Knitter’s Feed Symbol

Because knitter’s need their own feed symbol…

Knitter’s Feed Symbol with Knit Stitches

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Knitter’s Feed Symbol sans Knit Stitches

Scroll down to download knitfeed2.zip.

Both zip files include different sized pngs and the original Inkscape svg.

Download the symbol without stitches.

Knitter’s Feed Symbols by K. Chester is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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Ravelry Lurking

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Support the Knitting Lounge

I don’t normally post this sort of thing, but the Knitting Lounge at Fashion Week is the sort of project that can benefit all indy handknit designers in the long run. (It could also create a lot more competition, but that’s fine by me.) I donated what I could (it wasn’t much, but every penny helps) and I’m encouraging everyone to donate what they can.

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Confessions of a Yarnaholic

By Me

Edited and Commented by kcknits (aka My True Self)

Hello, I am a yarnaholic. Fiber of all types invades my home; its siren call renders me powerless. Strike this sentence! This is not an invasion. It is a willing collusion resulting from the symbiotic relationship between man and sheep. I am an equal opportunity yarnaholic–acrylic has as much of a chance with me as cashmere. Equal opportunity my foot. Cashmere and bison are expensive. I’ve even bought fun fur because it was well…"fun". The swatch looked cute, but the finished scarf must never see the light of day. Remnants–those innocuous little half, quarter, and eighth balls–have sentimental value and must be pried from my dead fingers. The acrylic may be used for tying up plants, but touch my wool at your own risk!

I confess I give the fruits of my labors to others to justify my yarn habit. But I did keep one pair of socks, a scarf, a hat, two pairs of mitts, and the hideous fun fur for myself. My addiction harms my loved ones, forcing them to graciously accept clown socks and sweaters two sizes too large. My aunt asked for the purple, green, and orange socks. She even picked out the yarn. There’s no accounting for taste. As for my best friend, she crash dieted while I was knitting. Besides, the sweater fits now. Even my dog has suffered because of my affliction. The snow booties, hat, and sweater looked so cute on her. Alas, malinois aren’t poodles and she meticulously tore the hat to shreds. She’s now on my “Do Not Knit” list.

I go to craft fairs and stand in the alpaca booth for hours trying to decide between the cream and brown lace weight baby alpaca before going home with both. Leaving them both there would have been a crime of immeasurable magnitude, particularly when they gave me a Sunday afternoon discount.

When I moved, I discovered I owned five things: books, knitting books, yarn, knitting needles, and CDs. Imagine how heavy the book boxes would have been if I hadn’t filled them halfway with yarn. I gave away my movie collection for yarn space. My favorites are all available online and I needed the space. Instead of china, my sideboard houses yarn, carefully preserved in hermetically sealed bags. Fancy plates that I will never use are useless. I even purchased a vacuum sealer to support my habit. In your face, moths!

At tax time, I go through my receipts and calculate how much I spent on my hobby. Appalled by my yearly yarn expenditure, I lie to myself and claim I spent less than I actually did. I rationalize this by saying I am overpaying my taxes, which supports my government. This always sounds better than saying what percentage of my income I spent on yarn. Oddly, I’m okay with this practice.

Before I purchase yarn, I spend inordinate amounts of time studying the different brands. I will even PM people on Ravelry and ask about wear. In short, I am obsessed. This is not obsession; it’s research. Hand knit socks should last for many years and this is the only way to know.

My New Year’s resolution was to only knit from my stash. I kept it for five months before asking for yarn for my birthday. Well, everyone asked what I wanted. It’s not my fault yarn was cheaper than the new computer I need. I have a problem. No, I don’t.

With my assistance, smooshy balls have invaded my home. They are like gremlins except they replicate without water. I wish they were like gremlins. Then I would have enough of that yummy Madelintosh for two pairs of socks. Before I drown in my self-made vat of fiber goodness, And I would want to stop this from happening why? I am turning myself over to a higher Power and begging for help. Only through His grace can I overcome my addiction and clean out my yarn basket. He asked for a sweater.

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“Unofficial” Ravelry Tweet Day

Mark your calendars everyone. May 21st is Ravelry Tweet Day. Copy of the Event Posting on Ravelry: "unofficial" Ravelry Tweet Day May 21, 2009 This will hopefully be a worldwide Twitter event, however the Events page made me pick a state and country on order to post this! Maybe those from other places who are interested could re-post under their home state/ country so that we can get as many Ravelers as possible to Tweet Ravelry and knitting on May 21st. Idea- On May 21st, 2009 let’s see if we can get Ravelry and knitting in the “trending topics” on Twitter. event editors: cecilyam

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A Geek Plans Her Color Work Knits

Have you ever designed an intarsia or fair isle design, ordered your yarn online and discovered that the colors were either a) hideous, b) didn’t match, c) too girly for the man in your life, or d) all of the above? If you have, let me say welcome to the world of the online LYS. If you haven’t, either you don’t order online or you are incredibly lucky.

Let’s go ahead and establish that I am not a lucky knitter. In fact, I would describe myself as the person who experiences the worst that the knitting world can offer (frequently all at the same time). Yes, I have ordered what I thought was a lovely pale pink yarn only to discover that the delicate pink was best described as pepto-bismol pink–a nauseating shade which instantly turns other knitters green and not with envy. After a multitude of bad yarn experiences, I have turned to my web design toolbox to solve my yarn problems. My tools of choice: Colorzilla and ColourLovers.

Colorzilla

This handy little Firefox extension lets you pick hex colors from pictures and web pages. Just go to your online LYS of choice and click the eye dropper icon in the left hand corner of your screen. Hover over the yarn and scribble down the number on a handy pad of paper.

This is much better than eyeballing the color on your computer screen and saying, "I think that’s a light purple." At least, this uses a real picture of the actual yarn for color. (Pictures are still pictures and colors aren’t 100% accurate, but digital cameras are normally more accurate than holding your box of Crayons next to the monitor.)

ColourLovers

I can’t say enough about this site. I do freelance web design on occasion and it has saved my butt several times. (I particularly love COPASA, which helps you generate your palettes and integrates some color theory into your designs.) For finding palette ideas and creating your own custom palettes, this is an excellent starting place. A few things to note:

1. It only allows 5 colors per palette. (Designers who love using 10 different colors will need to create more than one palette per design.)
2. It will generate patterns, but that requires a bit more effort than using COPASA.
3. You can download the palette in many different formats. (I use GIMP and Inkscape for most of my sketching, which means I click the GIMP button for the palette. (Inkscape uses .gpl files too!))

I’ve already done this exercise for the KnitPicks Swish DK, which I’m planning on using for a project. Since this is designed for use on your desktop in conjunction with an graphics program for sketching, I’ve put the file in a GoogleDocs spreadsheet.

You can create one of these for any yarn you are considering, but you do need good quality pictures. Use a single palette for a hand painted yarn.) Happy (tear free?) planning!

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