Thursday, May 24, 2007

Knitting Aspirations and Accomplishments

Things I want to try but have not done yet

  1. Knitting with metal wire
  2. Afghan
  3. Two end knitting/Tvåändsstickning
  4. Knitting with camel yarn
  5. Mittens: Tip-down
  6. Knitting with silk
  7. Moebius band knitting
  8. Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
  9. Knitting with banana fiber yarn
  10. Domino knitting (modular knitting)
  11. Knitting with bamboo yarn
  12. Toy/doll clothing
  13. Slippers
  14. Norwegian knitting
  15. Knitting with someone else’s hand-spun yarn
  16. Teaching a male how to knit
  17. Dying yarn
  18. Steeks
  19. Knitting with cashmere
  20. Darning
  21. Jewelry
  22. Gloves
  23. Knitting with linen
  24. Knitting for preemies
  25. Free-form knitting
  26. Pillows
  27. Dying with plant colors
  28. Knitting items for a wedding

Things I have accomplished

  1. I-cord
  2. Fair Isle (or other stranded) knitting
  3. Knitting with cotton yarn
  4. Knitting with soy yarn
  5. Knitting in public
  6. Shawl
  7. Baby items
  8. Socks: top-down
  9. Mittens: Cuff-up
  10. Hat
  11. Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cosies…)
  12. Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on one or two circulars
  13. Participating in a KAL
  14. Charity knitting
  15. Knitting with circular needles
  16. Continental knitting
  17. Designing knitted garments (bag and socks so far)
  18. Writing a pattern (Shamrock Shenanigan Socks)
  19. Participate in an exchange
  20. Scarf
  21. Teaching a child to knit
  22. Knitting to make money
  23. Knitting with dpns
  24. Holiday related knitting
  25. Knitting a gift
  26. Knitting with synthetic yarn
  27. Bobbles
  28. Knitting and purling backwards
  29. Knitting with self patterning/self striping/variegated yarn
  30. Knitting two socks on two circulars simultaneously
  31. Fulling/felting
  32. Knitting with wool
  33. Kitchener stitch
  34. Knitted flowers
  35. Purses/bags
  36. Knitting with beads
  37. Swatching
  38. Intarsia (working on a bag now)
  39. Short rows
  40. Stuffed toys
  41. Sweater
  42. Buttonholes
  43. Cuffs/fingerless mits/arm-warmers
  44. Thrummed knitting
  45. Knitting with alpaca
  46. Knitting with your own hand-spun yarn
  47. Knitting with dog/cat hair (Glittens knit with Great Pyrenees Dog Hair)
  48. Socks: toe-up
  49. Cardigan

Things I have no Desire to Do

  1. Graffiti knitting - don't know what this is
  2. Publishing a knitting book
  3. American/English knitting (as opposed to continental) (why bother?? LOL)
  4. Knitting for a living
  5. Machine knitting
  6. Knitting art

2 comments:

  1. That's a pretty ambitious list there. Will you do it all by the time we see you at Creative fibers? ;)

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  2. I guess I better live a loooong life. (at least it will be a calm and peaceful life though). :)

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