Month: July 2017

Tutorial

I needed to make some plarn the other day to make more Yoga Mat Straps and thought it would be awesome share how I make plarn. There are a few different methods but this one is my favourite way. It’s especially a good method for getting a somewhat consistent ‘weight’ of plarn. In this tutorial I’m using milk bags because they are stronger then a lot of other bags, but lighter bags are fine too.

One thing I forgot to mention in my steps was that I washed and dried the milk bags before starting. I don’t think you’d need to that with most bags, but the milk bags were smelly from milk leaks and whatever. So washing them seemed like a good idea.

I’ve also created a pdf here if you want to download these instructions.

Uncategorized

I came across a link to this today – Long Tail CO and I had to share. Not being able to estimate the right length of yarn for long tail cast has always driven me crazy. Running out of yarn when you have 100+ stitches is enough to break anyone. I also don’t like having excess yarn at the end of a long tail cast on. It just feels wasteful when it’s hand painted silk or some other pricey yarn.

In other news I’ve been knitting a ton of Beer Charms and trying to come up with some other unique handmade gift ideas to sell in the fall. My graphic design business has been too quiet the last week and half. I know it’s mainly because it’s summer time and lots of people wind it down a bit. I won’t lie and say I haven’t been having trouble sleeping and freaking out just a little. I honestly want to push creating and selling knitted items and patterns. My dream is to be a knitwear designer, but it’s not a simple dream. In fact I think it’s a crazy dream like wanting to be a rock star. But I’m going to keep creating and designing and dreaming. And I’ll see where it takes me.