tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post5143229450027125674..comments2024-02-22T22:40:09.294-05:00Comments on Life of a Catholic Librarian: A Catholic Librarian evening of theology with a 3 year old and swearing at my knitting...Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05772700828819881141noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-71860905843552510492014-08-02T07:42:43.203-04:002014-08-02T07:42:43.203-04:00If there is a formula out there, I couldn't fi...If there is a formula out there, I couldn't find it. :P I am much better with inches than with patterns, because I never have the needles or yarn to match a pattern.<br /><br />But my new guess-and-gosh attempt turned out GREAT! A little short, but the person I gave it to said she liked it that way. And it looked great on her. :DSheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853868724554947854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-59640785354158718022014-07-24T10:35:35.269-04:002014-07-24T10:35:35.269-04:00Welcome, Anabelle! Library books, lol. US TOO!Welcome, Anabelle! Library books, lol. US TOO!Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772700828819881141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-26926283005661091932014-07-24T10:28:50.526-04:002014-07-24T10:28:50.526-04:00Hi! Found your blog through Cristina and so glad I...Hi! Found your blog through Cristina and so glad I did! This is awesome that you have a cAtholic book club. And oh we work St Anthony to death around here especially when those library books are due. Love your theology. I too just had a theology over laundry lesson with my 3 yoAnabelle Hazardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106609754311503527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-82961775129495184232014-07-24T09:02:39.184-04:002014-07-24T09:02:39.184-04:00Yes, knitted fabric is definitely like that. It ha...Yes, knitted fabric is definitely like that. It has a lot of stretch, in contrast to crochet. You can absolutely knit a hat for an adult on 16 inch circular needles, so I suppose the head size thing makes sense, but I never though about it, lol. There's probably a formula online somewhere. This many inches around for an average sized adult head, start the crown decreases once you knit this many inches, etc. I should look into this. :0 I'm so sorry about the frogging, been there. Solidarity, girl!Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772700828819881141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-87008256767359808842014-07-23T09:28:47.094-04:002014-07-23T09:28:47.094-04:00I had a snafu yesterday like that .... only it did...I had a snafu yesterday like that .... only it didn't even involve any wine! I've been struggling with this hat. The first issue is that I don't have any dpns. The second issue is that I have much less yarn than the pattern I started with calls for, even combining two different kinds of handspun, and the brown that is the main yarn for it was awful awful awful to spin, so I refuse to spin any more. So I decided to strike out on my own and just try to match the measurements for the pattern that I liked, but changing lots of stuff because I couldn't follow it. (This is kind of standard for me.) The pattern said it fit a 16 inch head, at least I think it did, so I cast on enough stitches for 16 inches and knitted for awhile (on straight needles). The whole thing is annoying me so it's been taking forever.<br /><br />But the whole time I was knitting, I kept thinking "16 inches doesn't sound right!" and "Didn't both my babies have 19 inch heads AT BIRTH? No way is this an adult hat!!" Finally I realized that the longer I put off figuring this out, the more time I was wasting knitting something that would have to be ripped out, so I measured my head: 23 inches. And I measured the knitting on the needles: 16 inches. Ugh. No way to fix this other than rip the whole thing!<br /><br />So I did. I ripped and ripped and my yarn got tangled and broke and I was so upset. Then I grabbed what was left and wrapped it around my head, just to see. What do you know, IT FIT. I have no idea why. I guess it was stretchy. And it was kind of scrunched up on the needles, and my gauge is always a guess, so somehow I had accidentally managed to make a hat that would work.<br /><br />Except, of course, I'd just ripped it down to almost nothing.<br /><br />Well, I found my only dpns, which I thought I was missing, and just started over. Different size needles, different gauge, number of stitches a wild guess. We'll see how it goes. A hat is not supposed to be a difficult project!Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853868724554947854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-72291369494575582142014-07-22T17:28:11.506-04:002014-07-22T17:28:11.506-04:00It's kind of a shame you have to choose betwee...It's kind of a shame you have to choose between two nice things like wine and knitting. ;)<br /><br />I surprisingly found myself having a conversation about St. Anthony with someone from my leadership program last week--I can't remember how it came up, but she said she invokes his help in her classroom and one of her students' parents mentioned the student has starting doing it, too! Cute.Kate Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555660993363611776noreply@blogger.com