Knitting! [Archive] - Colony of Gamers

iHap

10-01-2008, 04:22 AM

Owned.

Does spoiler text work?

Failed

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Does youtube work?

Yes it does. :)

And rules have not been set here at CoG so bwahahaha!

Alatheia

10-01-2008, 05:08 AM

Your first post is in the knitting thread. It's going on your permanent record.

The knitting thread creation was my third post... guess Mightbe is more into knitting than I am :eek:

mightbe

10-01-2008, 05:50 AM

Mightbe!

Your first post is in the knitting thread. It's going on your permanent record.

Knitting is badass. Beth is a freaking yarn monster.

Blue

10-01-2008, 07:35 AM

I tried making myself a Slytherin scarf once and it turned out abysmal. I'd be better suited just buying a bunch a yarn and wrapping it around my face. Though when I was a wee one I did use one of those store-bought-kit-things to make an over holder for my mom. It was awesome.

Typical Michael

10-01-2008, 07:56 AM

Alls I have ever successfully knitted was a scarf for my mom, and then a bunch of scraps for my cat to destroy.

ADDGirl

10-01-2008, 08:26 AM

All i knit is scarves and small lap blankets, I really need to move onto something more advanced. Alatheia are you knitting the mario scarf?

Typical Michael

10-01-2008, 08:34 AM

I have all this freakin yarn that I feel like I am never going to use...I wear bandannas, and was knitting a pretty cool ridiculously fluorescent green one, and then I screwed up and ripped it out in frustration.

squirrelTactics

10-01-2008, 10:43 AM

I only knit the blood of my enemies.

PlusOne

10-01-2008, 01:43 PM

I wants my warcraft scarf. Oh I wants it so.

I am totally all over that.

Scarf with an orc on it = win.

Alatheia

10-01-2008, 04:07 PM

Knitting is badass. Beth is a freaking yarn monster.

Can I get "Yarn Monster" as a title here? :cool:

All i knit is scarves and small lap blankets, I really need to move onto something more advanced. Alatheia are you knitting the mario scarf?

I wish, I was so pissed that I didn't come up with the idea first when I found that thing online!

I have all this freakin yarn that I feel like I am never going to use...I wear bandannas, and was knitting a pretty cool ridiculously fluorescent green one, and then I screwed up and ripped it out in frustration.

If you want to get rid of your yarn... I'll take it :D

((okay, I <3 multi-quote))

Rogue_hunter

10-01-2008, 04:33 PM

Could I have a Star Wars scarf? You knitting people are so awesome, that I thought one of you could make a masterpiece. Pretty please?

pheriannath

10-01-2008, 04:35 PM

My wife is a hell of a knitter, she makes all sorts of goofy little things.

She made me an NES Controller blanket. :D

ADDGirl

10-01-2008, 06:41 PM

My wife is a hell of a knitter, she makes all sorts of goofy little things.

She made me an NES Controller blanket. :D

Your wife sounds awesome, I feel so inferior now with my limited knitting skills

Alatheia

10-01-2008, 06:54 PM

Could I have a Star Wars scarf? You knitting people are so awesome, that I thought one of you could make a masterpiece. Pretty please?

After I get the two penis scarves, that really are penises, and Mightbe's done we can talk.

Alatheia

10-06-2008, 06:38 PM

Made the chart for the real penis scarf today.

If anyone talks to BackseatKiller have her come look at this thing!

Be afraid, be very afraid!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2919499531_704ddd0b16.jpg?v=0

Allimonster

10-06-2008, 06:42 PM

That penis scarf's pretty amazing stuff...

So, I'm Pher's wife, and here's the blanket I did for him a couple years ago. :D I'm pretty damn pleased with it, and now that it's getting cool again, we're actually able to pull it out of the closet and use it!
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1070/1143157270_bb541c2e87_o.jpg

Alatheia

10-06-2008, 06:44 PM

I added you on ravelry! :D

Allimonster

10-06-2008, 06:49 PM

I added you back! First time I ever got to brag to Pher about getting into a beta instead of the reverse! :D

Alatheia

10-06-2008, 06:51 PM

ravelry beta ftw~!

Typical Michael

10-06-2008, 09:27 PM

I have a ravelry. I should get back on it.

Alatheia

10-06-2008, 09:52 PM

I have a ravelry. I should get back on it.

oh em gee!

Who are you on Ravely? I'll add you too :D

Typical Michael

10-06-2008, 09:59 PM

oh em gee!

Who are you on Ravely? I'll add you too :D

"TypicalMichael"

I really havent done much with it, but I laugh every time I see "Where my stitches at".

Alatheia

10-06-2008, 10:03 PM

I added you!

Backseat Killer

10-07-2008, 09:44 AM

OMG! I love it Beth! It will keep me warm on cold nights...

Alatheia

10-07-2008, 10:27 AM

Guys are QQing because they think it's too "pointy" but the don't understand that being a knitting item will curve it out a lot.

I think it's beautiful.

A knitting friend suggested a better way to make the hair for yours. This is going to be so funny.

Bone

10-07-2008, 12:09 PM

I do a lot of pixel art, which is essentially (exactly) what you are doing with these patterns... if you wanted it slightly less pointy I bet I could do that. But if it will work out in the knitting, don't worry about it. Still (looking down) it could use a little of a bulge and then a rounder tip.

All in all it looks like a very good depiction of a penis scarf :)

Alatheia

10-07-2008, 04:28 PM

The increases will be on the inside not on the edge, so it will come out nice and round. If I was to make a knitted circle I would do it like this.

I've also been informed that "a peener scarf is incomplete without a spurt" so I'll be adding a spurt to it. LOL.

Scaryfaced

10-07-2008, 04:37 PM

Is it this kind of scarf?

http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn428/Scaryfaced/09.jpg
________
Bondage Kinky (http://www.fucktube.com/categories/390/kinky/videos/1)

GunnyMo

10-07-2008, 04:39 PM

While I am a big *ahem* fan of the penis scarf and other assundry naughty bits in yarn as well as the awesome controller blanket, I have to say I'm shocked. Shocked that a knitting thread could exist without mentioning the granddaddy of all knitting schemes:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y38/GunnyMo/LatchHookKit.jpg

Bone

10-07-2008, 04:41 PM

The increases will be on the inside not on the edge, so it will come out nice and round. If I was to make a knitted circle I would do it like this.

I will defer to you; I did not mean to doubt that you knew your way around a (knitted) peener.

Alatheia

10-07-2008, 04:52 PM

I will defer to you; I did not mean to doubt that you knew your way around a (knitted) peener.

I do indeed know my way around a (knitted) peener.

latch hook != knitting

should go make a latch hook thread and take that where it belongs! :p

GunnyMo

10-07-2008, 05:03 PM

haha I couldn't resist as it's the extent of my knitting knowledge. lol

Alatheia

10-07-2008, 06:42 PM

haha I couldn't resist as it's the extent of my knitting knowledge. lol

latch hook = crap

:p

Alatheia

10-08-2008, 12:25 AM

Okay, so I redid it with a "spurt" for my friend that told me a peener scarf needs a spurt...

Let's just say it looks amazing!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/2923073257_1d68f4218e_b.jpg

Typical Michael

10-08-2008, 07:49 AM

I am making a black k2p2 scarf for me for when I go to NYC in January, and I really want to put some Batman logos on it. I found one awhile back, but I dont think it would fit right. I cast on 32, if anyone ever finds one that works.

Alatheia

10-08-2008, 10:05 AM

Images don't work too well in ribbing. You'd have to put the image on only the part that stands out, which would only give you 16 stitches to work with and that's a bit small for a logo to really look good.

If you want to do a yellow scarf with the logos on the end I have a chart (not on the comp though) that'll work great :D

Typical Michael

10-08-2008, 10:09 AM

I have a whole bunch of yellow yarn, would it be difficult to scan?

Alatheia

10-08-2008, 11:58 AM

I'll get it online for you today :)

Typical Michael

10-08-2008, 12:27 PM

i'll get it online for you today :)

<3

.........

AgtFox

10-08-2008, 12:58 PM

Wife's not into knitting, but if you guys ever make some (non-licensed) stuff and want to sell it, I know there is a bunch of knit stuff for sale on Etsy.

Typical_Micahel, my wife made me a Batman cup cozy. She can't sell it because of licensing issues, but it is awesome. I should take a pic of it and post it up.

Alatheia

10-08-2008, 03:08 PM

I can sell crap at my brother's comic book store :cool:

Alatheia

10-08-2008, 09:04 PM

batman chart:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/2925169585_80e97a5d6e_o.jpg

Typical Michael

10-08-2008, 09:18 PM

w00t I will see what I can get done with that.

Alatheia

10-09-2008, 12:58 AM

I *should* get my other nerdy charts onto the comp but that would require effort and stuff... I'm lazy.

samcity83

10-16-2008, 06:18 PM

I am just learning to knit... so can anyone suggest any good books for beginners?

Allimonster

10-16-2008, 08:42 PM

samcity83

10-17-2008, 01:29 PM

The Stitch N' Bitch books were what I used to learn to knit. They have great instructions that aren't too technical ("stick it in the part that looks like a butt" and such) and lots of pretty basic projects that look a lot harder than they are.

Debbie Stoller wrote them - there's quite a few out there now. Go with the original, though.

Thank you! They look pretty awesome :). I realized really quickly that I am not nearly as coordinated as i thought I was. That being said I have been practicing just the plain knit pattern on a scarf to work on my coordination...so far it is erratic and looks like a 6 year old is doing it. My husband is enjoying laughing at me.

Allimonster

10-17-2008, 04:18 PM

I totally know what you mean! The first piece or two are laughable - they WILL get better, trust me!

samcity83

10-18-2008, 02:12 PM

I totally know what you mean! The first piece or two are laughable - they WILL get better, trust me!

Thanks that is encouraging! I asked danielOut to pick the book up for me while I was at work and he laughed at me and said NO WAY! (he was too embarrassed).

Mr. Murphy

10-18-2008, 02:27 PM

My girlfriend wants me to point any knitters to Ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com). It's a beta site, so you have to wait for an invite, but once you put your email in there it's only a four day waiting list.

She says it's the best knitting community on the web, and I have to say from looking over her shoulder, the forum is impeccably designed (in fact, we could take a few of their ideas, like the 'radar', which shows new posts as they appear, all on one screen, so you don't have to jump from thread to thread to keep up).

Anyway, she's on there as Stegosaurus Rex if anyone wants to friend her. She says she's learned a ton just from being on the site.

She's knitting me some fingerless gloves right now - kindof like yarn gauntlets.

Alatheia

10-22-2008, 11:41 AM

I would have friended her, if that was her name on ravelry... search turned up no users.

Another resource for learning new knitting stuff is http://www.knittinghelp.com/. They have videos on there so you can watch someone do it then attempt for yourself. :D

JadedPirate

01-16-2009, 09:19 PM

I just picked up Teach yourself Knitting Visually...I'm a very visual person, so this book is really good for me. It has color photographs, instead of drawings, and sooo many stitches. You should see my practice piece, it's kinda cool. But that's the main thing I was looking for, I've caught on to knit and purl but that's as far as my itty bitty beginner's book took me.

Anyhoo, I just finished my first project (scarf for my stepdaughter, she seems to thoroughly like), and am now working on a Doctor Who scarf for Strax. I've already screwed it up slightly, but hopefully not too noticeably.

Alatheia

01-17-2009, 04:23 PM

Knit and purl are basically it. Everything else is just variations of them, or a combination of them.

LordDon

10-21-2009, 09:10 PM

I saw this (http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=314101.0) and immediately thought of you, Alatheia.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/Lord_Don/3773324169_2145459190.jpg

Bone

10-22-2009, 03:19 PM

DO WANT. Giant pixel art rugs FTW.

Doctor Setebos

10-22-2009, 03:29 PM

My wife is currently knitting me a scarf and I saw that last night and told her to just drop that project and get to work on this. She told me that she saw it already via a craft blog she follows and put it on her list to do "at some point in the future". I'm hoping that translates to "Christmas 2009". :D

LordDon

11-11-2009, 08:26 AM

LordDon

02-14-2010, 08:32 PM

So much win:

http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/jerimmortal/posing2Bpaul.jpg

Suave Peanut

02-14-2010, 09:05 PM

I want that.

Hawkzombie

02-14-2010, 09:07 PM

...That's almost as awesome as Jayne's hat from Firefly.

Generation ABXY

02-14-2010, 10:01 PM

"A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything. Except for maybe Dr. Wily."

Thanasimos

02-15-2010, 10:11 AM

Alatheia needs to knit a pair of these (http://www.craftycrafty.tv/2009/11/geek_craft_super_mario_knitted.html) for a Child's Play prize this year. Do want!

http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/jerimmortal/mario-gloves-thumb-200x200-98829.jpg

Funny enough, I talked a friend of mine into knitting or crocheting (she can do both, and I'm not toooooo picky) me a pair of fingerless gloves, so that I can play guitar with warm fingers. So excited to get those. The trade is, incidentally, that I have to learn to knit, and make a simple, baby-sized beanie, and donate it. To babies. (Via the local hospital.) Should be next weekend that this exchange takes place.

The other trade option was I could have taken her out for ice cream, but I'm lactose intolerant, so that wouldn't be very fun.

tortiekat

06-20-2011, 02:53 AM

Oooh, a knitting thread. :)

I just started to learn how to knit back in January. After about 5 or 6 times of starting over due to a mess up I couldn't fix (I had a good 5 inches knitted at that point), I finally finished my first project (a scarf) in April. Currently, I am in the process of a simple baby blanket for a friend, and I have a hat lined up for the next.

If any of y'all are interested, I'm on Ravelry as well (tortiekat on there, too). Just need to update my stuff there at some point.