Savery Knitting

Monday, July 7, 2014

My Monday - Brioche Headband - Part 1

Week 27 = My Monday
Day 6 = July 7, 2014

Over the next month I will be changing the format of my blog slightly. I will still blog every day, but I am going to dedicate Mondays to MY personal knitting. I will go through the entire process of creating a knit item with weekly Monday updates until it is finished. I am also going to dedicate Fridays to Fabulous knit pieces designed by others.

So I would like to introduce you to my 2 new days:

My Monday

Fabulous Friday

Today starts my first My Monday project, a brioche knit headband in 2 colors. The yarns are both Lion Brand Yarns from the Vanna's Choice line. The colorways are Sapphire pictured first and Patchwork Grey pictured second.

I have cast on 80 stitches using the backwards loop method. This will give me a greater stretch potential since I am an extremely tight knitter. I have knit 4 rows in the garter stitch and setup row A for the brioche pattern part. I have already had to rip back 6 rows once and 2/3 of a row twice.

I am expecting to have a completed headband for next week's My Monday.

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Knitting question of the day

Have you knit brioche before?

My Knitting,

Victoria

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Placement tracking

Week 27 = Knitter's Toolbox
Day 5 = July 6, 2014

Needle gauges are very versatile. They can measure swatches, help you verify your needle size and help you measure your projects in progress. Not all gauges measure accurately because of who puts them out and how they are manufactured. For details check out the information from the site below.

www.nancysknitknacks.com

Row counters are glorious. The worst thing is having a repeating pattern and loosing the track of your rows. Your next repeat would look too long or too short. As you can see in the picture counters come in different sizes to fit whatever needles you are using.

www.skacelknitting.com

Lifelines are life saving. Dental floss works great as a lifeline. If you happen to be knitting a tricky lace pattern or just want a back-up. The lifeline can provide that comfort in knowing you have secured a place if you need to go back for any reason.

www.lappone.blogspot.com

www.hookedonneedles.com

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Knitting question of the day

Do you use row counters?

Knitting with Life Lines,

Victoria

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Knitting Needle Accessories

Week 27 = Knitter's Toolbox
Day 4 = July 5, 2014

Stoppers/Point Protectors are quite helpful. They are items that are used to protect the points of your needles and stop your project from falling off the needles. However my favorite use is to keep the needles from getting tangled in the project that you are currently knitting or other projects that might be in the same bag.

www.floricultures.tumblr.com

www.patternworks.com

www.yarn-store.com

Knitting rubber bands as I call them are an ingenious knitting accessory. They are actually the rubber bands used for little girls' hair and/or the rubber bands for the loom bracelets. Both of these items are a great alternative to stoppers. Just wrap 1 rubber band around the tips of the needles and there you go, it stops your knitting from falling off the needles and holds both needles together.

www.tinydeal.com

www.dhgate.com

Stitch markers are wonderfully helpful. When you have a lot of stitches to cast on, putting a stitch marker every 25 stitches can keep you from loosing count. Marking changes in the pattern is made easy just by putting a little stitch marker on your knitting.

www.slowknits.com

www.fancytiger.blogspot.com

www.justyarn.com

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Knitting question of the day

What other needle accessories do you have?

Knitting Stitch Markers,

Victoria

Friday, July 4, 2014

Fabulous Friday

Week 27 = Knitter's Toolbox
Day 3 = July 4, 2014

Happy 4th of July to all!

I thought that I would show you some fabulous 4th of July knitting patterns. Knitting for the 4th of July is so easy, all you need is yarn in the colors of Red, White and Blue. The colors alone signify the holiday and our great country without even having to make an American flag.

4th of July Hat by Mary Jane Mucklestone

America by Go-Girl Knitting by Tammy DeSanto

American Flag 12"x16" knit pillow cover by Jennifer Wilby

Americana Wrist Cuff by Cirilia Rose

#18 American Flag Bag by Lisa Buccellato

American Flag Scarf KK160 by Berta Karapetyan

American Flag Socks by Rae B. Creedle

Knitting question of the day

What holiday items have you knit?

Knitting Red, White & Blue,

Victoria

Thursday, July 3, 2014

The common items

Week 27 = Knitter's Toolbox
Day 2 = July 3, 2014

The first few things that come to mind when I was thinking about my Knitter's Toolbox were the more common ones.

Kitty Snips - I love these

Scissors are vital and cute, as seen above. Being able to cut your yarn cleanly when you are changing colors or when you have just finished a project is imperative.

Who wouldn't love to measure with this.

Tape measure's are wonderful. Measuring a swatch is so simple with one of these. You can measure the length of your project to see if it matches your pattern. You can make sure that if you need to join a seam that you have the right placement and many more.

I love the angled edge of these tapestry needles.

Tapestry needles are glorious. They allow you to seam easily, weave in your ends or help with joining new yarns just to name a few.

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Knitting question of the day

What cute animal would your tape measure be?

Knitting with Kitty Snips,

Victoria

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Knitter's Toolbox

Week 27 = Knitter's Toolbox
Day 1 = July 2, 2014

Picture from Sharp Pointy Sticks Blog

Every knitter has a little container of items in their possession when knitting. It is called the Knitter's Toolbox. The toolbox is filled with fun and useful items. Some are used for every knitting project and some once in a blue moon... but heaven forbid we knitters get caught without our tools.

This week we will look into the common and not so common items in a Knitter's Toolbox.

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Knitting question of the day

Quick... what is the most important item in your knitting toolbox?

Knitting with Tools,

Victoria

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Purple

Week 26 = Color Wheel
Day 7 = July 1, 2014

The color purple is a tricky one and I had to think quite a bit to come up with 3 purple things. Purple reminds me of plums, grapes and Irises.