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Feb 8, 2012, 7:40 pm
For GBE2 week 38, I bring in my other blog "Pirate Knitting"
A great question is "how can the average person read knitting instructions without going insane?" For my non-knitting GBE readers, let me explain a bit. There are two basic stitches in the world of knitting, the Knit stitch (K) and... Comment - Like
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Jan 4, 2012, 12:22 am
Yes, I too hate New Year's resolutions. So, why am I making these knitting resolutions? I feel my knitting is in a rut and it needs serious help; also my blogging here has been at a standstill and I want to get it moving regularly.
Is anyone else in a knitting rut? If so maybe some of ... Comment - Like
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Dec 22, 2011, 4:09 pm
In my previous post I highlighted some books that I love and own, but that may be out of print and therefore impossible to get except from the library and library books are not lasting gifts (or aren't supposed to be anyway).
Today, as I am sitting trying to call the City of Providence about ... Comment - Like
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Dec 16, 2011, 4:49 pm
Sorry about my absence, but I was away having a grandchild. I'm back now and know that everyone is putting the finishing touches on their gift knitting and considering gifts for their knitting friends.
One year when I was doing an extreme amount of knitting (for me anyway), I received books... Comment - Like
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Sep 9, 2011, 11:12 pm
I must apologize to my Pirate Knitting fans, I have not posted here in quite a while. Some of that has been "writer's block" and some of it has been because I have been taking time to learn how to "Magic Loop". This is a method of knitting something that would normally call for four double pointed... Comment - Like
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Jun 28, 2011, 12:06 am
The knitting sites online are marvelous, especially my favorite RAVELRY, with free patterns, yarn of all types and weights, any needle you might want and of course the great blogs. However, everyone who knits comes to a point where they need the help and advice of their local yarn store. I do almo... Comment - Like
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Jun 2, 2011, 4:03 pm
For some reason, many knitters and almost all new knitters hate to purl. My theory is that perhaps it is because it is the stitch that you learn after the knit stitch. You practice the knit stitch much more and the purl stitch is only that thing you have to tolerate to make a stockinette or other ... Comment - Like
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May 30, 2011, 9:19 pm
I am sadly writing this post to say that I am out of the Z to A Challenge, with travel and all I just couldn't keep up and I'm impressed with those that have, right after the A to Z Challenge.
I don't want to waste this post and for my knitting followers and people who have taken my advice and gone... Comment - Like
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May 26, 2011, 4:59 pm
I am so far behind in this challenge that I thought a small post plugging my new blog would not be really frowned upon. If it is then frown away, I'll get over it.
The new blog is A PIRATE LOOKS PAST SIXTY and has all the fun of this great blog without the knitting. This blog will continue with ... Comment - Like
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May 24, 2011, 12:46 am
It doesn't look like I might finish this whole challenge as we're leaving in a day to go to Virginia for Memorial Day and beyond so I will be living on laptop. However, this wonderful quilt which I do plan to make during my lifetime is something that I would have posted on Pirate Knitting, challeng... Comment - Like
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May 18, 2011, 12:20 am
Today we salute the RHODE ISLAND PIRATE PLAYERS, the inspiration my blogs "Pirate Knitting" and the new one A PIRATE LOOKS PAST SIXTY.
What are the RIPP and what do they do? They certainly do more than dress up in pirate costumes and play with swords, they are:
1. Historical researchers who delve ... Comment - Like
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May 16, 2011, 8:20 pm
In this short blog, I cannot tell you how to knit a sweater, however, I can point the way and give some Tips and Thoughts based on my sweater making history. Before you start a sweater you should:
1. Know how to knit, purl, increase and decrease. That's it. Complex patterns come later.
2. Know y... Comment - Like
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May 15, 2011, 6:31 pm
No one is better at wasting time than I am, seriously. No pirate or knitter can do better.
In the case of knitters, at least those I've known and myself included, I start a great project and am knitting away enjoying it and either come upon a glitch I can't fix immediately or see another project ... Comment - Like
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May 13, 2011, 4:43 pm
Urban Knitting seems to have started in about 2007 and it is creating of graffiti in public places with knitting items. This is a blog post that needs to be more pictoral than written. Yarn bombings and urban happen all over the world and the next INTERNATIONAL YARNBOMBING DAY is JUNE 11, 2011, so... Comment - Like
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May 13, 2011, 4:02 pm
This stitch is not only coming to you because it is a "V" (although that was certainly a consideration), but also because it is easy to do and can be made up into many different things. Pictures will follow. You can take any stitch and make it your own design by interspersing it with simple stitch... Comment - Like
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May 9, 2011, 10:15 pm
I am probably the worst person to write about wool as I have a sensitivity to it and cannot wear it against my skin. However, I can and do knit with wool because it is the most wonderful fiber of all to work with. I made my son a scarf out of Cascade Venezia which is a great mix of silk and wool. ... Comment - Like
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May 4, 2011, 11:02 pm
The back story to this post is that in my new found love of the library I came across an archeological mystery series that looked very interesting. When I start a new mystery series, I am pretty anal about starting with the first book which is not always easy to do because if it is an older series ... Comment - Like
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May 3, 2011, 7:20 pm
Knitting has many techniques that evolve into wonderful patterns and one of the easiest is the YARN OVER, which can create lacy little holes in a pattern. Little holes may not sound too go so here is a picture of the Feather and Fan stitch which uses yarn overs:
The Feather and Fan is a very easy pa... Comment - Like
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May 2, 2011, 12:35 am
Well this will be a strange post for a blog called "pirate knitting", but it is the only blog I have and today's letter is "Z" and a zealot of the worst kind has been killed.
Osama Bin Laden caused death and pain to whomever he and his organization Al Quaeda targeted. Webster's Dictionary defines a... Comment - Like
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Apr 27, 2011, 12:49 am
We all have our usual places where we end up going on a pretty regular basis and where "everyone knows our names" (to steal from Cheers).
For knitters and crocheters this is often a "stitch and bitch" at a favorite yarn store. Usually one night or afternoon a week the group gets together working ... Comment - Like
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Apr 25, 2011, 10:18 pm
When I was contemplating actually catching up to the group (which is on U anyway) and considered my "T" post. I thought maybe you can knit Tees as in tee shirts. I have a figure that would totally reject a knitted Tee and this must be why I never considered it before. So I went to my old friend RA... Comment - Like
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Apr 24, 2011, 1:02 am
Wow, I have been awarded an award, is that redundant or what, and I'm thrilled. I got a badge earlier in the challenge which I've yet to figure out how to post, but this one means much more especially as it comes from Marie-Anne at MARIE-ANNE'S MISSIVES one of her 4 great blogs and the only one I'v... Comment - Like
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Apr 23, 2011, 6:11 pm
Thanks to a friend of mine I was introduced to BRUTAL KNITTING as a site she knew I would love and I do. First here's a sample of what I'm talking about and if you have seen these in your everyday life, I want to know about it:
I contacted Ms. Widdess and told her that I was blogging her and asked h... Comment - Like
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Apr 22, 2011, 6:17 pm
I am not a natural Q, I was born to another letter. I grew up as a B, part of that boisterous, bustling, bunch that is almost at the top of the alphabet. My life as a B was full of being up front and noticed, alphabetically speaking and yet being part of a pretty large crowd in the world of finding... Comment - Like
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Apr 21, 2011, 7:29 pm
I know I'm cheating a bit, but I am behind and I hope it will be worth it. I also apologize to anyone who was expecting "P" to be Pirates or Purling well maybe on the way back Z to A.
This short post is about other people because (Marie Anne) that's how I became involved in the first place. When ... Comment - Like
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Apr 21, 2011, 2:53 pm
Rather than just lecture on needles, i.e. knitting needles (not the other kind), I am doing an FAQ and try to answer some of my own frequent asked questions.
What types of needles are there?
For kntting we use straight needles generally for a pattern that will go back and forth and perhaps have a ... Comment - Like
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Apr 18, 2011, 6:40 pm
Today, perhaps a little behind, I'm highlighting the projects that I most liked making that also those that I most want to make in the future. You will note a surprising lack of color knitting in this group, but I will come to terms with that too. I link the patterns to the title of the project an... Comment - Like
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Apr 16, 2011, 10:12 pm
The beautiful lighthouse that is pictured here is the Plum Beach Lighthouse in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. Like many lighthouses, this one had fallen into disrepair and needed a lot of help to maintain it's spot in the bay. People got together and decided to get a license plate issued as a f... Comment - Like
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Apr 14, 2011, 9:51 pm
This is a pirate site and so not all our knitting is ARRR pretty (although it's actually all very nice). I have decided to post some links and pictures from sites that I have found that have the dark, goth and pirate side of knitting if you are of a mind to knit like a pirate. First off we have w... Comment - Like
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Apr 12, 2011, 6:50 pm
Well, o.k. that was wiggling the J a little far. The first commission granted by a Governor of Rhode Island to a bunch of Pirates, ARRRR. The RI Pirate Players have worked hard over the years, reinacting, educating at schools and libraries and give the Pirate Historical Tours of Newport in the sum... Comment - Like
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Apr 11, 2011, 7:18 pm
While it should be clear by now that I am absolutely a beginner at color knitting, but I do like stranded knitting more than intarsia and the typical Icelandic design has a design of different colors at the bottom of the sweater and then similar or very close to the same design around the neck. The... Comment - Like
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Apr 9, 2011, 6:59 pm
For most people "homemade" is a good thing, such as homemade brownies and bread etc. When I was growing up my friends' mothers didn't work outside the home (mine did) and one of the things they did do was knit beautiful sweaters, hats, scarves, mittens, etc. for my friends. I wanted my mom to do th... Comment - Like
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Apr 8, 2011, 5:16 pm
These are beautiful sweaters and scarves that have patterns of all different combinations of cable stitches, seed stitches, popcorn stitches and many, many more. I think are much more fun to make than old color knitting. The pictures that I am showing on the blog today come from RAVELRY.com, a pla... Comment - Like
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Apr 7, 2011, 11:20 pm
Everyone makes mistakes at one time or another, some of us make many, many mistakes and most of us would love to have a "do over". In golf, they call this a "mulligan" where the bad shot doesn't count and can be taken again. There are so many do overs that I would like to have in all these years t... Comment - Like
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Apr 7, 2011, 4:05 pm
If you were following, you somehow got lost in my change to "pirateknitting.com". Please, please, please sign up again. I thank you. Comment - Like
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Apr 6, 2011, 5:06 pm
Everyone has to start somewhere, I am not an expert knitter. I did not make every project on my blog, except dishcloths and some others, and have hopefully linked to where the pattern and knitter might be found. I decided for today's "E" to assemble in this post links to easy knitting instructions... Comment - Like
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Apr 5, 2011, 5:53 pm
Today I am highlighting dishcloths as they are so easy to make, with inexpensive cotton yarn and yet so very useful. I led with the "I Heart NCIS" one because it's Tuesday which is of course NCIS night. I have hopefully linked to the pattern. If not go to FREE PATTERNS in left column, it is in ther... Comment - Like
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Apr 4, 2011, 6:43 pm
(BTW wrote this once and somehow lost it in technical world)
Color is everything in knitting and why I do it. There are thousands and thousands of colorways of the various types of yarn that just make you "high" when you go into a yarn store. knitting with different colors is hard for me and I'm o... Comment - Like
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Apr 2, 2011, 4:28 pm
Actually I began Pirate Knitting a couple of years ago and while I liked it, it didn't get many people reading. NOW I am discovering that you need to blog something for them to read, DUH. As I told Marie-Anne I did get out of kindergarten, slowly. Also I am discovering some of the tech aspects th... Comment - Like
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Apr 1, 2011, 5:45 pm
For all you knitters that have smart phones there's apps for you:
1. Vogue Knitting. My absolute favorite is the "vogue Knitting App". This app is like having the the Vogue Knitting Book in a yarn store or at a "stitch and bitch" with you. ALL the stitches are there, how to do them, with pictures.... Comment - Like
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Mar 24, 2011, 3:32 pm
ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES ON TV AGAIN http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/7703343/antiques_and_collectibles_return_to.html?cat=2;
THE INTRIGUING BRITISH LAW AND ORDER http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6028176/new_tv_the_british_law_and_order.html?cat=39
MAJOR CHANGES TO NCIS? They're a... Comment - Like
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May 17, 2010, 11:51 pm
Hi pirate readers,
Pirate Knitting is back. I first revived it with my article "Unique Summer Events in RI", FIND LINK in the last post.
Now I want to present a few very easy and more importantly very quick things to make while you are lounging around this summer.
The first one, which I am working o... Comment - Like
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May 4, 2010, 12:23 am
Unique Summer Events in Rhode Island
These are 3 very unique events for the whole family in RI in the summer.
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Jul 27, 2009, 7:45 pm
Hi everyone, if anyone, I sit here on a very hot and humid July day and have started to think about my Christmas. Knitters know that this isn't strange and that actually I might just be a little late in this pursuit. So, if you can stop thinking about the President having guests over for beer and th... Comment - Like
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Jun 30, 2009, 12:31 pm
This blog is still in formation and will have varying posts, mostly on the craft of knitting or some needlepoint and pirates. I did explain in the "first day" post about the pirate connection.
I would like to speak to the pirate connection further in this post. As has been seen on the news there are... Comment - Like
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