Saturday, January 3, 2015

Facebook Finds

I spend time browsing through patterns at ravelry.com, but lately I have followed craftsy.com on Facebook. AND I have been enticed by some of the links to knitting projects posted by my Facebook Friends. These social media inspirations led to three projects.

What I knit

A lot of people admired the Little Red Riding Slippers, and I was able to find the pattern at a new source of inspiration: DROPS Design at garnstudio.com. Not only do they have amazing patterns, but they also provide THE best videos related to each project. What’s interesting is that there is no sound to the videos, just slow and repetitive demonstrations of stitches and tips. Amazing, especially for these slippers because they are like socks (have never made any), they have cables (still pretty new at that), and they have an “interesting” way of assembling. But the pattern and videos worked, and I made three pairs: red ones for Pat, purple for Heather and these awesome multi-coloured ones for Ann:

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At the same time these were making Facebook, really cute knit pants for toddlers appeared, and I said boldly in reply to someone, “I can make those!”. Well, Maggie saw that and I had to prove myself. So, I found the pattern for Grumpybum Monster Longies and used up some leftover yarn to make these for one of Maggie’s “greats” (who is modelling here):

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Adorable, but a challenge for sure with first time short row knitting for the grimace and some fancy counting to make the crotch. Now that I’m looking at the picture again, I realize how much I love them. And I love the follow up story. Maggie wanted to pay me, but I couldn’t take money, so suggested she make a donation to the Kawartha Lakes Animal Wellness Society (we’re both cat lovers) and she did. And they liked the story behind the story and featured it here.

Finally, there were a LOT of Facebook posts about what you can knit for your pets. My friend, Susan, even introduced me to the WTFKnits Facebook page (hilarious) for pet and other weird knitting projects. I decided to keep it more simple and decorous, and John and Michael’s dog, Merlin, got this adorable Bandana (and he looks very handsome in it):

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So, fellow knitters, beware Facebook postings!

What I read

I got an early Christmas present, an iPad Mini, and I have started my life of reading eBooks. Amazing. My first downloads were some Maeve Binchy short stories that I had somehow missed and Diane Mott Davidson’s “The Whole Enchilada” (I have always liked her “culinary mysteries” and haven’t read her for a while).

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