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The Graphic, England, October 11, 1930
A little bonnet for a little friend that likes kitties almost as much as me 😻 • • Pattern: @studiomishaandpuff Popcorn bonnet, made in the 2 year old size Yarn: @madelinetosh Vintage in Modern Fair Isle • • • • #knitting #knittersofinstagram #madelinetosh #mishaandpuff #tricot #strikking #strikkedilla #babyknits #knitsforkids
Detail of the border center on Leila Raabe’s Mucha shawl, just out today for the start of our Shawls 2017 collection. Plump, wooly Chickadee creates the most arresting stitch definition at any gauge. 🏆 #quincemucha #quinceandco
Sunshine, coffee, and good yarn- don't need anything else 🌞☕️🐑 • • • • Yarn: #brooklyntweedshelter Pattern: #knittersdude #knitting #andrearangelknits #btinthewild #brooklyntweed #fringesupplyco #fringefieldbag #knittersofinstagram
Taking some Gwaii Haanas inspired yarn on the road- might not be headed somewhere quite as scenic, but these colours would be good anywhere. 🌊🌲 • Yarn: @fleeceartist_handmaiden Merino Slim in Gwaii Haanas • • #knitting #tricot #yarn #yarnaddict #yarnporn #strikkedilla #strikking #knittersofinstagram #knittersofcanada #yarnologist
The clacking of needles was heard from coast to coast.
“Male employees of the Universal Motion Picture Company knit during lunch hour, under the guidance of female stenographers.”
Plenty of interesting pictures and interesting links, including a link to a period pattern book.
Knitting Witchcraft 101, a crash course by witchimplumis
To start this off, obviously there are TONS of ways to do a lot of this stuff. This is mostly the method I use. This also isn’t a tutorial to knitting, there’s lots of great videos out there explaining how to knit, if I tried to teach all of that in this post, it would be at least 3 times as long. Finally, most of this probably also works for crochet, but I don’t know the first thing about crochet, so I’ll let someone else weigh in on that.
Knitting magic is great for anyone, from witches on a budget (yarn, especially acrylic, can be dirt cheap), broom closet witches (it’s easy-peasy to pass off as a normal, non-witchy hobby), practical witches (you get a useful garment at the end!), and more. You can use it on its own, or as a part of a larger spell or ritual.
Intent
Much like all magic, a lot of knitting magic is intent and visualization. Before starting a project, come up with a purpose for the finished product. For this scenario, I’ll use a real project I’ve done. I wanted to make a shawl to help me in the upcoming school year. When you’re knitting, focus on the purpose that you want to imbue the finished product with. Imagine your hopes for it entering each stitch, and being locked in place with your needles. When you first start, it may feel mentally exhausting or draining, or it may be really hard to focus and you may find your thoughts drifting away, but as you practice you’ll get better and be able to focus longer. I find that once I start to lose focus the best thing to do is leave for a while and pick the project up later, once I’ve had time to clear my head.
Rs/ws
If you’ve been a knitter for any length of time at all, you know that flat knitting has what’s called a “right side” (the side that shows when you’re wearing/using your created object) and a “wrong side” (the side that faces towards you, like the bottom of a blanket or inside of a cardigan), or rs and ws on patterns. When working out the beginning of my projects, I come up with two different intents, one for the outside world to see (right side) and one to affect only me (wrong side). So, in the example of my school shawl, I wanted other people to view me as capable in my field. So my rs intent was “I am a learned student of my trade.” On the ws, I choose an intent that helps me to acheive my ultimate goal (doing well in school) so the intent I used was “I have the focus required in my studies.” HOWEVER, when working in the round, there’s no wrong side. So then how do you go about wrong side intents? Two options: one, have only one overarching purpose for all knitting (such as “I will succeed in my chosen field”), or alternate lines as you would if you weren’t knitting in the round.
Color/texture
Yarn comes in pretty much every color and color combination imaginable. Color associations/color magic are not only possible to do with yarn but strongly encouraged. I use lots of sources for mine, googling “color associations” brings up bunches of pages, or you can use your own personal associations. If you’re going to do this, read reviews for the yarn and check for or ask about color bleeding.
Textures are an often-overlooked factor. Prickly yarn can be used in a defensive spell, or soft yarn in one for comfort and warmth. Always keep in mind what kind of thing you’re making though, and try to work off of that. Some textures are not ideal for some uses.
Materials Yarn materials are important to fit to your project. For example, you don’t want to make a knit bralette out if dish scrubby yarn (ouch). You have tons of options, but I’ll stick to the kinds you’re most likely to run into cheap-ish. My standing recommendation for all of these is if there is any way at all you can see and feel yarn in person before buying it, do so. I don’t recommend buying in bulk of you haven’t dealt with a brand or line of yarn before.
Acrylic- acrylic yarn is usually extremely cheap and comes in tons of colors and textures, some are shiny, others are really fuzzy, there’s all kinds for all purposes. It’s really great if you have allergies because it’s synthetic fiber.
Wool/superwash wool: usually somewhat coarse, wool is a natural fiber that comes from shearing specific breeds of wool-producing sheep. Some brands will even say specifically what breed(s) or country their wool comes from. In my experience, wool is much easier to work magic with than acrylic, however it will usually also be more expensive, and there are fewer textures and appearances available.
Cotton: cotton is a nice in-between of acrylic and wool. It’s a natural fiber, but I don’t know of anybody being allergic to it. It can come in many different colors, but not really any texture variety, they all just feel like cotton. If you’re not morally opposed for any of various reasons, Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Cotton yarn is by far the best cotton yarn I’ve found, in terms of softness. If you ARE morally opposed however, Sugar n Cream makes cotton yarn on huge spools very cheap.
Bamboo: it’s considered eco-friendly yarn. I don’t know how true that is, as I don’t use it enough to actually look into the carbon footprint of bamboo yarn. That said it feels like actual clouds and looks like them too.
Silk: we all know what silk is. Silk yarn exists. It’s on the expensive end of cheap stuff, usually only comes in small amounts.
Merino: wool that comes from the merino sheep breed specifically. This wool is really soft, I don’t work with it much because it’s usually really expensive compared to every other kind.
Novelty yarns: I love incorportating these. Some are great for practical reasons (dish scrubby yarn) and others are great for using some of their elements as part of a spell (like feathery yarns or beady yarns etc.)
Stitch types I don’t think there’s a widely agreed upon set of associations for stitch type/pattern, these are just some common ones I’ve come to associate. YO/lace- these large, open patterns I associate with “bigger” or more wide effects. Alternately, because they’re basically big holes in the object, allowing your intents to come out into the environment. seed- just like its name, I associate seed stitch with potential and growth. Garter- I tend to associate garter stitch with mundane life, alternately with its common use as a border stitch I associate it as a holding stitch, keeping things in (like secrets) or protected. Stockinette- a super common stitch pattern for fronts of things, especially socks (as per the name). I tend to associate it with appearances, and spells like glamour aids.
Blocking When/if you block, visualize the water charging your finished object. You can use scented wool wash in scents that are associated with the spell you’re doing, you have tons of options.
Beads, etc: You can get all kinds of things at craft stores! I found crystal charms last time I went that would look great on a heavier-weight shawl, there’s beads of various different materials and colors, if I went over all of these things it’d take a whole extra post. Play around and see what you like.
Finished products: Clothing- either for yourself or for others. Make ritual clothing or just a warmth-intent hat. Possibilities are totally endless. Poppet- maybe make a poppet out of yarn? Stuff it with things you want the poppet associated with? Disclaimer: don’t burn knit poppets unless you are 100% certain ALL ingredients are safe to burn wherever you’re burning them. I prefer to “destroy” my knit poppets by stabbing them with knitting needles, so that I can reuse them, even better, make the end drawstring-style, so you can reuse it with different ingredients. Eco friendly witchcraft! Spell swatch- I call it a spell swatch but it may have another name by now. It works pretty much exactly how it sounds, knit a swatch of fabric in varying colors, stitches, etc., based on what the spell is. Knit in beads or feathers or hair or whatever you feel like you should. Then pin it on your wall or carry it with you. It doesn’t have to (and probably won’t) look nice, it’s just a little spell to carry with you, like a very personalized sigil.
Other uses: knitting is great for meditation! Finding a simple pattern to knit for a while can leave your mind free to relax and do its own thing, I love leaving guided meditations, binaural tones, etc. on while I’m knitting things like socks or blankets.
Coats of some British and Icelandic sheep breeds:
Greyface Dartmoor; Cheviot; Icelandic; Beulah; Cotswold; Welsh Mountain; Suffolk; Southdown; and British Milksheep.
Cary Grant discovers the joy of knitting in Mr. Lucky (1943).
Edith-Anne is my fave.
This @brooklyntweed fangirl braved the rain to pick up Arbor from @beehivewoolshop and it was worth the wet bike ride. 🌧 Wish I could get every colour but for now Tincture and Degas will hold me over. Can't wait to get it on the needles (and yes, everything mustard yellow all the time, @ritch_ee ) #knitting #yarnaddict #btinthewild #brooklyntweed #yarnstash #arboryarn #btarbor
I figured I had better get at least one wear out of this #lopapeysa sweater , before the winter is done. #lopi #handknit #wool #icelandic #original
Most of this weekend's haul 😬 Hard to resist more with all the incredible artists making the most beautiful yarn. #knitcity2016 #yarnaddict #knittersofinstagram #yarnstash #stashenhancement (at Onboard The Spirit Of Vancouver Island)
FYI a knitter in public is always just waiting to say those five magic words: "Thanks, I made it myself" 😬 #knitting #knittersofinstagram #brooklyntweed #spruceforestshawl #btinthewild (at Swartz Bay -> Tsawwassen Ferry)
The Sweater Curse
This winter, I embarked on the biggest knitting fail I've ever had (and hopefully the biggest one I'll ever encounter).
I've been wanting to make my partner a sweater, so when he offered to buy the yarn, and the team at Fancy Tiger Crafts hosted their Guernsey Knit Along I thought it was the perfect chance to make him the traditional fisherman's sweater of my dreams.
So, I got the pattern for the Brooklyn Tweed Albion sweater, and a pile of squishy goodness- BT Shelter in Almanac- and got to work.
After some very successful switching, I cast on, feeling totally in love with the clever cast on edge. Brooklyn Tweed has an eye for details that is very pleasing to the fussy knitter, and fussy knit gift recipient.
After the first pattern repeat, I ran into problems, realizing that my fastidious switching had utterly lied, and now I had 6 inches and a gorgeous, complicated cast on to rip back.
But with some coffee and chocolate and only a little bit of self-pity, I ripped it back so I could make the dream sweater that fit beautifully and showed that I am not a knitter that makes unwearable clothes. Progress after that was pretty quick. The textured knit-purl pattern was interesting, but also quite soothing to work on.
And pretty soon I was ready to cast on the sleeves. Since working my first two at a time socks, I've been addicted to the idea. It is so helpful for keeping progress feeling quick, there's no second sock or second sleeve syndrome, and I think it really helps with making sure your two knitted pieces match. So I managed to tubular cast on in the round two sleeves at a time- a true feat that was well-rewarded.
The sleeves went pretty quick. I paid a lot of attention to the shaping, making sure the edges would form nice rounded lines rather than getting stepped.
I'm not actually sure where the trouble began. With the sewing up? I was nervous about seaming set in sleeves, so I thoroughly read every tutorial I could, and got a heavy duty book on the subject of finishing knits. Everything seemed to go well, and I even got to try a fascinating tubular cast off on the collar that blew my mind for its innovation and prettiness.
Maybe it went wrong before that. Making a sweater bottom up is a leap of faith, and I could have been screwing up since the front and back divide or earlier. Maybe it was a mess in terms of sizing again, but after ripping it out the first time I couldn't admit it. Most likely, from where I stand now, I've got to say it was a bad pattern pick, for a few reasons.
My partner is tall and lean, so a square shaped sweater was never going to be the best fit. Set in sleeves are not a thing I should be seeking out- I tend to be not great at tension while seaming, and even with the extra practice, I just got frustrated and probably went too fast. The sleeves were also never really going to fit my partner well- just way too much extra fabric. So it was a mess, and when I finally proudly held up this project that took months, after finishing every last detail- all ends woven in, every last seam stitched up with sturdy thread- and my partner slipped it on excitedly, all I could answer to his eager "How does it look?" Was something between laughing and crying.
(There's no photos of the sweater being worn because it was pretty damn bad).
So now I have 11 skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter in Almanac, knit into a very solidly seamed garment that somehow has puffed sleeves and wonky shoulders. My plan is to knit it into a better pattern for my partner, something that suits him, and that suits what I can happily knit. But it's still a little too painful. In the meantime, it's living in a plastic bin until I can face it again and rip out months of work and planning. Looking forward to conquering that fear, but I'm just not ready to face it yet.