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🧶 I solved my bamboo problem!
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Happy Friday! How are you? I hope you had some fun this week! Guess what? I finally have a viable project going with the slippery, splitty bamboo yarn that matches my hair! I switched to bamboo needles (coincidence?) and went up a couple sizes. Then I was able to get a mesh panel going pretty good. It’s just *yo, k2tog every row. Couldn’t be any easier. The last bump in the road was that the join on my circular needles was grabbing every single yarn over and slowing me down. So I picked up some long straight bamboo needles and now it's pretty much smooth sailing. I’m going to make a simple boxy mesh sweater out of 4 rectangles. I’m not using a pattern, just my body measurements and experience. I trust myself. I already have a skirt that’s going to be cute with it, so I’m highly motivated. I’m relieved to be using this yarn for something. Now that my bamboo problem is solved, I’d love to hear what projects you’re hung up on. Maybe I can help. Reply and tell me about it! Speaking of being highly motivated, I made a necklace, start to finish, this morning while I was still in my PJs. My mom gave me some beads in my favorite colors and I was dying to use them. Once I saw it coming together, I had to see it complete. Bruno was happy to keep me company: Here’s the finished necklace: I’m very happy with it. All of the messing around with the bamboo yarn got me thinking. I kept trying different things and every attempt was miserable. It wasn’t until I switched to a way bigger needle than the yarn called for that I got decent results. I had to trust myself to break a rule and it paid off. So I wrote a little about my thoughts on the topic. The Knitting Police Aren’t Coming. Let me know what you think after you read it. I hope you get to do what you want this weekend! I’ll be squeezing my knitting in during car rides! If you want more… Browse my Etsy shop See all my patterns on Ravelry |
Kelly Spenhoff
I'm a crafty maker and designer who loves to talk about knitting and crochet. Subscribe to my newsletter if you’re crafty and like to have fun!
Hey there! How has your week been? I’m feeling so much lighter this week. I finally did it. I broke up with the bamboo yarn for good. I’m so much happier. Now that I’m free to start something I actually want to make, I’m going to start a new sample of my Cat Hat. It’s due for a refresh in a different yarn. My plan is to use some leftover Germantown worsted that I have on hand. I’ll let you know how it goes next week. If you missed it last week, I made a new free resource for you. It’s called...
Hey there! How have you been? I hope you're getting more knitting done than I am! 🤣🤪 I'm just going to blame it on summer! I did do a different creative thing, though. I made you something! It's called The Rule Breaker's Permission Slip and Finishing Matrix. And it also has a Frog Log inside! My favorite part is the Finishing Matrix. It's a tool to help you decide just how much effort you should put into weaving ends, blocking, etc. for any particular project. You know I like to cut corners...
Hello, how are you!?! Are you working on anything fun? I’d love to hear about it. Send pics! I finally finished the front (or back) of the bamboo mesh sweater. I think I’m just going to make it sleeveless so I can be done with it sooner. I’ve tried so many different things with this bamboo yarn. I’m never going to like it. I’ll either use the rest on something like fringe or tassels, or I’ll give it to one of my kids who crochet. At least I know I gave it a fair shot before breaking up with...