http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/ Follow my unending quest to knit up my fiber stash. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:49:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4236 Fri, 11 May 2007 14:57:44 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4236 I have a project knocking around in my own little mind that a machine like this would be useful for. I want to make a short (almost cropped) toggle coat-jacket by first knitting oversized pieces, felting them individually, then cutting them to the exact size and shape of the pattern pieces, and sewing them together. It will be awesome! I have a project knocking around in my own little mind that a machine like this would be useful for. I want to make a short (almost cropped) toggle coat-jacket by first knitting oversized pieces, felting them individually, then cutting them to the exact size and shape of the pattern pieces, and sewing them together. It will be awesome!

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4212 Fri, 11 May 2007 04:29:16 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4212 Dude. That's a lot of stockinette. Whoa. (I'm feeling very Bill and Ted tonight after the sock class.) Dude. That’s a lot of stockinette. Whoa. (I’m feeling very Bill and Ted tonight after the sock class.)

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4200 Thu, 10 May 2007 23:36:35 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4200 It will be cool to see the finished product. It will be cool to see the finished product.

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4187 Thu, 10 May 2007 17:48:09 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4187 I would love to know what you make. I have the sweater machine too and haven't ever made anything I am really happy with. Right now I sticking to knitting by hand, but if there is a quicker way to do it and be happy with the result I am all for it. I would love to know what you make. I have the sweater machine too and haven’t ever made anything I am really happy with. Right now I sticking to knitting by hand, but if there is a quicker way to do it and be happy with the result I am all for it.

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4163 Thu, 10 May 2007 06:19:18 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4163 Yes, you're gonna dye it, frog it, and reknit it in some fabulous fashion to dazzle us all! Yes, you’re gonna dye it, frog it, and reknit it in some fabulous fashion to dazzle us all!

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4155 Thu, 10 May 2007 03:27:42 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4155 Ummm, maybe a curtain for the window that's letting in all that gorgeous sunshine?? Ummm, maybe a curtain for the window that’s letting in all that gorgeous sunshine??

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4150 Thu, 10 May 2007 00:20:56 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4150 Yup, yup, yup! I agree, knitting, dyeing, ripping, reknitting, felting. I want one... wahhhhhhhh! Yup, yup, yup! I agree, knitting, dyeing, ripping, reknitting, felting. I want one… wahhhhhhhh!

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4145 Wed, 09 May 2007 22:44:03 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4145 Perhaps dyeing, then ripping and then reknitting so you get strands of variegation? That's what I borrowed my sister's ultimate sweater machine for, but it wasn't working with the laceweight yarn. I was too impatient, I think. Perhaps dyeing, then ripping and then reknitting so you get strands of variegation? That’s what I borrowed my sister’s ultimate sweater machine for, but it wasn’t working with the laceweight yarn. I was too impatient, I think.

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4142 Wed, 09 May 2007 22:29:25 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4142 I think Beth's got it in one! I think Beth’s got it in one!

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4141 Wed, 09 May 2007 22:02:54 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2007/4-feet-in-4-minutes/#comment-4141 A scarf for a giant? A scarf for a giant?

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