http://wildwool.wordpress.com the place to come for knitting & book reviws, for teens by teens Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:27:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I tried this stitch out on Serenity's strap, not sure about it, only to discover that Linen Stitch is the ultimate form-meets-function pattern.  It features a different look on each side, melded with easy knitting, strength, and stretch. Row 1: K Row 2: P Row 3: sl1, *k1, sl1 purlwise WYIF* rep from ... http://wildwool.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/stitch-in-the-spotlight-linen-stitch/ Well, June is nearly over, and the Dog Days approach.  And, speaking of Dog Days, do you have a dog?  Tell us here... or tell us your July wishes... actually, don't do that, or they won't come true... what did YOU think of the new Indiana Jones movie... or some ... http://wildwool.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/introducingjuly/ Avid fans, this month's pattern is just made for summer... It's... It's... The Water-Bottle Sling from KnitWit, by Amy R. Singer.  So... here it is! Materials:  Koigu PPPM (100% merino wool; 175yd/160m per 50g); color:PG11X; 2 skeins, (from the yarn shop, any 50g sock yarn can be substituted, so long as it's ... http://wildwool.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/pattern-of-the-month-june-water-bottle-sling/ Avid fans, we have come to the end of the Chicks Trilogy.  In the final installment of the high-school saga, the four friends are "staring down the end of high school" and wondering (or at least Scottie is) if this will be the end of their quartet.  The book begins at ... http://wildwool.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/book-review-of-the-month-june-chicks-with-sticks-knitwise/ Guess what?  The other day, somebody used google to find this blog (that's nothing new), but what was new was that the search term was the name of this site!  http://wildwool.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/guess-what/ Okay, fans, here's this month's word:  Knit*er*obics*  It means exercising while knitting, of course! http://wildwool.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/word-of-the-month-june/ I started my tank top, Zen.  I'm up to the first stripe already!  Wow-you fans really visited alot last month.  Lets try to visit even more this month, shall we?  Not that I'm complaining! http://wildwool.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/zen-is-begun/ Avid fans, you may have noticed that Horselover19 is gone.  No worries!  She lost her password, but will return soon under another username... just so you know. TTFN, Wildwool http://wildwool.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/user-update/ Hey, avid fans!  I totally forgot about PS untill I went looking through my old posts...and it turns out I did my PS project for May, which was a green hat for one of my friends, Sarah.  And Serenity (what I decided to name my WIP, see previous post) has ... http://wildwool.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/ps-project-spectrum-may/ Hey avid fans, I have a new WIP!!!!!  I went to buy the yarn on Saturday, and that's all I've been knitting since.  It's ... a yoga mat bag!  Currently, my mat is languishing in my shower.  (The shower is NOT being used, because the door doesn't stay shut, so ... http://wildwool.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/wip-update/