Latest Forum Posts by: iglinz

I’m not buying anything :-) I’m curious to see how long I can keep this up.

Happy knitting to you too, Maja—glad you’re joining us :-) I’m already excited to see the giant scarf!

I’ve already missed so much again. Marion, your wolf looks great! It is a wolf, isn’t it? And the pot holder is very nice, too.
Also, I really like the bag, Marlene!
And the spring meadow looks really good.

I finished one of the shawls I started in April.

Warmest birthday wishes from me too!

I wish you all the best and a very happy birthday—and, of course, all the best for the year ahead!

I had to think about it for a bit because the term “arc pattern” didn’t mean anything to me at all. I just Googled it, and the top result said, “Did you mean wave pattern?” I can picture that better.
Wave patterns are basically created by increasing in some places and decreasing in others, always alternating. So, to put it simply, you make a few yarn overs in one spot—knit 1, yarn over, knit 1, yarn over—and then you’ve increased by three stitches. You then have to decrease these stitches again later by either working slip-stitch decreases or knitting stitches together, so that the number of stitches stays the same, and the waves are created by alternating between increases and decreases.

Swaying

I was once given special blocking pins specifically for this purpose, but I have to admit I’ve never used them. They’re larger than regular pins and have a T-shaped head. The T probably helps keep the knitted piece from slipping off the pin. I’ve never heard of using thumbtacks. It might work, but I think I’d be worried about ruining the mat. They’re not reusable either, so if you want to block something fairly often, you’d go through quite a lot.
I actually always use regular pins too; they’ve proven themselves.

Happy Birthday!

All the best and happy birthday!

I wish you a happy birthday!

I think I’ll be spending the weekend on the couch. It might even snow.

Thank you all so much.
I don’t think washing the CD will be that difficult. If you don’t need it anymore, you can just toss it in the washing machine. I think I’d be more worried about it breaking.

loud music

That was another absolutely fantastic awards ceremony :-)

Let’s see what I can manage. Except for the mystery shawl, all the shawls are still in progress. But just to be safe, I’ve started another one.



And my new mystery project is being crocheted. I’m guessing it’s a scarf, but I really can’t say for sure yet.

Happy birthday to you!

falling off a chair

I actually rarely need buttons, but when I do, I take my finished project to the store and pick out some that go well with it. I don’t have any particular preferences—the color and size just have to be right.

So this time, I’d like to apply for the “Yarn Diet” title, because I didn’t buy any new yarn all of April. Instead, I replenished my stash by unraveling old UFOs.
Most of my knitting projects are still in progress, but my mystery shawl is finished and blocked. That was so much fun that I’ve already started the next mystery project...

And there’s another reason to celebrate! Congratulations!

Belated happy birthday!

Dear Tina, better late than never—but I’d still like to offer my heartfelt congratulations!

Your triangular shawl has a very pretty pattern, Marlene!
And Monika, you’ve been hard at work again. I can’t wait to see the summer top!

Um... I think I’m going on a yarn diet, too.

Happy birthday, dear Kathi!

The nests are so cute!
And Ruth, huge compliments on your embroidery—I assume you embroidered all of that yourself, not just the little flag. The mystery shawl will take a little while longer; there are two more parts of the pattern to come, and I probably won’t get much knitting done next week because I’m having guests over.

I’m still unraveling my old UFOs, and that’s almost the same as buying yarn. Suddenly I have it again—the yarn that had already been earmarked for projects. But little by little, I’m running out of space...

I started two new shawls this week; I’ll show you two absolutely terrible photos.






The blue one is a “mystery” project—a few rows are released each week. So I have absolutely no idea what it’ll look like yet. And while I’m waiting for the next part of the pattern, I just started another shawl.

Well, that’s good then—at least he won’t have to get upset :-)

I wish you all a Happy Easter!

Happy Birthday!

Now I’m curious to see what that granny wearable thingy will look like :-)

I have a headache today, too—probably because the weather is changing. It was freezing just a moment ago, and now the temperatures are supposed to soar to dizzying heights again.
And with a headache, I’m not feeling inspired to cook, so we’re having fast food today.

The heart is really original, and the little pouch is very cute, too!

You’ve all been so hard at work here again—something new gets finished every day. It’s always great to see that; big kudos to everyone!
I finished my socks the day before yesterday, and now I’ve finally managed to take pictures of them.

I wish you a wonderful birthday!

Since I’m currently in the midst of an unraveling frenzy and have already freed about 3 skeins of yarn from various UFOs, I figured I’d better hold off on shopping for now.

Over the last few days, I’ve been busy taking stock of my UFOs. I’ll tell you, it almost gave me a heart attack. With some of them, I really wonder what I was thinking. I’ve already unraveled a few and feel like I’ve been to a yarn store.

Happy Birthday!

Heart cake Congratulations on your birthday, dear Betty!

It turned out to be an absolutely adorable guardian angel!

Dropped stitches are something you do intentionally. They actually come up quite often as a design element.
If I were searching for it, my first thought would probably be “runs,” but I’m not sure everyone would see it that way. As a general term, you could perhaps use “fixing mistakes.”

Enough so that I don’t have to make a special trip into town to buy yarn when an idea suddenly strikes me.

Though it's late, I'd still like to wish you a very happy birthday from the heart.

Sandra, it really seems to me that your mom isn’t quite familiar with yarn. There’s really almost nothing left.
In April, I’ll definitely finish knitting my socks, and maybe I’ll make some progress on the shawl, too.

I spent the day out in the sun getting a tan—I think I might have gotten sunburned now. Didn’t do any crafting, just read and lazed around. But now it’s back to my socks!

That was another wonderful awards ceremony, Josefa—thank you so much! And congratulations to all the winners on their lovely titles!

I wish you all the best on your special day!

I’m applying for the title of Shopping Queen.

Shopping Queen / King:
This title is for anyone who loves buying yarn or materials and
(for now) doesn’t want to go on a “yarn diet.” Photos are always a good
idea.
[ ] In March, I only bought yarn that I urgently needed.
Details:
[ ] I significantly stocked up my supply for Easter / spring / Pentecost / summer, etc., and had fun doing it. :- )
Details:
[ x ] I bought a great yarn cake, beautiful gradient yarn, fancy yarn, or
some other wonderful yarn, and I’m really enjoying it.




The third point applies to me.

I can’t keep up with the leftover-yarn champions. Although my embroidery picture was made from leftovers, I used so little that at best I’d only rank eleventh.
But I’d love to apply for the title of Spring Queen. I’m outside every day and have already made wild garlic pesto several times—and eaten it all up. For that reason, I unfortunately can’t take a picture of it. But I can show you the ingredients.