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She wore an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot knitkini

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Submitted by LostClown on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 8:18pm
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I'm busy knitting (by request) bikinis for my etsy store. I'm planning on making a purple/yellow polka dotted one too. Hehehehe.

Here's the first one so far:

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Now I have that song in my head - Imagine when I make the polka dot one!

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Submitted by hipparchia on

I'm planning on making a purple/yellow polka dotted one too. Hehehehe.

i think this calls for an earworm mashup!

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Submitted by Cyn on

Love this! Are you on Ravelry? Katibird at The Confluence knits, too.

PS, I am a yarn whore.

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Submitted by votermom on

I'm alas there!

I am going to ask you many questions at some point about etsy!

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Submitted by LostClown on

Classic Elite Star. 99% cotton, 1% lycra. Perfect for bathing suits, I guess. I think they're a little silly, but to each their own, and I am super poor so if people will buy them I will make them. I'm making this in a "medium:" C-cup, size 40 hips.

I'm pretty sure the yarn is discontinued.

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Submitted by editor_u on

Never did like that song.

My daughter has been knitting many lovely things for her children. So when I first saw the image on the front page, despite the title of the post, I thought I was looking at unfinished little hats. How cute, I thought.

Well, I still think they're cute, but I guess they're not hats.

Submitted by Anne on

someone like me, who is just starting and really has no clue, what attracts me to knitting - aside from the cool things you can make - is that I think it lowers my blood pressure AND it keeps me from stress- and boredom-eating.

I love finding gorgeous colors to put together, and just having fun with them.

Tell me though, how is your experience with etsy? I ask because my daughter makes gorgeous jewelry, and has looked into etsy as a way to reach a wider market, but for now has set up a flickr account to showcase her wares. Today she looked at a space in a building that is being converted over to artists' space, and will rent a small area. All she has to do is maintain her space and pay a very reasonable monthly rent - they staff and take care of everything else. She's excited. She has a full-time job as an office manager - what with getting married almost 4 years ago, she'd kind of gotten away from the jewelry - she went through the jewelry program at the MD Institute College of Art (MICA) - but now is looking to get back in and explore good ways of getting herself out there.

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Submitted by Valley Girl on

Long time no see! I picked up knitting again after a long gap. It really is quite soothing.

I admire you for taking up knitting now- I taught myself when I was in my early teens, but wonder if I could do it now were I a first time knitter.

I'm no pro- just knitting a cashmere scarf from recycled yarn right now. What are you knitting?

I'm interested to hear other's feedback on etsy too. twig has commented on that here, a good while back.

All success to your daughter! A flickr link?

Submitted by Anne on

How's everything?

I haven't really made anything that doesn't look like a scarf or a potholder, lol, but that's okay - I just like how soothing the whole exercise is!

Anyway, here's a link to my daughter's Flickr site: Katie Schaper Originals. She doesn't have prices up, but she's only an e-mail away, and she also loves to do custom work, so keep that in mind.

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Submitted by Valley Girl on

Thanks for the flickr link. Some really gorgeous things there.

As for your "scarf or potholder" comment, jeez, not to worry! I'm in simple mode myself. I took up knitting again when I went to a winter time place for a sabbatical. I have a half finished sweater from that time- I used a generic pattern, and adapted it with a really cool lace pattern that I found somewhere. All was fine until I got up to the armpits, where I had to do all kinds of head scratching to make the lace pattern work. Oh, and then I moved back to my regular place. So, the project got interrupted. The idea of trying to take it up again is truly stressful, but that's my own fault for inventing such a complicated project.

I say, stick with the simple stuff. But, consider using some kind of a lace stitch for your next scarf. Lace isn't complicated, except if you do what I did (re-invent a sweater pattern). It's enormously rewarding, and with all those double wraps and slip stitches, it can progress really rapidly! The patterns are repeats, and once you get the hang of it, it's fun and easy. I was going a great pace on my sweater, until I got to the armholes.

And, lace is a lot more forgiving than regular knit purl stockinette stitch. I mean, variations in tension don't show unless one totally deviates. And, that is hard to do. Like suddenly using a four size needle difference, that's my fanciful example.

And, my view, lace is a lot more interesting to knit than the usual knit purl paradigm.

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Submitted by LostClown on

Etsy's pretty good. I know people who sell a lot there. I just started selling things there and so I can't really comment on that side of it, but the prices they charge to sell stuff through there are *very* reasonable and I have bought a lot A LOT of stuff from there. It's my first stop shopping place.

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Submitted by LostClown on

I'm adding more stuff randomly, especially knitted goods, but I'll try and post that stuff up here too. I've got a few FOs to post, but I'm parceling out my knitting posts so that we can prolong the knitting experience. ;)

EDIT:
*FO = finished object in knitspeak

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That is all.