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By: Khaos » Blog Archive » Finished Bag

Khaos » Blog Archive » Finished Bag — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:19:58 +0000

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By: karen

karen — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:19:03 +0000

The closest thing I got to a deadly weapon was a new set of knitting needles. It’s cool though that I now understand a secret Japanese knitting code

By: Norwin

Norwin — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:56:27 +0000

“All I needed to do was ask for S-19″?? Does that make you sound like a spy? I’d not be at all surprised if the nice Tokyu Hands lady hands you some sort of deadly weapon!

By: karen

karen — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:13:35 +0000

Jessica, the bag is made with a two types of yarn, one of which is a stringy novelty yarn, and I don’t quite know how to describe it. It doesn’t have a chart, it uses a diagram, a rectangle that shows how many stitches and how many rows. It only uses stocking and rib stitch, so it didn’t need a chart.

I have never managed to learn how to crochet. Do you crochet?

I will be in Pittsburgh around the 4th of July. Let me know what sort of thing you are interested in and I’ll have a look in the craft shop. At the minute bags and hats seem all the rage. I can’t imagine crocheting a hat out of straw!

By: Jessica Marie

Jessica Marie — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:44:05 +0000

What does the bag look like? I’ll be interested to see photos when you’re finished with it.
You’re so lucky; Japanese knitting and crochet is all the rage over here, and there are all kinds of websites that help people translate the patterns. Most of the crochet, from what I understand, is charted so it’s almost universal. Is your knitting pattern charted as well?