Wednesdays Are For Knitting

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1. This is fun! Here are my answers:

   Sleeves First or Body First — body first
   Chart or Written — chart
   Weave In Now or Weave In Later — weave in now, mostly
   Metal or Bamboo — metal
   Knitflix or Read and Knit — mostly read and knit, though it depends on the project
   Monogomous or Too Many WIPs — somewhere in between 😉
   Circular or Straight — circular only
   Stitch Markers or Wing It — stitch markers

2. These are great, Carole! And here are my answers!

   Sleeves First or Body First: Sleeves… the best gauge swatch ever!
   Chart or Written: Chart!
   Weave In Now or Weave In Later: it depends… color work, I don’t weave in until the very end… post blocking. For all other knitting, I try to not have ends to weave in… Hello Spit Splicing and Russian Joins!
   Metal or Bamboo: Depends on the project. Sometimes I want a slippy needle… other times, one that is a bit “stickier” helps!
   Knitflix or Read and Knit: Knitflix for me. Reading and Knitting = Mistakes… lots of mistakes!
   Monogomous or Too Many WIPs: I am in agreement… one portable project, one at home project. More than that is just Too Many WIPs!
   Circular or Straight: Circ’s for almost everything but socks. I love me some DPNs
   Stitch Markers or Wing It: Before this month, I’d have said Wing It… now I defer to the designer suggestion. If they say… use Markers, I use markers! Ha 🙂

3. Body first.
   Written.
   Weave in now.
   Bamboo usually, I knit too loosely to use metal very often unless it is very “grabby” yarn.
   Neither, I generally like to knit without background noise.
   Monogamous.
   Circular.
   Stitch markers.

4. This Or That . . .
   Sleeves First or Body First — Whenever possible, sleeves first. They do make the best gauge swatches!
   Chart or Written — Charts for complicated stuff. And I use KnitCompanion, too — which is The Best.
   Weave In Now or Weave In Later — I don’t mind weaving in ends. That said, the best “trick” I ever learned in knitting was how to knit the ends in as I go. It doesn’t always work, but. . . almost always.
   Metal or Bamboo — For me, the “substance” isn’t as important as the tips and the feel of the joins.
   Knitflix or Read and Knit — Either TV or audiobooks. I hate reading actual words and knitting at the same time. . .
   Monogomous or Too Many WIPs — Totally monogamous. (Cue “Helplessly devoted to you” here. . . )
   Circular or Straight — Circulars
   Stitch Markers or Wing It — Stitch markers

5. Sleeves First or Body First– Pattern dependent
   Chart or Written-chart, all the way
   Weave In Now or Weave In Later– NOW (if possible) Spit splicing as often as I can
   Metal or Bamboo– metal and wood I use KnitPicks Options quite a bit. I do have bambooo double points
   Knitflix or Read and Knit — TV, mostly. If it’s sports, I always have my knitting goine
   Monogomous or Too Many WIPs– Used to be monogamous, now I have three WIPS
   Circular or Straight– Circular if at all possible
   Stitch Markers or Wing It– Stitch markers between chart motifs, otherwise only if it’s tricky

6. body first but I have been known to regret this!!!
   always chart
   weave in now using a spit splice if I can then not much weaving required
   metal
   tv mostly
   too many wips
   circs always, gave away my straights many moons ago
   stitch markers but like you in lace, I like to “read” my knitting.

7. Fun questions:
   This Or That . . .
   Sleeves First or Body First: I’ve been known to knit a sleeve after I knit the back. Just to mix things up!

   Chart or Written: Chart.

   Weave In Now or Weave In Later: Later, as in maybe never.

   Metal or Bamboo: Metal.

   Knitflix or Read and Knit: Both.

   Monogomous or Too Many WIPs: I’m not sure what the number of ‘too many’ is, but I’m definitely not monogomous.

   Circular or Straight: I’m definitely not monogomous.

   Stitch Markers or Wing It: Stitch markers are my bff.

8. – Body first but love the idea of sleeves as gauge swatches
   – Charts
   – Weave in now
   – Metal except for double points, then bamboo
   – Knitflix
   – Usually only working on one at a time, but have WIPs in time-out
   – Circular
   – Stitch markers most of the time

9. Incomplete response (because the items are way up there where I can’t see them!)
   • body first
   • always bamboo
   • usually circs, then dpns
   • many, many UFOs going on simultaneously. I’m bad!
   • I don’t like weaving in ends and leave them to the last minute

10. -body first
    -chart, but only if it’s large enough for me to see, otherwise, written
    -weave in now
    -Metal or bamboo-depends on the project
    -knitflix-I would make so many mistakes if I tried reading and knitting at the same time!
    -monogamous
    -circular
    -stitch markers

11. Body first – why bother knitting sleeves if I don’t like the body.
    Charts!!
    I like the idea of weaving in now and do it for the first end or two then get beyond lazy and save the rest until the end.
    As for needles, I prefer wood but I get a different gauge with metal so sometimes I need to use them. I also like them best if I’ll be doing a lot of outdoor winter knitting. Wood gets too brittle in the cold air.
    I enjoy knitting and reading but I can only knit – no purling, no texture… and I need heavier fingering or thicker yarns to be successful so I don’t do it often. But if I’m watching anything, I’m either knitting or eating.
    I like to have a simple, boring project (for reading) and an interesting project on the needles – except in February. February means 80 projects get cast on at once.
    Definitely circular. Not sure I even own straights anymore (except dpns)
    I have a love affair with stitch markers.

12. Body First
    Chart or Written – I like both. I can read charts but sometimes I just like to read it and knit it.
    Weave In Later – I usually weave in later
    Metal or Bamboo – metal though I have a lot of DP’s that are wood.
    Knitflix- I haven’t mastered knitting and reading.
    Too Many WIPs – usually too many but right now I just have one thing I’m working on and one that I plan to rip and restart with different colors.
    Circular – though I did keep a few straights when I cleaned out my needles.
    Stitch markers. Love them.

13. Sleeves First or Body First – Body
    Chart or Written- Chart!!
    Weave In Now or Weave In Later – historically a later gal, and I’m trying now for a project and kind of liking it
    Metal or Bamboo – both – especially fond of Addi Rockets and Knitters Pride
    Knitflix or Read and Knit – mostly read, but TV in the evenings.
    Monogomous or Too Many WIPs – monogamous in categories – one pair of socks, one sweater, and one other thing
    Circular or Straight – straight is my favorite, but I also love knitting in the round.
    Stitch Markers or Wing It – stitch markers! (I’m not a winger about ANYthing!)

14. Sleeves First or Body First — sleeves first (based on the one sweater I’ve knit in the past three decades!)
    Chart or Written — written
    Weave In Now or Weave In Later — weave in later
    Metal or Bamboo — metal (I need pointy needles and perfect joins!)
    Knitflix or Read and Knit — tv or audiobooks
    Monogomous or Too Many WIPs — somewhere in between, but three at a time is my limit
    Circular or Straight — circular only
    Stitch Markers or Wing It — stitch markers

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