Knitting thoughts

[jan_andrea]

Why do half of the knitting/crocheting sites and blogs insist on a pink background? It's so hard on the eyes! Sure, knitting is all girly-girl (or whatever), but christ, enough with the friggin' pink!

Also, I'm a total beginner -- I've made four scarves, and just grabbed a pattern for a cowl on Knitty. I think it will work with the TLC Amore yarn (in plum) I bought today at JoAnns. I'm allergic to wool, so half of the yarn-snobbery-type yarns are effectively off-limits to me, so I'm kind of stuck with el cheapo craft store chain yarns. The Amore is 80% acrylic, 20% nylon, and it's *really* nice and soft. I've been working on a little swatch, and it feels good in my hands. I'm just not sure what to do once my cowl is done. I'd like to make sweaters for the kids, but I'm worried that they'll have grown out of that size before I finish... I'm not exactly quick. And I don't understand most of the abbreviations and directions on regular patterns. I need a knitting mentor!

Comments

[tafagirl.livejournal.com]

My knitting blog has a sort of pink theme - white background, though. With the account type I have I can't modify colours, but I love the cutesy knitting theme as such ;-)

(And I know you didn't refer to me personally, I'm just sayin')

Ask ahead about any sort of instructions that seem puzzling!

[jan-andrea.livejournal.com]

Not yours at all :) It's more the predominant color scheme on most of the instructional and link pages I found. The hot pink was particularly egregious -- just really hard to stare at after a while.