Category: open inquiry

Knitting Tutorials & Goals for the Upcoming Week

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After learning how to use iMovie and GarageBand this past Friday I decided to edit some of my beginning tutorial knitting videos that I had made a few weeks ago. I was able to upload them to YouTube. I’m unsure of how long they will stay up, as I may have added some audio that isn’t exactly copyright safe. I added “no infringement intended” hoping that might help but the online documents pertaining to copyright are extensive. I’ll worry about that another day as its already 10:30 pm and I’m ready for bed. For now, enjoy!

 

 

This week I plan on learning how to purl. Hopefully the five minute video that I will be learning from will take less than four hours to master. Stay tuned for more, I will upload again later in the week.

Update on Knitting

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I finally finished the long tail casting method of stitching. It took a friend and I four hours to get through a beginners fifteen minute video. But now I can say that we finally have the hang of this particular stitch. Unfortunately, during our second knitting meeting we both missed stitches leading us to freak out and restart everything. Pro tip: look at videos on how to fix a stitch before starting to knit.

This week I have learned how to slip a knot, do the long tail casting method, and cast off.

Next week I will be beginning a new pattern.
I think I will explore different patterns for the month of October and then commit to one in November for the final project of knitting a scarf.

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Adjustment of Knitting Goals

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So… last night I officially bought my knitting supplies and attempted knitting. Verdict? It went terribly! Knitting is extremely hard. It took a friend and I two hours to get through seven minutes of a fifteen minute beginners video. Its safe to say that I may need to adjust my goals on Trello. For instance, I will now be focusing solely on learning different patterns and hopefully using one to make a single scarf.

This week it will be my goal to finish the 15 minute video below.

Here is some of my late night progress:

I learned how to properly attach the yarn to the knitting needle and begin stitching. These two steps took much longer than anticipated! I will be uploading tutorials soon on how to do these things, as I could have used the help.

Beginning Thoughts on Passion-Based Open Inquiry Project

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For my passion-based open inquiry project I will be learning how to knit! I chose this topic because I loved working with textiles when I was in high-school. Unfortunately, I lost most of my abilities as I completely stopped practicing once I came to university. I have always been drawn to sewing so it will be interesting for me to learn how to knit as I have always wanted too but never dived in. I tend to practice things that I already know how to do, ignoring new hobbies and activities.

I think I’ll begin my journey by googling some basic information about knitting such as, materials needed and how to guides.

More to come shortly..