Comments for Crafty Detour

Comment on WINNERS! by Alyssa

Alyssa — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:34:36 +0000

Whoa, nice prizes! Congrats to all the winners – I kept meaning to participate, but putting it off. It was fun to follow the threads on Rav and spy on people’s progress, though!

Comment on Knitting other than socks – Rhinebeck Sweater by suzalele

suzalele — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:45:18 +0000

Hi,
I believe I ran into you at Rhinebeck, and raved about your hot pink Knitty sweater and you so graciously took it off so that I could try it on. I have been obsessed with it ever since. I could swear you said you used something heavier than the pattern called for? Any probs you ran into along the way that you could dispell for me would be greatly appreciated.
thank for your generosity. suzala
Ps I prefer Rehinebeck to Maryland. Perhaps it’s the crispness of the air? This year we were really lucky with weather, as often it rains on the wool and sheep fest.

Comment on CDU: Socks 101 – Introduction by Alyssa

Alyssa — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:47:37 +0000

Cool! I’m excited to learn a thing or two – I’m pretty good at socks, but not so adventurous.

Comment on About Us by Gail

Gail — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:58:34 +0000

Help me please
I am in Australia have just tried to knit Dahlia cardigan, completed centre but am now having trouble understanding Chart b where it says No stitch. Please help as want to kni this so very much. I have never been on this site before so hope you can reply to my email. Regards Gail

Comment on Crafty Detour University by Alyssa

Alyssa — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:18:14 +0000

This is such a great idea I’d be willing to do something with designing your own knit toys – or, maybe reverse engineering things to knit items you see in movies/stores?

Comment on Crafty Detour University by Lobug

Lobug — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:42:59 +0000

That sounds so cool!
How about a class on Brioche??

Comment on Knitting other than socks – Rhinebeck Sweater by Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:25:19 +0000

yes I know – part of the reason why I love it so much

For SAFF – if I’m not heading to TX (which is looking like a no), maybe we can pop up for a visit. That is my anniversary weekend afterall

Comment on Knitting other than socks – Rhinebeck Sweater by JessaLu

JessaLu — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:22:35 +0000

Dude. You’re gonna be able to see that sweater from *space* (which makes me happy – I’ll be able to find you in the Rhinebeck crowd!)

How about the Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival? I’ll be there, with bags on. ;o)

Comment on How far would you go? by Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:51:21 +0000

I absolutely agree. There has to be a limit – and we have the same thing at our group – the “helpers” will rotate through those that have issues – sometimes someone different providing the help is what it takes for the help to sink in – I found that to be the case when I was a statistics tutor at Pitt.

I like how you trade projects in your Wednesday group – what a neat idea.

Comment on How far would you go? by DPUTiger

DPUTiger — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:46:25 +0000

I struggle with this a bit thanks to my LYS job. Yes, people need to learn and grow in the craft, but sometimes there are limits. Two people in our Thursday group at the store come to mind.

One of them, M, just can’t seem to progress. She has handed an in-progress Barn Raising Quilt square to my LYSO and asked her where to take the next stitch. She’s working on a linen stitch scarf that I think I’ve fixed a dozen times for her. I try to make sure she learns, but there are times when it’s just not worth it. And then I’ll just do another row or get her over the hump so she can get knitting again.

The other one, D, is just slooooow. A kid sweater (like a size 2) that you or I could knock out in a weekend has taken her six months. She learns, she really does. But she’s so slow that she forgets what she did last time she got to that point.

Of course, then there’s my Wednesday (non-store) knitting group that includes LYS workers from three local shops. Sometimes we have a project we just can’t face and we’ll trade just to get someone moving again. I’d go pretty far to help someone, but sometimes there need to be limits.