knitting meme -modified
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knitting meme
Bold for stuff you’ve done, italics for stuff you plan to do one day, and normal for stuff you’re not planning on doing. * for stuff done/planned for fabric and not yarn (i.e. sewing/quilting)
ITEMS:
Afghan
Baby item *
Cardigan
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/armwarmers
Gloves
Hair accessory
Hat
Household item (dishcloth, washcloth, tea cozy)*
Jewelry - not knit or fiber
Knitting art
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Pillow*
Purse/bag*
Rug
Scarf
Shawl
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Slippers
Socks: Top-down
Socks: Toe-up
Stuffed toy*
Sweater
Toy/doll clothing*
FIBERS:
Alpaca/llama
Bamboo yarn
Banana fiber yarn
Camel yarn
Cashmere
Cotton
Dog/cat hair (ick - didn't work well)
Handspun yarn: Someone else's
Handspun yarn: Your own
Linen
Metal wire
Recycled/secondhand yarn
Self-patterning/self-striping/variegating yarn
Silk * not knitted, but sewn.
Soy yarn
Synthetic yarn
Wool
TECHNIQUES:
Bobbles
Circular needles
Continental/German knitting or picking (yarn held in left hand)
Darning
Domino knitting (modular knitting)
Dpns
Entrelac (textured 3-d diamond effect)
European/English knitting or throwing (yarn held in right hand)
Freeform knitting
Fulling/felting
I-cord
Intarsia (multiple colors/yarns in same project)
Machine knitting
Moebius band knitting
On a loom
Short rows
Smocking
Socks on two circulars
Steeks (knit in the round, then cut for flat piece)
Swatching
Thrummed knitting
Two-end knitting
With beads
STITCHES/PATTERNS:
Buttonholes
Cable stitch patterns
Cast on: Long tail
Cast on: Provisional (using waste yarn)
Cast on: Tubular (for adding elastic later)
Drop-stitch patterns
Fair Isle/stranded knitting (carrying yarns across the back of the work)
Garter stitch
Knitting and purling backwards
Lace patterns
Norwegian knitting (stranded knitting with only two colors)
Kitchener stitch (to join knitted pieces together)
Slip stitch patterns (for multiple fabrics)
Stockinette stitch
Textured knitting
Twisted-stitch patterns
Yarn-over patterns
ACTIVITIES:
Charity knitting and quilting
Design knitted garments
Dye with plant colours
Dye yarn
Graffiti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Holiday-related knitting
Knit a gift
Knit a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Knit for a wedding
Knit for pets
Knit in public
Knit for a living
Knit for preemies
Knit to make some extra money
Olympic knitting
Participate in a KAL (knit-along)
Publish a knitting book
Taught a child to knit
Taught a man to knit
Taught a woman to knit
Wrote a pattern - quilt, not knit
knitting meme
Bold for stuff you’ve done, italics for stuff you plan to do one day, and normal for stuff you’re not planning on doing. * for stuff done/planned for fabric and not yarn (i.e. sewing/quilting)
ITEMS:
Afghan
Baby item *
Cardigan
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/armwarmers
Gloves
Hair accessory
Hat
Household item (dishcloth, washcloth, tea cozy)*
Jewelry - not knit or fiber
Knitting art
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Pillow*
Purse/bag*
Rug
Scarf
Shawl
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Slippers
Socks: Top-down
Socks: Toe-up
Stuffed toy*
Sweater
Toy/doll clothing*
FIBERS:
Alpaca/llama
Bamboo yarn
Banana fiber yarn
Camel yarn
Cashmere
Cotton
Dog/cat hair (ick - didn't work well)
Handspun yarn: Someone else's
Handspun yarn: Your own
Linen
Metal wire
Recycled/secondhand yarn
Self-patterning/self-striping/variegating yarn
Silk * not knitted, but sewn.
Soy yarn
Synthetic yarn
Wool
TECHNIQUES:
Bobbles
Circular needles
Continental/German knitting or picking (yarn held in left hand)
Darning
Domino knitting (modular knitting)
Dpns
Entrelac (textured 3-d diamond effect)
European/English knitting or throwing (yarn held in right hand)
Freeform knitting
Fulling/felting
I-cord
Intarsia (multiple colors/yarns in same project)
Machine knitting
Moebius band knitting
On a loom
Short rows
Smocking
Socks on two circulars
Steeks (knit in the round, then cut for flat piece)
Swatching
Thrummed knitting
Two-end knitting
With beads
STITCHES/PATTERNS:
Buttonholes
Cable stitch patterns
Cast on: Long tail
Cast on: Provisional (using waste yarn)
Cast on: Tubular (for adding elastic later)
Drop-stitch patterns
Fair Isle/stranded knitting (carrying yarns across the back of the work)
Garter stitch
Knitting and purling backwards
Lace patterns
Norwegian knitting (stranded knitting with only two colors)
Kitchener stitch (to join knitted pieces together)
Slip stitch patterns (for multiple fabrics)
Stockinette stitch
Textured knitting
Twisted-stitch patterns
Yarn-over patterns
ACTIVITIES:
Charity knitting and quilting
Design knitted garments
Dye with plant colours
Dye yarn
Graffiti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Holiday-related knitting
Knit a gift
Knit a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Knit for a wedding
Knit for pets
Knit in public
Knit for a living
Knit for preemies
Knit to make some extra money
Olympic knitting
Participate in a KAL (knit-along)
Publish a knitting book
Taught a child to knit
Taught a man to knit
Taught a woman to knit
Wrote a pattern - quilt, not knit