NoNsENse Knits

originally uploaded by ThatGirlKnits.

This is my latest project using Magic Loop. Clearly I am on a Magic Loop kick at the moment. These gloves are for my nephew. I am hoping he will like them. While I know that for the most part, he prefers black, and no play with texture, these gloves seemed "masculine" enough, that I thought I would give it a whirl. This pattern comes from an online site of vintage patterns, and truth be told, I found the pattern to be somewhat confusing. But that could be because I've had to translate it so I could do it two at a time, magic loop style. In any case, my new found skill has me thinking about making a pair of legwarmers. I've also been entertaining the idea of knitting socks, now that I can do it two at a time. The thing is, who would I make socks for? No one in my house, including me are good with socks. They always get lost, and I end up wearing more mismatched socks then I care to admit. But one thing I could do is make a pair of navy socks that my daughter can wear to school. My knitting has to be functional. It has to make sense. I have in my travels come across a number of books, leaflets, and online patterns of things that I wouldn't make because it seems pretty useless. One thing I've seen a number of patterns on that I find silly are wrist warmers. What the hell is a wrist warmer, and do wrists get cold, and need special warming? I never found myself thinking "My wrists are freezing. Boy could I use a pair of wrist-warmers. Why not then just make gloves, or fingerless gloves. At least gloves, even fingerless gloves are practical. You have access to your fingers to grab that set of keys buried into the abyss that is your purse. And by your purse I mean my purse. Even fingerless gloves are handy. Your hands are warm, and you can have your fingers free to play with the apps on your stupid Iphone. And what's with the knitted thing you put on a cup when it is too hot. I don't even remember what that's call. I think it's called a "cozy".  I guess it so you don't burn yourself. But then you can usually get the cardboard sleeve to put the cup in, drink your coffee, tea or whatever hot beverage, and throw it out together. Why would I knit that? I confess, I think that is pretty useless too. I see that getting lost, and thrown out by accident. There are also a number of cute patterns for knitted toys. Thats nice. If you have a glass case to keep it in so you can look at it. Could a knitted toy really withstand a crazy toddler, that spends their free time getting filthy? Or a teething baby who will just chew the shit out of said knitted toy? Could you really throw a knitted toy into the washing machine? I stick to knitted hats, and sweaters and such for babies, little kids. There are all kinds of knitted knick knacks. I have no use for knick knacks, so I am certainly not going to make them. And what's up with this pattern of booze bottles? What the hell is that, and if you can't get even a buzz, what is the point? This pattern describes them as "pillows". But it isn't big enough to use as a pillow. If anything, dogs and cats will love these things as chew toys, and who is going to want to touch that when it's been in a Rottweiler chops? Well that's just me. Some of this stuff is nonsense.