Treadmill Knitting

My Knit List

2007-06-04T10:36:00.000-07:00

taken from smariek.blogspot.com

My Knit List

Bold for things you’ve done, italics for things you plan to do one day, and normal for things you’re not planning on doing.

American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
Bobbles
Button holes
Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
Continental knitting
Domino knitting (modular knitting) ~ I'm not sure what this is, so I may or may not try it someday
Drop stitch patterns
Entrelac
Fair Isle knitting
Freeform knitting ~ what's this?
Fulling/felting
Garter stitch
I-cord - I've tried I-cord but it doesn't ever come out right
Intarsia
Kitchener BO
Knitting with circular needles ~ that's pretty much all I use 99.9% of the time
Knitting with DPNs - I own DPN's but still haven't figured out how to use them
Knitting and purling backwards - haven't tried knitting backwards yet
Knitting smocking ~ what's this?
Knitting small tubular items on two circulars
Knitting a circular item using the Magic Loop
Lace patterns
Long Tail CO - the only cast on I use
Moebius band knitting
Norwegian knitting ~ what's this?
Provisional CO
Short rows
Slip stitch patterns
Steeks - what is this?
Stockinette stitch
Swatching
Textured knitting
Swiss Darning ~ ???
Thrummed knitting ~ ???
Tubular CO ~ ???
Twisted stitch patterns
Two end knitting ~ ???
Knitting with alpaca
Knitting with bamboo yarn - well bamboo/cotton blend
Knitting with banana fiber yarn ~ never heard of such a thing before
Knitting with beads
Knitting with camel yarn
Knitting with cashmere
Knitting with cotton - seems to be 99% of my stash
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Knitting with linen
Knitting with metal wire
Knitting with soy yarn
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Knitting with someone else's handspun yarn
Knitting with self-patterning/self-striping/variegating yarn
Knitting with silk
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn ~ does frogging something ancient count?
Knitting with wool

Afghan/Blanket
Baby items
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/arm warmers
Gloves
Hat - have tried it...never finished and would like to eventually
Hair accessories
Household Items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cozies…) - These days I'm only knitting washclothes and dishcloths
Jewelry
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Pillows
Purses/bags
Rug
Shawl
Scarf
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Slippers
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Stuffed toys
Sweater
Toy/doll clothing

Charity knitting - working on my first now
Graffiti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street) ~ never heard of this
Knitting art
Knitting for pets
Knitting for preemies
Knitting items for a wedding
Knitting a gift
Holiday related knitting

Designing knitted garments
Dyeing yarn with plant colors
Dyeing yarn with acid dyes
Participating in a KAL
Publishing a knitting book
Knitting to make money
Knitting for a living
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Knitting on a loom
Machine knitting
Olympic knitting
Resizing patterns
Spinning on a drop spindle
Spinning with a spinning wheel
Teaching a male how to knit
Teaching knitting classes
Writing a pattern
Knitting in public

Sunday 04/22/07 - End of Week 1

2007-04-22T23:17:00.001-07:00

Ok so weigh in day is technically Monday but at dinner (how ironic) Mom and I were talking about it and so I decided to weigh in early. I am now 204.4 which I am ecstatic about! I've lost roughly 4.2 lbs total. Very soon I will be under 200 for the first time since before my 3 year old was born. Very big milestone and it gives me great motivation to keep up all my hard work.

I was able to give myself my first weight-loss reward this weekend. My cousin and I went to Bath Junkie yesterday and I got myself some body dessert for my gym bag. Body dessert is a spray on lotion you put on after your shower while you're still wet so it can soak in. For those who have never been to, or heard of, Bath Junkie; it's a bath product store that sells scrubs, washes, lotions and more and you choose your own combination of up to 3 scents and then a color for your own customized bath products. My choice was Vanilla, Brown Sugar, and Hazelnut. I colored it pink because thats my favorite color. Bri (cousin) got a shea butter lotion colored blue with the scents wedding bells and strawberry. It really smelled like strawberry champagne.

In knitting news, I am still working on the bottom piece of Tasha. I haven't really had some sustainable knitting time. I do plan on setting aside some time each day to focus on knitting. I'm really looking at knitting Dream Swatch over at The Garter Belt. It looks like it would be a really quick knit and would come in handy for both work and the gym.

35 pounds to go....

2007-04-20T08:00:00.000-07:00

Hey all and welcome to my (almost) super cool blog! This is mainly my knitting blog but it will also have some about my quest to lose weight. I am currently 208.6 lbs. as of Monday and I hope to be 170 by July 20th and then I will set another goal. My favorite past-time is knitting while on the treadmill at my local gym, hence the name of the blog. On the right side you can see my current works in progress and what's next to be cast on. I'm also adding somethings to keep you all entertained if you're bored. Thanks for checking this out!

-J

BTW: I thought the flowers would add a nice springy touch!