PS more like BS

Was just toying around with this as a t-shirt idea...but not sure it'll come to fruition:

Polystyrene (PS) more like BS!

Knitting Updates: Felting!

Since I had to scrap the awesome booties because of the Mobius strip (read last post), I'm going to go with something similar and more useful in a warmer climate. Here are some links I've used.

• Here you can learn to felt by hand. Many people choose to felt wool in a washing machine, but I think it'd be cool to do the first one by hand to see the process in action, rather than let the machine do the magic. So I'll try that way and see how it goes.
  
• I'm on to making this and this for a laptop and camera with matching yarn.

I'll let you know how they turn out!

Beginner's Knitting Lessons

So it's the middle of winter and I'm bored so I decided to re-learn knitting. The possibilities are really endless and, contrary to cultural belief, knitting is not just for old women. Young women, men, basically anyone can knit if they choose to set their minds and hands to it. So, here are my tips for beginners, problems that I've run into in the past week, problems I write also so I don't run into them again!

• First, here's an awesome, huge database of free knitting patterns (beginner-advanced): http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory.php
• Second, when switching from knitting to purling, you must switch the feed yarn from (in this case) back to front. The reverse is true also. If you don't, you'll screw up and have to start over. Or if you're really smart you'll figure out how to fix it...
  
• Third, do not knit Mobius strips. If you knit on a circular needle, apparently this is a threat, and you must watch out for it. I did not know of this, figuring that that was a made up thing, but it happened and now I have to start over, half-way done with a project.

Good luck.