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jl yarnworks jl yarnworks what else do you do when wool threatens to evict your family saturday august 04 2012 growing pains it s been a long time coming but i ve finally taken the plunge to move jlyarnworks com to a new e commerce company the old company was inexpensive and did the job but only just as my sales incrase not being able to do something as rudimentary as export sales data to excel or even print a sales report has become too cumbersome the old site forced me to enter each order individually to get info like individual items purchased purchase price shipping charges etc eek plus as technology over the past few years has grown by leaps and bounds my old e commerce company didn t make a single improvement or offer a single new feature so i ve researched different options settled on one that i think i m going to love and have signed up to transfer the whole shebang over to them i m guessing just the transfer will take a few days and then i get to start from scratch adding products and making everything pretty i have no idea how long this will take me lol but my etsy site will still be going strong during this process if you re wanting products i m not supposed to sell on etsy like those oh so lovely bamboo tools by karatstix just contact me here or on etsy and i ll get it all set up for you easy peasy and know that the new dot com should be amazingly better than the old one i hadn t updated jlyarnworks com in awhile knowing this inevitability was coming and that i d just have to start over anyway frankly i lost motivation which is all the more reason to get this done now with any luck i ll get it all transferred very quickly and be back and open for business soon best to get it done before the busy fall season at least right thank you for all your patience your understanding and your support posted by j at 2 36 am no comments tuesday may 22 2012 giveaway time a couple weeks ago i launched a new pattern i did so fairly quietly since i was on my way out the door to a show now it s time to share it with all of you and why not give a few away while i m at it right these socks were inspired by the hunger games aim true features an arrow pointing forward down the toe they d not only be great for your favorite hunger games fan but also for a graduate or anyone else taking a new direction in life let these socks lead the way want to win a pattern pdf version for yourself here ya go a rafflecopter giveaway posted by j at 5 25 pm 24 comments wednesday april 11 2012 join in the round being careful not to twist anyone who has knit something in the round has seen these instructions before right join being careful not to twist and we ve all thought duh until we get overconfident and realize that we have indeed twisted it i can t be the only one a blog reader asked me about joining in the round and not twisting your work in my hermione s cable and eyelet hat post rather than give a lengthy and boring text answer in the comments i figured i d give a quick and dirty tutorial on joining in the round let s start by working with circular needles 1 cast on the desired number of stitches 2 spread those stitches out along the length of the needle and turn your work so that the bumps all fall to the center of the needles when you lay it down on a flat surface this is much easier to see than trying to point them all down while holding your work up in the air this helps you make sure that nothing is twisted if the nubs wrapped around a needle like a candy cane you d have a problem that would need to be fixed before the next step 3 make sure your working yarn is on the right hand needle as you look down on it 4 slide a stitch marker onto your right needle to mark the beginning of the round 5 pick up your work carefully being careful not to accidentally twist your work at this stage knit the first stitch on the left needle pull this new stitch close to the last stitch on your right needle to close the gap 6 knit the 2nd and 3rd stiches on the needle pulling each stitch nice and snug after working each stitch this is the crucial step that helps avoid ladders in your work 7 continue working around per your pattern slipping your stitch marker as you pass it on each round note you may notice a gap forming in the first couple rounds where you joined your work just take care to pull those stitches snug each time you pass them and that gap will close when you tuck in your ends you can further close any gap that remains at the cast on edge if necessary now on to double pointed needles dpns the concept here is the same so i ll abbreviate the steps further 1 cast on the desired number of stitches i usually try to do this all on one dpn if at all possible if not i ll cast on as many as i can then transfer some of the first cast on stitches onto a new dpn or you can cast on to a circular needle and then transfer them to dpns when you re done when you transfer stitches from one dpn to another make sure you slip the stitches purl wise this keeps all your stitches seated appropriately 2 spread your stitches across at least 3 dpns forming a triangle with your bumps towards the inside 3 make sure your working yarn is on the right hand needle as you look down on it 4 there s really no need for a stitch marker when using dpns since the beginning of your round will begin with a new dpn and a stitch marker would just slide off the dpn anyway your yarn tail will tell you which join is the beginning of your round 5 pick up your work carefully being careful not to accidentally twist your work at this stage using a fresh dpn knit the first stitch on the left needle pull your working yarn snug to tighten the first cast on stitch the stitch you just knit and the stitch you re about to knit all nice and tight 6 knit the 2nd and 3rd stiches on the needle pulling each stitch nice and snug after working each stitch do this every time you switch to a new dpn on every row it will become second nature and will help you avoid ladders make sure you check after your first and second rows to make sure everything is progressing as it should and there it is it can be fiddly at times but a little extra care at this stage can keep you out of trouble posted by j at 11 25 pm 3 comments labels casting on double pointed needles knitting in the round tutorials saturday april 07 2012 new rs ws stitch markers we ve all done it we need to remember which side is the right side rs or wrong side ws of our work so we ve clipped on a paperclip or tied on a bit of yarn and moved on with the project or we re convinced that we ll remember which side is which right yep that was me until my latest project i never really marked anything often a pattern is distinct enough that i can figure out which side is the right side or wrong side the right side has the pretty side of the cables right easy peasy photo copyright ashcroft hempsall but now i m working on beautiful cobweb a gorgeous shawl by ashcroft hempsall i love the youthful scarfiness of this shawl it seems so versatile and sophisticated i absolutely cannot wait to finish it look at how gorgeous that is but here s the problem you begin by knitting a large garter stitch base and both sides look almost exactly the same but on one side you do special increases that you don t do on the other side eek i definitely needed to mark my sides and mark them well not only that but you increase in the middle on one side in 2 different places so as you get wider and wider your markers get further and further away so two rs ws markers are essential at least for me they are i don t know why i never made these before maybe because i only make things i ll use and i d never needed these before but that has all changed here s my work so far like the brick pile they re ancient okay probably 50 to 100 year old granite bricks from a local quarry we re fixing our very screwy basement foundation and have unearthed a little over a hundred of them so far a close up if you look just to the right of the rs marker you ll see the diagonal line where increases have been made if i miss an increase it ll show i move the rs marker up as i go so it s easily visible as i work without having to search for it owl stitch marker available here and of course now this product is available in my etsy store they re simple and practical but sooooo much nicer than a yarn scrap no if you need a set here ya go and i ll keep you posted on my beautiful cobweb oops the easter bunny is here i d better make sure he gets the bunny picture miss kate colored for him happy easter all posted by j at 10 48 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom shop jl yarnworks visit my store please show our sponsors some love ads by project wonderful your ad here right now 0 blog archive 2012 6 august 1 growing pains may 1 april 2 february 2 2011 8 december 1 october 2 september 2 july 1 april 1 january 1 2010 41 december 3 november 1 october 3 september 1 august 2 july 7 june 7 may 3 april 1 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