Comments on: On the Edge

By: Joanna

Joanna — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:46:37 +0000

Hi there, Lollygirl–I just discovered your blog and wanted to say how much I admire your amazing knitting and your photography skills. Sigh. So beautiful! I’m more of a sew-er than a knitter, but maybe if I keep looking at your blog I’ll become a better knitter by osmosis?! Have a great day!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:29:25 +0000

I like new techniques, but like you I often go with the tried and true. I love the mitten and can’t wait to see the beret.

By: Ühltje

Ühltje — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:01:02 +0000

Sometimes, I wonder if I’m not doing a little bit of every new technique without ever really finishing things. But I haven’t tried this braid ….yet.

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:41:21 +0000

The braid is beautiful. A technique that I have yet to learn. It is hard to beat the long-tail cast on for ribbing, though. And, if it works and you like it, there’s no need to do anything else!

By: Aunt Kathy

Aunt Kathy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:45:46 +0000

I love that braided look, and bookmarked the link so when I feel brave I can give it a try.

By: GinkgoKnits

GinkgoKnits — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:23:16 +0000

I’m totally the opposite — I love to learn more. I’ll read pages and pages of basic “how-to” books just to glean a couple new tricks. I’m a fairly new knitter but as a result of extensive reading and trying new things, I know a lot about the details of knitting.

But, that doesn’t replace what “master knitters” end up knowing by instinct and experience from having spent many more hours practicing the craft. No matter how much reading about sleeve shaping I do, it doesn’t mean much until I’ve sat down and knit numerous sleeves and seen how they turn out in an actual garment. Knowledge is good but experience and practice are just as important.

By: April

April — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:06:02 +0000

Well it looks good to me, and now I want to try it =) I only do long tail, too, nothing else is stretchy enough so far, but new stuff is always good.

By: k

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:48:42 +0000

Yay for long tail cast-ons and dpns! However, I do like to learn the occasional new technique and expand my skills (the most recent being double knitting). That braid looks very interesting – I learned another braid recently for use on hats, but this one looks worth a try too!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:25:13 +0000

Ha, I’m totally the new technique girl. I find that to be especially true at this point, after knitting for a few years. Those little details that I didn’t care about so much before are more important to creating a nice FO to me now. But hey, there are some things that can’t be argued with, like a good long-tail cast on.

This technique, however, is a little different, since it’s more about fashion than function. Those little touches can add a lot of personality to knits.

Both mitten and hat look lovely! Enjoy the process! xoxo

By: whitney

whitney — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:23:50 +0000

Oooh, what a pretty little vikkel braid! I don’t know how to do that yet, but it’s a technique I definitely want to add to my repertoire. I do like learning new techniques, very much, but once I find something that really works for me (like, oh, I don’t know, yoked sweaters? ), I tend to stick with it.