Faroe, I remembered something you'd posted about knitting and applied it to a problem of mine.
I am watching a neat old TV series on DVD...Mission, Impossible...and decided to knit so as to not be totally idle while watching. I found that it was too easy to lose track of either the knitting or the screen while looking at the other, so I turned myself just enough sideways so that my right elbow leans on the computer desk and if I put the button end of the left knitting needle at my waist, the knitting is held high enough that I only have to raise my eyes to see the picture instead of my whole head. I am somewhat slouched while doing this so the left needle stays fairly well at my waist just from my bunched-up clothing, but I think I will make a band to put around my waistline with something on it to hold the back end of the needle against me.
So thanks for the inspiration...I'll be able to knit anything small like this while watching movies. Right now it's headbands, as my old ones are all stretched out and getting useless, but I can also do parts of the slippers I make and also the dishtowels and dishcloths I like to knit.
I got angry at the sweater...been knitting mitered squares instead. They can serve individually as dishclothes, and people put them together for blankets. The effect can be quite pretty, and short needles work well. Found a video where the lady put them together on point, so the edge of the blanket is diamonds, and she then knit I-cord around the perimeter. That requires a provisional cast-on, which I haven't done much with (partly because everyone seems to teach them differently). I'm going to work on learning that technique tomorrow. I also spent some time knitting the "Ten Stitch Blanket" pattern. Several people on YT teach that inc. Very Pink Knits. The miters for this are made with short rows. Fun project to knit, but I found it hard to deal with mistakes. A crappy mitered square can simply be discarded, whereas the Ten Stitch Blanket is all in one piece, and if you don't count your rows, it will come out lopsided. I have no intention of making a full blanket; just messing around learning some fun new tricks.
Headbands would be fun projects to play with cables, ribbing, and lace. You could also make them wider (/taller) to become winter neck warmers. I can see short rows of garter, and then a kitchner for attatching, or knit in the round from the start, with lots of ribs.
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