stella8h8chang
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Who here knits their own clothes/for pleasure/for charity?
I do
I specialize in scarves and belts (v. fast; and you can cover your mistakes quite easily) So far I have made...
- a baby blanket (1m x 1m) made out of patches I knitted 1995-1996
- a multitude of misshapen dolls' clothes, including socks that weren't sewed at the bottom, shawls, beanies, primitive boob tubes/strapless dresses (1995-1997)
- a Slytherin scarf (my "casualty" of 2003 when I revisited knitting)
- a pastel rainbow scarf (2003)
- a pastel rainbow belt to match (2004)
- a multicoloured Ravenclaw scarf (2004)
- a multicoloured Gryffindor scarf (2004)
- a PS/CoS-style Gryffindor scarf, true-to-movie (2005)
- a tube-style blue belt (2005) - leftovers of the '04 Ravenclaw scarf
- a flat blue belt (2005) - leftovers of the '04 Ravenclaw scarf
- a PoA-style Ravenclaw scarf, true-to-movie (2005)
I have also done lots of French knitting (snakes galore decorate my room)...you know the stuff with your toilet paper rolls and paddlepop sticks where you get the long chain.
So yeah, start the discussion going when did you start knitting, who taught you, why do you knit etc?
My mum taught me knitting in 1995 when I was in year one, and I used to knit when I wanted new clothes for my dolls. I also did knitting at school in "club time", I suppose you'd call it "activity time" or something like that, where mothers/fathers came in to teach us handicrafts, and we could choose whatever we wanted (candlemaking, cooking, sewing).
Then in year nine my brother, in the fifth grade, had a project, during which he used some beautiful green and feathery wool. I asked for the leftovers and began a Slytherin scarf...and found knitting a therapeutic way of making cheap, unique clothes for myself. So here I am, still knitting! I just finished my PoA Ravenclaw scarf, and am off to knit some 25cmx25cm squares for charity.
I do
I specialize in scarves and belts (v. fast; and you can cover your mistakes quite easily) So far I have made...- a baby blanket (1m x 1m) made out of patches I knitted 1995-1996
- a multitude of misshapen dolls' clothes, including socks that weren't sewed at the bottom, shawls, beanies, primitive boob tubes/strapless dresses (1995-1997)
- a Slytherin scarf (my "casualty" of 2003 when I revisited knitting)
- a pastel rainbow scarf (2003)
- a pastel rainbow belt to match (2004)
- a multicoloured Ravenclaw scarf (2004)
- a multicoloured Gryffindor scarf (2004)
- a PS/CoS-style Gryffindor scarf, true-to-movie (2005)
- a tube-style blue belt (2005) - leftovers of the '04 Ravenclaw scarf
- a flat blue belt (2005) - leftovers of the '04 Ravenclaw scarf
- a PoA-style Ravenclaw scarf, true-to-movie (2005)
I have also done lots of French knitting (snakes galore decorate my room)...you know the stuff with your toilet paper rolls and paddlepop sticks where you get the long chain.
So yeah, start the discussion going
when did you start knitting, who taught you, why do you knit etc?My mum taught me knitting in 1995 when I was in year one, and I used to knit when I wanted new clothes for my dolls. I also did knitting at school in "club time", I suppose you'd call it "activity time" or something like that, where mothers/fathers came in to teach us handicrafts, and we could choose whatever we wanted (candlemaking, cooking, sewing).
Then in year nine my brother, in the fifth grade, had a project, during which he used some beautiful green and feathery wool. I asked for the leftovers and began a Slytherin scarf...and found knitting a therapeutic way of making cheap, unique clothes for myself. So here I am, still knitting! I just finished my PoA Ravenclaw scarf, and am off to knit some 25cmx25cm squares for charity.
