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StitchenSu
New Pal
USA
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 Posted - 02/14/2007 : 11:34:07 AM
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I seen several posts where people talk about "mindless" knitting--at work, on the phone, in meetings etc. I just wonder what project or pattern that equals.
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YarnAndCoffee
Seriously Hooked
786 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2007 : 11:41:18 AM
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Socks. Plain old stockinette socks that I can do w/o thinking or looking at them, and still have something beautiful and functional come out of it.
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gwtreece
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 02/14/2007 : 11:45:04 AM
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Mine is also plain stockinette socks.
Wanda
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Cozy
Chatty Knitter
USA
273 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2007 : 11:46:41 AM
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Ditto to the stockinette socks, but it can be any stockinette/in the round project for me, as long as it isn't too big.
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Come see me at my blog:cozy's place
Knitting addict since November '03
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suzannevh
Gabber Extraordinaire
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Posted - 02/14/2007 : 11:50:32 AM
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I don't know if I ever achieve mindless knitting but I often crave a project where I can get into a nice rhythem. Stockingnett stitch in the round is probably as easy as it gets (such as the Melody Shawl I recently completed).
Unfortunately I can't bring my knitting to work or knit during meetings but it is nice to be able to knit simple things in the evening while taking care of my hyper kid. I need to be able to put something down and not worry about figuring out where I am.
Check out my project pics
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queen of the east
Seriously Hooked
Canada
877 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2007 : 12:14:07 PM
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Stockinette, it can be socks, hats, what ever the project a circular stockinette is my "mindless" choice. The smaller projects, like hats and socks, travel on the bus with me. The big ones, like the dress I am currently working on, stay at home and get worked on while I watch tv or films. I also knit mock cable socks whilst on the bus, I have to pay a bit of attention to those though.
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Jane
SustaYning Member
USA
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Posted - 02/14/2007 : 12:20:39 PM
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Me too on the plain socks. Round and round...
A simple scarf, in rib or a variation, also does the trick!
Jane
Blog: Not Plain Jane
Photos: My Flickr Album
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fleegle
Permanent Resident
Japan
1507 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2007 : 12:35:56 PM
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And yet another plain old stockinette sock knitter. Aren't you sorry you asked?
Come visit my blog...
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Gelliott
Seriously Hooked
USA
910 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2007 : 11:50:42 PM
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My portable mindless project is socks (usually with some kind of simple rib pattern) and my at-home mindless project is log-cabin blanket made of random-size rectangles of randomly chosen blue and green leftovers.
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cozystitches
Gabber Extraordinaire
507 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2007 : 07:32:34 AM
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Not only socks, but I also like making washclothes. I do the Granny's Favorite version, and I have a nice cotton sock yarn (since I hate cotton yarns for my socks) that is great!!! All garter with YOs and some decreases (when you get there). Those are my favorite riding in the car projects. I don't have to look, and normally all those teeeny stitches would drive me batty! :D
Hugs,
tammy
Tammy my Blog http://cozystitches.wordpress.com/
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Mama Cat
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 02/15/2007 : 08:10:37 AM
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I think my mindless "knitting" project is actually .... crocheting!!! I have several standard afghan patterns (None of which are granny squares!!) that I can practically do in my sleep. I wouldn't be at all surprised if I had actually dozed off with my hands still going on occasion.
Speaking of mindless stockinette, though .... my daughter has recently acquired the first two seasons of "I love Lucy" on DVD. In one episode, Lucy is anxious about something and Ricky tells her to calm down and get out her knitting. So she does, and a while later he asks how her sock is coming and she holds up a sock that is yards long!!!
While I am really learning to despise that program (Ricky is so arrogant and bossy and mean to Lucy ... in today's way of thinking, he is an abusive husband) I like that Lucy knits a lot. |
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probablyjane
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United Kingdom
1227 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2007 : 08:12:31 AM
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A good, solid aran weight top down jumper where I can enjoy the heft of the work, the feel of the yarn and the satisfyingly mindless repetition. Preferably curled up on the sofa wearing one I made earlier watching an old movie with next door's cat.
'I am the milkman of human kindness - I will leave an extra pint' Billy Bragg
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Queen Knitsalot
Permanent Resident
USA
1331 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2007 : 09:16:26 AM
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Socks! Plain socks! And at home in front of the TV a sock yarn blanket that will no doubt take the rest of me born days to finish!
Suzanne
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sarakate
Seriously Hooked
USA
818 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2007 : 09:33:10 AM
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| Mine is socks, but not *quite* plain stockinette, which is a tad *too* mindless. Instead, I do my instep and leg in a wide ribbing, 3x1 or 4x1, which gives it just enough interest to make me *want* a conference call! And I use afterthought heels, so I can just throw in a scrap of waste yarn and keep going -- I hate to stop a short-row heel in the middle of the short rows if the call ends. |
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knitloon
Gabber Extraordinaire
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AngieSue
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USA
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herbandteas
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
417 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2007 : 09:59:48 AM
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Baby tube socks.....there have been a burst of babies born lately so thats what I have been working on.
Helaine in Olalla, Wa
View my blog @ http://misshelaineous.blogspot.com/
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Fivefibers
Permanent Resident
USA
1131 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2007 : 10:06:23 AM
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Talk about mindless knitting! How about knitting a Harry Potter scarf in the round? I did one for my son last year. He has taken the scarf on to college now!
Fivefibers
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jrhutch
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
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pkee
Chatty Knitter
222 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2007 : 1:59:35 PM
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Am I the only one that does mindless sweaters? The current one is the Classic Elite Skye Tweed Jacket (which by the way is full of errors, even in the corrected pattern!). I've done the Alchemy Silk Bolero by Gina Wilde, the Pearl Buck Swing Jacket by Kate Gilbert, a quick bulky sweater from Ann Budd's book, etc. The pattern needs to be repetitive, mostly no heavy cabling or counting.
Of course, I'm probably the only person w/ five sweaters waiting to be seamed - those mindless sweaters go quickly but the seaming doesn't!
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YarnAndCoffee
Seriously Hooked
786 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2007 : 2:06:36 PM
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Jackie, that silk/linen bag is very pretty! Are you going to line it when you're done? I'm thinking that pens etc would poke through...
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What is YOUR mindless knitting project?
