Lately, every project I touch seems to turn to crap. I have been trying to knit this bag and while the pattern in painfully simple, it would seem that I am not up to the challenge.
First, I cast on the wrong number of stitches. **rip**
Then, I knit about 3 inches and realized that I had knit a row with the incorrect decrease, so instead of a lovely zigzag meandering up the bag, I had a bit more zig than zag. **rip**
The third attempt was apparently not charmed either. I started again and got about 6 inches into it when I stopped and looked at it again. I realized that the bag was written for a much finer yarn than what I was using. It should have been about 8 inches wide or so, but I was coming in at nearly double that. **rip**
Needless to say, I put that project aside for a bit and finished up a dishcloth. A generally painless project.
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I had ordered some garment labels for my handbags a few weeks ago and they arrived late last week. I am now in the process of opening up a seam in each bag so that I can stitch on the labels. This depresses me more than you can guess. I have over 30 bags in inventory and the thought of having to redo something on each one of them makes me want to weep.
I am hoping that I can get something accomplished over the long weekend. As a bonus, Caleb and Eric are heading to California to visit my FIL and I get my very own vacation here at home! (This is infinitely more appealing than spending 4 days traveling.) They will be gone the weekend of the 15th, so I can actually accomplish something. No dinners to prepare, no games to play with clingy 4 year olds, nada!
I am also hoping to nail down a date for a purse party at a friend's home later this month. It will bring in a new influx of cash so I can afford a new digital camera.
What do you use to photograph your knitting? Do you use a macro function to capture stitch details? I would really prefer a point and shoot type (not SLR) digital camera at about $200 bucks. Recommendations anyone, or a good place to look online?
5 comments:
Man I know all about cursed knitting. I had the worst sockapalooza experience ever.
I use a Kodak something or other...it was about $250 I think...I will check on the make of it tomorrow. I don't think it has a macro but I use the computer to crop and zoom pictures to get a closer-up. It works great for me.
A macro setting is a necessity when photographing fiber & yarn!
I have a Canon Powershot A95 and it's a great camera. Lots of settings (especially that macro setting I use to death!). Takes great photos w/o flash too (I never use a flash).
A mini-tripod helps get great yarn/fabric photos too. They're very cheap (maybe $9-12?). I keep mine in my purse so I always have it for those spur-of-the-moment photos!
Right said Fred? wow -- takes me back a coupla years.
that's crappy when a project seems to fight you at every turn (I am that way with dishcloths - can't knit them for love or money, and have yet to knit one that hasn't been ripped out 3 or 4 times beofore it was done!) The bag looks like something you would have to concentrate on to get it right!
Oh, thank Dawg. Obviously, it is some knitting-related virus going around, and not that I have suddenly lost my ability to do even basic work. ;-)
UGH! Undoing work? It makes my toes curl up, it really does...
Poo on the bag. I hope that it does turn out well in the end. I have a Sony Cybershot, and I love it.
I have no knitting mojo at the moment either...oh well.
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