#49 💜 How d’ya “like” that?!?
Hello & Welcome to my 49th episode of the KWH iPad Show! Today’s feature is a Sweetie♥Heart post that I hope you’ll like 🙂
Hey everyone 🙋😘😍 Well, a funny thing happened on my way back from last week’s “blog fog” post…
But first, big THANKS for all your visits, comments, shares and likes to any of my posts ❤ Just checked the stats and my humble KWH blog has now passed 40k views… woohoo 🙂 Plus, it’s only the beginning of August and your collective likability has already exceeded the total number of “likes” from last year! Yup, a whole lotta liking going on—including last year’s “likes” blowing the top off the previous year’s “likes” 🙂 Wow… gotta say, I like what you did there 😉 You’re all on my rather lengthy shortlist of blogs to “like” ‘n LoL asap!
Okay, so getting back to my way back from the blog fog… A quick scroll to the bottom of this blog leads to a list of my top 10 posts. For months, this list has been shared equally between reblogged posts and posts I’ve personally composed. Now for the first time in the history of this blog, my Sweetie♥Heart tiny free knitting pattern/poem post has been bumped from its usual #1 spot on this list… AND it’s a reblogged post that bumped it!!! …wOw… How did that happen?!? Oh well, ‘guess my blogful head really was lost in a fog 
Plus, that reblog (pic of a sweet little girl sittin’ & knittin’ with her kitten) now holds the honour of being the first post to break the 100 “likes” mark… double-wOw WoW!
So anyhoo… please feel free to click the pic and check it out for yourself. As reblogfully amazing as this is, I’d sure like my own post to be the top “like” … just sayin’ 😉 I reckon we’d all like that! 🙂
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Thank you for visiting my Knitting With Heart blog today!
I’d love it if you’d also stop by and “like” my Knitting With Heart facebook page.
Feel free to share links to my posts 🙂 I look forward to hearing from you!
It’s a crazy cyber-world we’re blogging in, but we LIKE it! ♥ Jackie
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#42 💜 Shamrockin’ St. Patrick’s Day!
Hello & Welcome to my 42nd episode of the KWH iPad Show! Today’s “St. Patrick’s Day” feature is a blogful compilation of my snowy shamrockin’ posts over the past few years 🙂
Our snow has all melted 😀 But mid-March is still early, so this morning’s light dusting of fresh flakes came as no surprise. Spring and the sounds of returning Canadian Geese are definitely in the air, though!
Yup… won’t be long now, before our earthy landscape turns a springy shade of green! March 2013 and March 2014 snowbanks were a different story—see above photos, compared with today’s few flakes. Then last year, the snow melted nearly as fast as this year! The weather was so mild that I happily “planted” a crop of handknit felted shamrock props before it all melted! Click here to view my iPad video.
That’s our normal wild ‘n crazy weather!
The video props include a few Shamrockin’ Spring Bracelets, along with 3-/4-leaf clovers. Unfortunately, my “luck” ran out and DIY instructions for the bracelets never got published in time, before my iMac died 😦 Now one year later, I’m still searching for that ol’ pot of iMac replacement gold at the end of the rainbow… And hoping all those how-to graphics I created are indeed safely locked inside my hard drive!!!
For now, click the following links and see how to knit your own patch of shamrockin’ clover and/or tiny hearts:
Sweetie♥KNIT♥Shamrocks
Sweetie♥KNIT♥Hearts
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Thank you for visiting my Knitting With Heart blog today!
I’d love it if you’d also stop by and “like” my Knitting With Heart facebook page.
Feel free to share links to my posts 🙂 I look forward to hearing from you!
Shamrockin’ knit play! ♥ Jackie
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#38 💜 February weekend blog highlights
Hello & Welcome to my 38th
episode of the KWH iPad Show!
Today’s feature is a few of my
previous February-related posts 🙂
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It’s been said that
good things come in 3’s . . .
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Last weekend was Groundhog Day…
Fortunately for us, our local furry forecaster predicted an early spring … LoL … Mild temperatures right now, but we’ll wait and see about that! 😉 Click the knitting groundhog photo to see my previous Groundhog Day post, which includes a fun video with goats that “sing” 🙂
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This weekend is the Super Bowl…
Will you be cheering for a favourite team? I’ll be taking my usual sitting ‘n knitting seat on the couch next to hubby… ’cause that’s the only way I like to watch football 🙂 Click my snowy heart rings photo for instructions on how to make Sweetie♥Heart ring/bracelet “Super Bowl bling” of your own!
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Next weekend is Valentine’s Day…
So if you need a little heart, then you’ve come to the right place! This blog is home-sweet-home to all my original knitting pattern designs ❤ Click my Bramble♥tini photo to see the designs and “how to” links I’ve posted, so far!
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Thank you for visiting my Knitting With Heart blog today!
I’d love it if you’d also stop by and “like” my Knitting With Heart facebook page.
Feel free to share links to my posts 🙂 I look forward to hearing from you!
What’s your February weekend highlight? ♥ Jackie
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the KWH iPad Show #22 💜 STITCH TECH for my Sweetie♥Knit♥Heart… s2kp2 & s2pp2
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Hello & Welcome
to my 22nd episode of the
KWH iPad Show!
Today’s feature is video instruction for
how to knit my Sweetie♥Knit♥Heart pattern 🙂
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Thanks to the thousands of hearty knitters who have found… downloaded… “liked” knitting… and shared links to my Sweetie♥Knit♥Heart FREE knitting pattern! Your visits have made it the #1 post on this blog, while etching a permanent smile upon my face 😀
My Bramble♥tini knitting pattern has also received its share of views—plus a few sales… for which my heart is grateful ❤
Your feedback is important! So please feel free to ask questions and let me know your thoughts. Once in a while, someone enquires how to knit/purl the double-decrease stitches. Many stitches like these are known by various names and use slightly different techniques. “The Principles of Knitting” by June Hemmons Hiatt has been my preferred method. Surprisingly, my online search has found zero videos of her s2pp2 method. But now, this video by Laura Nelken is my new favourite! And maybe yours, too?
To clear up any confusion, I’ll (finally, sorry for the wait) be sharing more posts featuring favourite knitting instructional videos used for making my heart-shaped designs. Please let me know if you find this helpful.
Let’s begin with the s2kp2 (aka s2kp, cdd)… s2pp2 (aka pcdd)… and B&T.
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Thank you for visiting my Knitting With Heart blog today!
I’d love it if you’d also stop by and “like” my Knitting With Heart facebook page.
Feel free to share links to my posts 🙂 I look forward to hearing from you!
Knit a tiny, hand-knit heart today! ♥ Jackie
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for the love of Sweetie♥Hearts
image found via google images
It’s been a whole week since I’ve seen my iMac’s smiling “Finder” face. One week filled with and dominated by 2-finger typing, anxious hair-pulling moments of frustration, very little inbox upkeep and oodles of googles—technically inclined google searches guaranteed to cause drowsiness… So yeah, I miss my iMac 😦 How about you? Has your normal computing world ever been yanked from under you?
Then today (well actually it was more like the day before yesterday, seeing as I’m progressing at slowmo iPad blogging speed), I was sitting here trying to motivate myself toward some form of creative focus within this newfound iPad blogging world… and remembered that this is/was an anniversary day!
That’s right, it’s the second year anniversary since my Sweetie♥KNIT♥Heart FREE knitting pattern made its world-wide debut on this blog 🙂 Back then, my newbie blogful self was a nervous wreck over every single keystroke. Getting this first heart-shaped pattern posted in time for my loving husband’s birthday (May 5th) was my main goal. And ever since then, there’s been barely a day when the Sweetie♥KNIT♥Heart has not been downloaded somewhere in the world via this KWH blog, Ravelry or Craftsy 🙂
So, BIG Thank You ♥ to everyone for sharing/liking/networking links from my blog! It’s always a thrill to find my designs shared on other blogs, online pattern directories, and social networking sites! 🙂 I’m sure to have missed many of these, but have thoroughly enjoyed virtual meet-ups with all the links I did manage to locate. Please do me a favour and let me know if you’ve cared to share my links somewhere—because I’d love to meet you and know you’re there! ♥
On that note, this second episode of the KWH iPad Show is a wrap. It only took me a few days and a couple of fingers to type/edit this post of 300 or so words 😛 The next episode will be less tedious, hopefully… But for now this is done 🙂 Always good to be “doing”, but getting “done” is much better!
Happy Computing ♥ Jackie
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how to make Sweetie♥KNIT♥Heart Valentine Rings
What does the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII…
the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia…
and Valentine’s Day have in common?
They all have rings and they’re all coming up on the calendar!
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Sunday February 2nd (aka “groundhog day“… can you beLIEVE it’s already February?!?) is Super Bowl XLVIII, with Seattle Seahawks vs Denver Broncos. My husband is a huge sports fan, so he’ll definitely be watching. And me? My plan as usual, having knit my way through several years of televised sports since marrying that wonderful man, is to “watch” the game with him! 😉 My goal is to finish up some samples for my upcoming set of heart-shaped knitting patterns! How about you? Are you ready for some football? Do you have any particular knitting project planned for your “super bowl party” sports/knitting event? Did you know that whoever wins the Super Bowl will get a ring? But there’s no reason why NFL football players should be the only ones to sport a little bling, right?!? Here’s how you can make some Sweetie♥Heart ring/bracelet “bling” of your own! 🙂
To begin, you’ll need to download my Sweetie♥KNIT♥Heart FREE knitting pattern. Click HERE to find the original post. It is also available via Craftsy and Ravelry. Along with the pattern, you’ll need small amounts of feltable wool yarn and appropriately sized knitting needles. Details for yarn/needles I used in making my sample ring/bracelet sets pictured above are as follows:
Patons Classic Worsted 100% Virgin Wool, 3-ply (PURPLISH-RED #209)
Herrschners Worsted 100% New Wool, 3-ply (DEEP PURPLE)
— Herrschners Worsted 100% New Wool also pictured with gloves (LAVENDER) —
RING:
US size 3 / 3 mm needles
approximately 4 feet / 1.25 m yarn
BRACELET:
US size 6 / 4 mm needles
approximately 12 feet / 3.7 m double-strand yarn
(= 2 x 6 feet / 2 x 1.85 m)
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Knit Picks Palette Fingering 100% wool, 2-ply (PIMENTO)
RING:
US size 1 / 2.25 mm needles
approximately 3 feet / 1 m yarn
BRACELET:
US size 3-4 / 3-4 mm needles
approximately 8-12 feet / 2.5-3 m double-strand yarn
(= 2 x 4-6 feet / 2 x 1.25-1.5 m)
Basic Instruction:
- Cast on using the Longtail CO method.
- Knit the ring’s heart “gemstone” with a single strand of yarn.
Knit the bracelet’s heart “gemstone” with a double-strand of yarn. - Leave approximately 6″ / 16 cms yarn tail lengths per ring for felting.
Leave approximately 10-12″ / 25-30 cms yarn tail lengths per bracelet for felting.
NOTE: rings are knit single-strand, so you’ll need to attach an additional strand before felting the bands. - Weave ends from centre B&T toward side edges of the heart. This will stabilize the position of the heart “gemstone” and keep it from flopping around. Do this before splicing and felting the band.
- Splice the tails before wetting and rubbing into felted bands. Watch in amazement, as all the yarn tail ends vanish… disappearing like magic! 🙂
For further felting info, check out my other posts featuring felted bands ‘n bits…
Sweetie♥KNIT♥Shamrocks
Bramble♥tini loop ornament
TIP: wearing the item whilst rubbing/felting the band will help achieve the perfect fit. For “child-size” rings, try slipping the band around a similarly sized knitting needle or other object before felting.
As always, you are welcome to gift my copyrighted original designs to your heart’s content. But please contact me first, before making any effort to sell finished items from any of my copyrighted designs. It’s more fun being connected! And besides, I am very curious about you 🙂
