Nearly There and FREE Craftsy Classes
I’ve got two quick things to tell you about today: A nearly finished knitting project and an opportunity to try Craftsy with some FREE Craftsy classes!
The Nearly There Knitting Project:
I am so excited to report that I am nearly done with my first (of four) commissioned knitting projects! I haven’t finished a knitting project in more than three months so this feels like quite an accomplishment (she says optimistically, even though she is not completely done but nearly done). I have been very slowly, a little each day, working on this one and I just had to show you how “nearly there” it is:
This has been a fun project and the edging was a great way of pacing myself. I would do one 24-row repeat of 30 stitches each day. Nice and manageable. Stay tuned for the finished and blocked project pictures. And it better be fun because my second commissioned project is to make another one exactly like it!
The FREE Craftsy Classes:
On Labor Day, Monday, September 4, Craftsy is offering FREE one-day access to ALL of their online classes. All you have to do is sign up with your email address and you can watch all day long! They have all kinds of online video classes: cooking, baking, sewing, quilting, photography, home decor, knitting, crochet. This is the perfect opportunity to see if you would like Craftsy and did I mention it is FREE???
I recently purchased the Knit Faster With Continental Knitting class and I loved it! I’ve heard that using the continental method (holding the yarn in your left hand and “picking”) can be more gentle on your hands/arms. I have also heard you can knit faster with this method — who wouldn’t want to knit faster so you can knit more so you can buy more yarn to knit faster with? My local yarn shop will be so appreciative!
The class was great video instruction with a great teacher. You can pause and rewind and rewatch any or all of the class as many times as you want. I am now practicing this method while working on my Dreaming of Spring hat:
By the way I also took the class Design Your Own Cowl with Laura Nelkin and as a result of that designed and published my Easy Cozy Cowl!
So, sign up here with your email address and they will email you on September 4 with a link to your free access!
One More Thing….
We’ve got one decking board in place…
Hoping to be done by the end of the year weekend!
(I am a Craftsy affiliate, which means if you sign up for something with links from this blog, I get a little kickback. Please know that I only participate in affiliate programs and recommend products that I truly like.)
I was looking at the craftsy classes. I noticed the classes on the differ styles of knitting. I ended up finding a video for combination style knitting. The knitter there claimed it was very ergonomic and easy on the hands and elbows. I personally knit very different from anyone I have seen, but the combination purl is the way I purl. Based on the video I saw I knit such that all my stitches are mounted “eastern” style. I do hold my yarn in my left hand like continental knitters do but when I started I had trouble purling that why so I purled “backwards” or like the combination knitter showed. Then because I wanted all my stitches mounted the same way I switched my knitting too. Anyway if you have trouble with continental or want to try something a little different let me know. I would be happy to show you. I hope you find a way to knit that doesn’t hurt.
Thanks for the info Elizabeth!