Knit Your Own Drugs

Knit Your Own Drugs is a cute little novelty pattern. Rather than making a mobile for someone who has to take a lot of medication for health reasons (as was suggested) I think it would make a funny gift for someone working in the pharmaceutical industry.

Inspiration behind design

I love finding out what goes in behind the scenes on a knitting design. KnitPicks offers videos for most of their kits. I appreciate the 3D view of many of the garments, but also learning a bit about how the project came to be.

Knitting Graph Paper

I prefer knitting charts to written instructions. Why? I have a much easier time looking at a row and keeping track of where I am if I can see the stitches visually. I like being able to compare where I am now to where I was on the previous row. This is very useful when dealing with colorwork projects (I don't think anyone would complain about having a chart there) but people tend to be much more intimidated by lace knitting charts.

Today I am going to feature two articles, one that I may have mentioned in the past. The first are sources of knitting graph paper. This way you can work to convert writing instructions, of your own design or from another pattern, into a visual representation. The second article is about free knitting fonts that you can download so you can type in popular knitting symbols. Combine these two resources and you will be drawing your own knitting charts in no time!

365 Knitting Clock

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen:

"365 is stitching the time as it passes by. It is knitting 24 hours a day and one year at the time, showing the physical representation of time as a creative and tangible force. After 365 days the clock has turned the passed year into a 2-m long scarf. Now the past can be carried out in the future and the upcoming year is hiding in a new spool of thread, still unknitted."

Atomic Blocks

It is no secret that I love scientific knitting projects. I recently came across a new science knitting pattern.... one great for kids! Make blocks out of your favorite elements on the periodic table. I would choose Phosphorus and Nitrogen (if you read my dissertation then you would understand why) but I am not sure what I would choose for the other sides. I really think that I will need to make some of these blocks for my future children.

Itty-Bitty Hats

I picked up Itty-Bitty Hats: cute and cuddly caps to knit for babies and toddlers by Susan B. Anderson from the library last week, and it is filled of adorable baby knits. I could not help myself, so I cast on a project immediately even though I had only checked out the book to review it! (Full review will be on ChemKnits in the coming months.) This book is full of great baby hats that you can knit for any baby you love. I highly recommend you check it out!

Wine Glass Holder

Brilliant! What do you do when you carry a glass of wine at the party but need to also hold food? Why you will use a hand hand knit wine glass holder!

This wine glass holder knitting pattern is available for free through ravelry.com.