Archive for August 30, 2011

30 Aug 2011
Knitter's News • What's going on?

New Knitting Pattern – Soleto Vest

Classy yet practical. This vest should take you from day to evening. Wear jeans for a sporty look – wear a shirt and make it elegant.

Soleto Vest Front

This vest is knitted seamlessly from the top down, ending on the bottom edge.

Finished sizes:chest 32.5 (36, 40, 44.5,48,52)” (81.5 91.5, 101.5, 113, 122, 132 cm)

Yarn: worsted
Yardage: 550 (650, 720, 850, 930, 1025)

As seen: Vest shown on model size 32.5″, Berroco Vintage, worsted, color Mochi #5101

Pattern: Pattern includes instructions for length modifications for a more personal fit.  Instructions both written and charted.

Go to Ravelry Pattern Page for more information.

Soleto Vest is currently available as a PRE-ORDER at 30% off, US $4.20. (Regular price US $6) Pattern will be available by September 16, 2011.

If you purchase the pattern through Ravelry as a pre-order, you will receive a pdf receipt with pattern information. You will automatically receive the completed pattern on or about September 16, 2011.

If you would like to be notified when this pattern becomes available, feel free to message me in Ravelry or Facebook, or sign up to the Endless Knitter Newsletter.

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18 Aug 2011
How To's • Knitter's News

New knitting technique for sock heel by Cat Bordhi

Knitted Socks

There are many ways of knitting the heel of a sock. But there is always room for new techniques. Cat Bordhi has just released a new technique that makes for a really cool heel. It’s actually more of a wedge. And for those who want a wider heel this is perfect.

Take a look at Cat’s Sweet Tomato Heel Sock video tutorial.

Cat\’s Sweet Tomato Heel Socks video

Another version of this great technique is the Cat’s Padded Sweet Tomato Heel.

Cat\’s Padded Sweet Tomato Heel Socks video

I can’t wait to try these out on my next sock project. Endless Knits Logo

 

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11 Aug 2011
Just for fun

Displaying your nail polish bottles at home

I do my own nails and rarely go to a salon. I kept my nail polish bottles in a cozy basket in a drawer and only took it out when I was going to do my nails. But honestly, that was a hassle.Nail polish basket

 

To see the colors I would have to take each bottle out of the basket… not very exciting and obviously not very inspirational.

 

So I figured, why not display the bottles so that I could see all the lovely colors. After all, it does make for a beautiful display. Since I couldn’t find an actual display for nail polish bottles other than those made for commercial use, I decided to use a spice rack.

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I just love it!

It’s so functional, I ask myself, why I didn’t think of this before.

Now I see the lovely colors and actually look forward to doing my nails.

By the way…I got my spice rack at Walmart.com. They had a good price and shipping was free since I had it shipped to my local store.sm Logo dragon fly only

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05 Aug 2011
Knitter's News • On my needles • Yarn

A beanie knitted hat for my son

It’s not often my son asks me to knit him something but when he does, I just love it.  His request…a beanie. He wants it orange but it has to be a special orange, not just any orange color. He wants a warm orange. So as you can imagine, I immediately jumped to the task, excited and all, and set off to find that perfect orange yarn.

Now mind you, he’s a college student and does his own laundry, so I figure that the beanie is going to end up in the wash and spin cycle at some point. Its going to have to be washable yarn of course.

This afternoon, I visited my local knit shop, Knit! in Longwood and I think I found it!

Cascade Yarn 220 Superwash, Pumpkin

Cascade 220 Pumpkin

If he likes it, it will be on my needles very soon.Endless Knits Logo

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04 Aug 2011
Blogging 101 Seminar

Make it easy for your readers to keep connected by using Feeds.

Ok, so you’ve got a blog going and people are now coming to your site to read your blog on your latest knitting project, favorite patterns, recipes or just sharing family fun stuff.

Maybe they found your site in passing or perhaps your site was linked from somewhere else such as Ravelry, Facebook or your website. Whatever the case, you’ll want to make it easy for these readers to return to your site again.

 TipsTIP: Create A FEED.

Create a feed to allow others to be notified when you’ve posted a new blog. This is how I did it:

Feedburner

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First create an account with Feedburner.google.com. Then go to “publicize”. Where it says Chickletize your web site, select friendly graphics.

Here you’ll find lots of choices. Whatever you select from this list, the HTML code for that selection will appear at the bottom. Copy and paste this code to your site.

I have the “Subscribe to Endless Knits” and “Subscribe to a Reader” HTML codes included in my blog (see right side bar). I also subscribed to my own site and now I get an email when I publish a new post. It’s a good way of testing what you’re doing.

If you are using Blogger for your blog, setting this up is pretty easy. Just add the Subscribe to email into your site. Its one of the choices provided to you as an add-on.

If you are using WordPress you’ll have to install the code in a widget window. Go to Appearance, select Widget, select Text – arbitrary text or HTML. Drag and drop this Text widget into your Sidebar Blog. Now open the text box by selecting the down arrow icon and paste the Feedburner code.

Endless Knits logo  COMING UP….If you notice, I’ve added my logo, the dragonfly with yarnwings, on the top browser tab. This is called a Favicon. I’ll be sharing with you soon how I added my Favicon to my blog so you can add one to your blog too.

 

 
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