Knit Powers to Peace: June 2004

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This was a plant that i saw at the Tijuana Estuary nature trail in san diego. I want to make a coat in those colors with some curly stuff at the ends that looks like that plant.

My heating pad "craft"

I don't know if this is really a craft. It's basically just a sock with brown rice in it. I heat it up in the microwave for 2 minutes and when it warms up i put it on my cramps. I got the idea from vinnie's period book.

This is the lining of my bag. i got it for a buck at wal mart. i love that place

My SnB bag again

There's the cell phone cozy

This is another knitted bag from the SnB chinese charm pattern. I made this one shallow because i am always losing things in my bag. It also has a cell phone cozy that is attached with a some i cord.

Ipod Cozy from Stitch n Bitch

This is my official ipod cozy. I used the pattern from SnB except i used 1 strand of some yarn that didnt have a label and i used 2 strands of red eyelash yarn. It's REALLY furry and i put on a belt loop down there too

So here is my FIRST felted bag! I made it with Brown Sheep Wool and i used size 11 bamboo needles. It was a pleasure to make because the wool feels so good. I made pockets to fit my cell phone and ipod as you can see in this picture. On the opposite side near where my hand is, there is a big pocket for other stuff. I assembled it all using embroidery floss. Everyone gives me compliments!

That's the other side- Sukkot!

This is my first Duct Tape Bag. I used Black duct tape from Ace Hardware and Plastic Packing Tape also from Ace Hardware. It was their store brand. I got the pictures from the front and back from a Jewish Calendar.

That's me wearing the Stitch and Bitch Flame Hat. I just changed the color scheme but everything else is the same

This is the Bag from Stitch and Bitch that has the chinese charm on it. The lining is really cool on it... I used bamboo handles from Walmart and Cotton yarn from fiber factory

Things that i am itching to make:

This beautiful knit coat

This awesome skirt from Knitty but without the eyelets

This poncho, but i am going to try and find a way to make it smaller while still maintaining proportions

This is a coffee cozy! How perfect! From Magknits

And of course, see my last post

There's my first ever knit

Ok i am very proud of this. Even though the colors don't match.... It is a cell phone cozy and it came out the exact perfect size. I even made up the intarsia hear which looks pretty cool. This is made from the yarn that i made the kerchief out of and also the yarn that i made the scarf out of...

That was my first try at stockinette stitch. I eventually made it into a weird pouch. It was supposed to be for my ipod but since i didnt have one yet, i couldnt measure it right and it came out too big. Later i added some red eyelash yarn and it now looks like a weird (useless) christmas pouch. Maybe it will make a nice gift in December...

This is a close up picture of the kerchief i just posted. I was expecting the picture to show the stitches, but it showed this (whatever it is)

This is not one half of a pair of knitted panties! This is the kitch kercheif from Stitch n Bitch by Debbie Stoller. I used some acrylic chenille that had little bits of neon colors in it. I learned how to increase by making this. By the way, i made the whole thing while I was getting a pedicure.

This was the FIRST EVER thing i knit. I took the picture before i learned how to work away the ends so there is some crazy fringe there. I also did not know that you are supposed to use the same weight of yarns so the white is a little heavier than the red. I don't think i will EVER wear it but I will probably save it forever!

This was the first yarn i bought. It was on sale... It was a little uncomfortable but i learned how to knit with it and i made some cool stuff i guess

I got this at goodwill for knitting. It was only 50 cents!

Here we go now!

You have stumbled upon the first entry of my knitting blog. Soon i will have lots of cool pictures and patterns on here. Still trying to figure this thing out right now.

Here are some knitting quotes by (!) Shakespeare:

The spinsters and the knitters in the sun Twelfth Night: II, iv
Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care, Macbeth: II, ii
To make you brothers, and to knit your hearts Antony and Cleopatra: II, ii
This royal hand and mine are newly knit, King John: III, i
These couples shall eternally be knit: A Midsummer Night's Dream: IV, i
O, let me teach you how to knit again Titus Andronicus: V, iii
For ever knit. Macbeth: III, i
As he began, and not unknit himself Coriolanus: IV, ii
Yet who than he more mean?--to knit their souls, Cymbeline: II, iii
Will knit and break religions, bless the accursed, Timon of Athens: IV, iii
Why doth the great duke humphrey knit his brows, King Henry VI, part II: I, ii
When peers thus knit, a kingdom ever stands. Pericles, Prince of Tyre: II, iv
What say you to it? will you again unknit King Henry IV, part I: V, i
To knit in her their best perfections. Pericles, Prince of Tyre: I, i
Thy stones with lime and hair knit up in thee. A Midsummer Night's Dream: V, i
Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit, Sonnets: XXVI
Thou smiling while he knit his angry brows: King Henry VI, part III: II, ii
Then is caesar and he for ever knit together. Antony and Cleopatra: II, vi
The earl of armagnac, near knit to charles, King Henry VI, part I: V, i
The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may easily Toilus and Cressida: II, iii
That knit your sinews to the strength of mine. King John: V, ii
She can knit him a stock? The Two Gentlemen of Verona: III, i
On which heaven rides, knit all the greekish ears Toilus and Cressida: I, iii
O well-knit samson! strong-jointed samson! I do Love's Labour's Lost: I, ii
Not to knit my soul to an approved wanton. Much Ado About Nothing: IV, i
No, girl, i'll knit it up in silken strings The Two Gentlemen of Verona: II, vii
Marcus, unknit that sorrow-wreathen knot: Titus Andronicus: III, ii
If thou hadst hands to help thee knit the cord. Titus Andronicus: II, iv
I mean, that my heart unto yours is knit A Midsummer Night's Dream: II, ii
I like it well. france, shall we knit our powers King John: II, i
I'll have this knot knit up to-morrow morning. Romeo and Juliet: IV, ii
I knit my handercher about your brows, King John: IV, i
He knits his brow and shows an angry eye, King Henry VI, part II: III, i
Have robb'd my strong-knit sinews of their strength, King Henry VI, part III: II, iii
Have knit again, and fleet, threatening most sea-like. Antony and Cleopatra: III, xiii
Friend and I confess me knit to thy deserving with Othello: I, iii
Fie, fie! unknit that threatening unkind brow, The Taming of the Shrew: V, ii
By that which knitteth souls and prospers loves, A Midsummer Night's Dream: I, i
But lately splinter'd, knit, and join'd together, King Richard III: II, ii
And these mine enemies are all knit up The Tempest: III, iii
And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs. King Henry VI, part I: II, iii
And knit our powers to the arm of peace. King Henry IV, part II: IV, i
'item: she can knit.' The Two Gentlemen of Verona: III, i
Much. no, he shall not knit a knot in his fortunes Merry Wives of Windsor: III, ii
knit earth and heaven together! King Henry VI, part II: V, ii
knits her brows. King Henry VI, part III: III, ii
Garters of an indifferent knit: let them curtsy The Taming of the Shrew: IV, i

Well that's all for now. Just wanted to get started with this.

Illanna