My name is Debbie. I live in St Paul, MN. I taught myself to knit about 15 years ago. The first thing I knit was a scarf of course. I always am learning new things. Next I want to learn brioche. Thanks!
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Hi guys! I am joining to take part in the kal. I live in Iowa and need a lot of sweaters, and knitting is one way to help get through the winter.
Intros:
Born and bred in Southern California
Started knitting at age 5
Love spinning and all things WOOL
Also love quilting
Play fiddle, especially Irish traditional
Retired biologist
Oh, Iām a continental knitter
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Hi all! Iām Elaine and Iāve been knitting forever though I did take a break when my children were young. My sister recently gifted back a triangle little scarf that I made for her when she was about 4 yrs old ( Iām the oldest, sheās the youngest). I loved doing the KAL last year and if it werenāt that I just cast on another Icelandic Lopi sweater with a steek ( something scary and new for me) Iād be knitting along again. I particularly love it when the grandbabes need a new sweater!
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Hi,
Iām D Louise online, knotjusthats on Ravelry, and I live in SE Wisconsin
I learned to knit when I used babysitting money to take lessons at a LYS. [Iāve never taken direction well, most particularly from my mother. ;o)) ]
First thing I ever knitted was mittens, made from baby yarn and small dpns, probably #2 or so, which my mom used to shut that mouthy teenager up. That was more than 50 years agoāyou do the math.
My favorite color is yellow, golden yellow. My favorite things to knit are hats, many for charity, and sweaters, mostly for me.
What I want to learn is to knit faster so I can do more of the above. I am resisting the brioche thing (along with Twitter and Instagram.)
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Hi there,
Itās Sarah here, and Iām one of your Southern Hemisphere MDK fans (New Zealand sub-branch). Iāve been knitting for about 7-8 years, self-taught from books and magazines. My mum (who was a really good knitter) tried to teach me when I was in my teens but I wasnāt into it then (changed now!). My first project was a baby beanie for my cousinās first-born. Have a big preference for natural fibres as they keep me toasty warm and are nicer to knit with. I work in the scientific field (all numbers and analytical stuff), so I love to be creative in my spare time.
This summer, Iāve knocked out four pairs of Squad Mitts for Xmas presents for family members, and have nearly finished a pair of socks for hubby. Iām also slowly completing a Tiny Owl Knits Beekeepers Quilt, using sock yarn leftovers. Planning a giant cabled blanket as a winter project. Iām keen to learn how to do colourwork properly, so would like to knit up a Hadley at some stage this year to ease into that.
I also sew and bake, but really I love just messing about with all sorts of things to make stuff to brighten up our home.
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The first thing I ever knitted was a bit of what I now know to be garter stitch. I secretly wanted to knit like my mom - stockinette - but she never taught me purl. I was somewhere between 7-10 years old (it happened twice). The next thing I knit was the front & back of a sweater - but the knitting store hadnāt added any positive ease, so it was small, and I ran out of yarn before I could finish it (age 22). Third time was bettter - I actually knit a raglan sleeve sweater using size 10.5 needles. No turning back!
Iāve knit everything from socks and mittens to sweaters, shawls, tams, cowls and balls/Christmas ornaments.
My current binge knitting has been Fair Isle and stranded hats. I also like gansey style sweaters and simplified fishermanās sweater with simple cables and moss stitch panels.
Favorite color: yellow.
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Hi, Iām Merit, I live in Vermont. I donāt remember the first thing I ever knitted but it was probably awful! I hate shoes. I love garter stitch because itās square so you can go in different directions and it doesnāt curl. I love fair isle because itās so pretty! I like Elizabeth Zimmermannās attitude about knitting. I would like to learn double knitting.
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Hay there everyone, Nicole hereā¦ I am a textile / fiber artist who came to my field through knitting and art. I am constantly knitting on something between all the other things that occupy my life. I teach lots of different textile techniques as well as drawing and design classes in the Midwest. Glad to be here and cant wait to jump in on things as life allows.
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Hi - Iām Heather from Bremerton, Washington (12 nautical miles west of Seattle).
The first thing I ever knitted was a scarf that took forever because although I was so excited to be knitting I couldnāt stop, I also didnāt know how to start again if I stopped in the middle of a row and didnāt know how to fix mistakes so I frogged the whole thing every time I did something wrong. Which was pretty often.
My favorite movie(s) are Chinatown and Howards End.
My favorite food is cake!
My favorite color is something a tad greener and a bit paler than robin egg blue.
According to the number of pairs I have in my closet, my favorite shoes are apparently canvas sneakers.
I would like to learn how to knit Fair Isle so I can make lovely sweaters!
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Iām Amy from southern Ohio. I donāt even remember the first thing I knit but my mom always said I knit the same ball of yarn a hundred times.
The past year has been a stressful one work-wise, so Iām making an effort to spend some time knitting every day even if itās short. I donāt have a favorite movie but I love all things Masterpiece and PBS. Iāll finish up a cardi that needs a button band and seaming and then bang out a Hadley.
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Hi, Iām Susan. I have been knitting since grade school. I canāt remember the first thing I knitted but I still wear a cotton sweater that I made in high school 40 years ago.
I love to watch PBS programs, but usually make mistakes if knitting during them. So I mostly knit while my husband watches sportsā¦I can feign interest without giving up concentration on the pattern.
My birthday is at the end of February and it would be great if I could bang out a birthday Hadley. The yarn and guidebook just arrived today so I had better get busy.
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Hi, Iām Margaret. Iām terrible at things like groups, donāt keep up. But I love MDK, and I was thrilled to meet Ann and Kay at VKL this January.
My mother taught me to knit, but it didnāt stick. I retaught myself sometime in my 20s, I think. Anyway, when I was an adult. What was my first knit? Good question. I really canāt remember. If I look in my cabinets, the things I find are a sweater with rather wonky sleeves (had to decrease quickly so as to make them the right length (I have short arms and hadnāt known about adjusting patterns at that point)) with a lace pine tree pattern and some cables (it was sort of gansey style). And also I remember a baby sweater I knitted for my first child. I donāt know if they were the first things I knitted, but I do know I wanted to be a sweater knitter from the start.
My favorite ā Iāll go for shoes. At the moment, I love Kuru shoes. Very padded and comfy.
As for learning, Iād say double knitting, brioche and maybe to learn to do those crochet granny squares ā as hexagons.
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Hi my name is Michele I love to knit I would do all day long if I could but I am a mail carrier and that gets in my way 1st thing knit was 2a washcloth about 20 years ago I like to enter things in my county fair and knit things for my grandchildren. Looking forward to starting my Hadley
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Hi, Karma here (yes, Karma). Iāve been knitting for almost forever, but really intently for a decade or so.
Favourite movie is an everchanging target, but at the moment, Moana has captured my interest.
Iām not much of one for shoes, but Iām rather fond of thick, wooly socks!
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Hi Iām Meredith MC. I started knitting a really long time ago, but I didnāt get serious until about 10 years ago. My first Project was a scarf that took forever. I got the thing knitted, but I didnāt know how to bind off, so it sat for like 4 years until I decided I wanted to try knitting again. One end is much wider than the other. Anyway, after I bound off, I cast on something else, and now itās ten years later, and many fos later too.
I donāt know what my favorites are because that changes daily, but I just bought a pair of boots that Iām in love with, and I canāt get the new song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers out of my head, and itās so good that I donāt mind.
Iām currently ignoring the zipper installation on my Stopover ( I did a cardi version and its stunning but unfinished) and Iām working on some fingerless mitts-my constant purse-knitting companion.
Love you guys- I always look forward to MDK posts!
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Hello everyone! I wish I were banging out a Hadley with you all but I have set a vigorous knitting schedule for myself that doesnāt include a knit along for February. I am sad about it. Shelter is definitely a favorite yarn. Happy knitting. I will enjoy being a lurker!! Beth
Hi, Iām Nancy. Iām really glad I found this site. My first knit was a washcloth, six or seven years ago. Mostly Iāve knit accessories, but finally decided to cast on a sweater in January, a Rosemont cardigan which was about the simplest one I could find. Iām sorry not to join in the with Hadley, but I just ordered both field guides, so maybe there will be a Hadley in my future later. Looking forward to seeing what everyone does here!
We have a lot of deer where we live (Northern California) and have found the following to be the most helpful.
Plant lots of what they find to be be stinky or repellant and nothing that they want to eat. We have lost lots of traditional roses to deer, but they dislike some of the old style ones (none have touched our Cecil Bruner roses that grow like weeds and smell peppery).
Have outdoor lights on motion sensors. That seems to help keep down the traffic from lots of wild animals.
I know you donāt want to hear it, but a fence is a good defense. They donāt like to jump downhill over a fence, and a six foot fence generally keeps them out on level land. It doesnāt need to be particularly visible, just dense enough to keep them from squeezing through (they can dislocate their joints to fit through tight spaces). The deer fencing we have around our vineyard is built from 2x4 wood (top and bottom rail, posts 8ā apart) with wire mesh (very see through, 2"x4" holes); we have had lots of compliments on it from neighbors and visitors, and it is very effective.
We have had some luck using the coyote urine packets. They are much more effective than the garlic sticks.
We started having a serious problem with the deer when we planted wild flowers that deer supposedly disliked on the street next to our driveway. Unfortunately, the deer LOVED those plants and decided to enter our yard on a routine basis to see what else they could find. It took several years of actively discouraging them to get them to avoid our home and go elsewhere. You will probably need to be vigilant about what you plant and how vigorously and persistently you chase them off for some time before they decide to pick on someone easier.
Best of luck!
The first thing I ever knitted was a teapot shaped item when I was going to school in the Netherlands about 50+ years ago. (All grade 3 girls took knitting).
My favourite food has to be chocolate, of course.
I would like to learn how to use my camera better but knitting wise, hmm, canāt think of anything Iād like to learn there.
I just went through a faze of knitting endless pairs of socks so am a little burned out as far as socks goes but currently seem to be on a sweater knitting spree.
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First thing I knitted was a tacky acrylic scarf when I was a kid.
Fav movie: Shawshank Redemption and Last of the Mohicans.
Fav food: chocolate
Fav color: blue and purple
Fav shoes: the ones that I found on sale
Would like to learn how to weave