KCBW 2012 #6: Improving Your Skillset
Originally published at Rip It Good. Please leave any comments there.
So, today I’m supposed to talk about how I feel I am doing in my knit and crochet skillsets.
Most of you know I can crochet like a champ. I’ve made tunics, blankets, skirts, and toys, and I can do them pretty quick if I feel like it. But there’s still some areas I either don’t have a lot of experience with or haven’t tried at all. Some of the ones I’d like to at least try or improve within a year or two are:
- Broomstick Lace
- Hairpin Lace
- Tunisian Crochet
I’m a lot worse at knitting than I am with crochet. I can fudge a crochet pattern and get it to fit me, but I’m not really good with fixing my gauge at all in knitting. This is why I have not yet knitted myself a sweater. I can knit lace like a champ, but if it has to be a certain size, fuggatabouddit. Here’s a list of things I need to do and things I suck at doing and have to fix in knitting:
- make a sweater
- entrelac
- fair isle
- double knitting
There’s more, but if I make the list too long, I’ll never do any of them.
Oh, and here’s a couple recent achievements - one each for knit and crochet - that I haven’t gotten around to posting the FO information to this blog yet. :)
Juneberry Triangle Shawl
Crochet Spiderweb Skirt