I guess) don't count on knitting on the airplane. They didn't accept my bendy, blunt wooden needles, and not even the quite thick, plastic, not-at-all sharp crochet needle...

Been conferencing for 5 days in Costa Mesa, Orange County (i.e. short nights, lots of input, discussions and dining out) and so - no knitting there either. I guess it has been a quite knitting-deprived week so far. However, last Friday I went to Laguna Beach with a friend/collegue and look what I found:

Beach Yarn

first, first, second, first

Here are the knucks I made from the first ever handspun.

One other 'first ever' is the way I knitted them: simultaneously on two circulars. There's directions on
knitty for the cast on. The rest is not explained much there, but I figured it out: always knit all the stitches on one circular first, then all of the stitches on the other - and as it actually says in the directions: knit them on the same circular always (i.e. you work with only one of the circulars, and knit the stitches from it onto the other end of it). This way, you'll always know where to go on, for there will be just one yarn end in the neighborhood of needle tips.
Keep an eye on using the right yarn ball each time (although it is actually hard to make a mistake there). There also seems to be a book: Socks soar on two circular needles (Cat Bordhi), but I didn't use it.

Then: I am going to LA to participate in a conference for the second time in my life. Looking forward to it, but the journey is going to be a long one and so I'd like to find out about the rules on knitting on planes nowadays. Is there a way to be able to or are they banned from handluggage? I would hate to sit there for 11+ hours and not be able to make one stitch. (I am flying British Airways).

While being in California I will also visit my sister in Santa Cruz for the first time since she moved there. Anyone know about knitting-related stuff going on there? Recommendations for yarn shops (fiber's good too...) - let me know!

knitting meme

Have you seen the meme of books, where you mark with bold the ones you've read, mark with italics the ones you plan (or want to) read in the future and you leave the ones you haven't read but also do not plan to?

I made a similar kind - but this is one with knitting techniques, habits, items, tools and materials. Not everything is there, but quite a lot. Mark with bold the things you have ever done, with italics, the ones you plan to do sometime, and leave the rest.

Here's mine:

Afghan
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with bananafiber yarn
Domino knitting (=modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Baby items
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Slippers
Graffitti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Continental knitting
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
Knitting to make money
Button holes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colours
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cosies...)
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items)on two circulars
Olympic knitting
Knitting with someone elses handspun yarn
Knitting with dpns
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dying yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Knitting two socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars simultaneously
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener BO
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO
Entrelac
Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with selfpatterning/selfstriping/variegating yarn
Stuffed toys
Baby items
Knitting with cashmere
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mits/armwarmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Rug
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair accessories
Knitting in public

handspun 2

Guess what?
Raad eens?
Prøv at gætte..!




it is addictive.
3 colours of nepalese wool (lavender, kobalt and white) carded together and spun on the drop spindle.

Het is verslavend.
3 kleuren Nepal wol (lavendel, kobalt en wit) door elkaar gekaard en gesponnen op de tol.

Jeg er afhængig.
3 farver nepaluld (lavendel, kobalt og hvidt) blandet sammen på karderne og spundet på tenen.