What have you knit meme
May 21st, 2007
I saw this when wandering around blogland and although I haven’t been tagged, I thought it was pretty interesting.
Bold for stuff you’ve done, italics for stuff you plan to do one day, and normal for stuff you’re not planning on doing.
Afghan
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up (I counted my fingerless gloves here)
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Domino knitting (=modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting (I’m not sure what this one is, but I need to find out and try it)
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing (Before I opened the store, I used to do alot of these for gifts)
Knitting with circular needles
Baby items
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Slippers
Graffitti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Continental knitting
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book (when I retire from the yarn shop)
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
Knitting to make money (I did a smattering of this while trying to decide whether to include completed items for sale in the shop)
Button holes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colours
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths,tea cosies…)
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars
Olympic knitting
Knitting with someone elses handspun yarn
Knitting with dpns
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking (Although I am asking myself - why?)
Dying yarn
Steeks (I didn’t count the waste yarn cut for a afterthought heel, but this one makes me feel like a coward)
Knitting art (Isn’t all knitting art? I’ve done this, but prefer practical art).
Knitting two socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars simultaneously (can you put half bold? I’ve tried this but didn’t like it, and since life is too short to not like knitting, I when back to one at a time. Which surprises me because I multi task so well, but I found this to be too much like work, won’t do it again)
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener BO
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
LongTail CO
Entrelac Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with selfpatterning/selfstriping/variegating yarn
Stuffed toys
Knitting with cashmere
Darning (to quote Stephanie - my way of darning is to say “darn” as I throw it away)
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Intarsia (too much like real work)
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting (so far only untentionally)
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerlessmitts/armwarmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Rug
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair (somewhere in the store or house, I have a hank of Agua’s hair spun with a gold filament that I want to put into a scarf)
Hair accessories
Knitting in public
This list reminds me that there are always new knitterly things to learn and even if I don’t care to repeat the experience, I should be willing to try something new.
Consider yourself tagged; if you’re so inclined.
Wow! There is not really much on that list that you have not done, or would not try…makes me feel like a real knitting coward!
Comment by Alison — 5/22/2007 @ 12:26 pm
This list is huge knitting can keep one busy for years!
Comment by Sandra Singh — 5/26/2007 @ 3:41 pm