anyone interested in a knit along?

musicalsilver

The crafty thread got a few of us talking about needing some motivation/encouragement to get back into knitting. Who all is interested and what kinds of things would you like to knit?

I have a cute cable knit sweater coat that I knit LO last year and am considering modifying the pattern for a 24m sizing if I can (you can look in the crafty check-in post for a picture of it).

I'm game for just about anything, though we should probably stick to a gender - neutral clothing item. Also comment if you have an interest in running this, though I'm happy to if nobody else wants to.

Cricket81

I'm in!

Cricket81

Hmmm, I LOVE the cable sweater, but maybe we should start with something simpler and get these B's knitting? We could do something like this.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/playground-shirt-unisex

And those of us who want to add color work or something to spice it up, can.

cafecreme

That would take me years to make  :-O I knitted a blanket before C was born, and it seriously took me 9 months to make. Granted, There was a few months that I didn't touch it, but altogether I think something like 15-20 hours to make...and this was a pretty dinky blanket. 

How about something smaller, like leg warmers or a light weight hat or beret? Or maybe a small stuffed animal or "lovie"? 

musicalsilver

How about some blocks?

I found some crochet blocks:

And some knit blocks:

Those that are more experienced knitters/crocheters can make the faces of the cubes as fancy as they please that way?

Cricket81

Blocks are cute and a great way to use up some of my leftover yarn!

musicalsilver

Alrighty ladies, blocks seen like a good starting point!

How's about this weekend we post a intro to knitting/crochet and give people a chance to do something basic as practice/gather supplies, and start with the blocks on the following weekend? Or is there a particular day we'd like to do a check-in?

musicalsilver

subliminalrabbit said:

Ladies, I those blocks are going to require way more finishing than I like.  I am not down for mattress stitching a bazillion (okay, six) little squares.  All four sides.  You're all nuts.

Okay if I improvise?  I'll do blocks, but I'm going to do my own thing or find another (more seamless) pattern.

I mostly chose them because they just involved knitting a bunch of squares ;-)

This pattern is a little more complicated, but only has two seams, so it might be better.

musicalsilver

34blondie said:

I've had this on my to-do list forever. An idea if the official project is make a toy and you want to be fancy.

Cuuuuute!!  Thing #eleventybillion that makes me wish I could wrap my head around crochet.