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I'm the slowest knitter in the world. And cake!

October 08, 2006

Following on from my last post when I said I thought I was a super slow knitter, I decided to work out what speed I really do knit at. I know I spent pretty damn close to 5 hours knitting on the peruvian wool stripey thingie over the last week, and I've knitted to 6 rows above the armhole shaping. Up to the armholes was 92 rows, and with the waist shaping there was an average of 72 sts a row, which is 6624 sts. Then the extra above the armholes is about another 400 sts, making a total of 7024. Which all means I only do an average of 23.41 sts a minute, ie it takes 2.56 seconds to do 1 st! That is definitely rubbish!

I keep thinking, I should probably learn to knit continental as everyone says that's loads faster, but I don't want to learn a new way. I pretty much know what needles to use every time without swatching, and also I don't want to feel like a beginner again. I'm going to think about it!

In the meantime, I made another cake from the Green and Blacks chocolate cook book. This time I made chocolate fig and almond cake, it's very very nice and was easy to throw together:

Who's this little fellow, trying to steal my cakey?

His facial expression is pretty much exactly like mine when I'm around cake! He's a wee pot for putting jam in so it looks loads cuter at breakfast and makes everyone less grumpy!

Finally, here's a preview of forthcoming attractions at www.xtreme-knitting.com:

Also - I'm going to do instructions for beaded hairclips. This is mostly for Adam's cousin (and I promised her I'd do it months ago), but it makes sense to share it with the internet! Bye for now!

Posted by jen at October 8, 2006 04:23 PM

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