Creatively Crafty Link Party #23

Last Updated on July 20, 2016 by lydiaf1963

Welcome to the Creatively Crafty Link Party hosted by the Creative Crafters Blogging Group! You’ve worked hard on your project, and it looks great! Share it with us and get the kudos you deserve! Any and all creative endeavors are welcome…crafts, original writing, recipes, DIY tutorials, you name it!

I’ve been working on Kate Oates’ Zagaround Blanket available at Love Knitting. It’s knit in the round and the pattern is easily memorized after you’ve done a couple rounds. I’d planned to use a different yarn, but the stitches just didn’t pop the way I wanted. Fortunately I had this salmon-y colored merino yarn in my stash and it looks great. I had to buy another ball of yarn from a different lot but I’ll use it on the border where it’s unlikely anyone will notice and if they do, we’ll call it a design element. 🙂

The blanket grows quickly and since it’s knit in the round I found myself crowding the stitches onto my needles. Since I carry my projects all over the place, I don’t like taking the chance of the stitches working their way off the needles. My solution? Use multiple circular needles. It’s essentially the same as using DPNs, only larger. The pattern is repeated in four sections, so a logical division is one section per needle. I don’t have (or want) four circulars the same size so I’m using three sets. One set has a really long cable and holds two sections while the other two have the same cable length and hold one section each.

The trick to using multiple circular needles in this fashion is to make sure to work one set at a time as you knit around the project. The other needles act as stitch holders when not active. It helps if the cables are a different color or length or if the needles themselves are a different material but it’s not required.

You can use the same technique when knitting flat or back and forth as well, only the work is turned at the end of the row. It’s also an alternative to magic loop when knitting hats, gloves and socks, especially if you want to knit both gloves or socks at the same time. Check out this video which illustrates how to get started.

And now…this week’s Featured Post!

My favorite post this week is this bohemian chic set of crocheted headphones from Set Free My Gypsy Soul. They are incredibly cute and if you crochet, I’m sure you know someone who would love a pair. Everything you need to make this project is included in the tutorial, from yarn suggestions to detailed instructions for making the flowers. Enjoy!

Feel free to download our Featured Button and display it on your post! I will be pinning your project to our group board as well as a few other Pinterest boards and sharing on other social media as well. I’m sure others will love it, too!

Let’s move on to the round up. Do you have anything creative you’d like to share? We’d love to see it. Browsing through the projects is a pleasant part of my week!

Thank You for sharing your creativity with us. Each week we will sponsor a new link party, and pin our favorites. With so many bloggers participating that means more exposure for YOU! Head over to the other co-hosts blogs to see all their fun stuff.
Check them out here:

Life Beyond the Kitchen

My Thrifty House | Try it – Like it

Our Daily Craft

The weekly features will also be promoted on social media with all features pinned to the Creative Craft Bloggers group board on Pinterest!

There are just a few simple rules:

-Link to a specific post, not your home page.
-Link up something YOU made/wrote/created.
-Giveaways, other link parties, Etsy shops or business links are not accepted.
-Don’t link and run. Try to visit at least one link and show them some love. You may make a new friend.

Please do not pin from these thumbnails. If there’s a post you want to pin please click on the link title to visit the source and pin from their blog.

Not a blogger? No problem! Anyone with an Instagram or Facebook account can link to a photo of your completed masterpiece or work in progress.

Could you do us a favor and share the party on Twitter before linking up?

[bctt tweet=”Show off your #creative and #crafty projects with us at the Creatively Crafty #linky! #CCBG” username=”lflexkitchen”]

If you’re a Craft Blogger and would like to join the Creative Craft Bloggers Group, fill out this form and join us! In addition to the weekly link party, we also have a monthly themed challenge plus we support each other on social media.

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Thanks for sharing your project with us! Keep an eye out as we’ll be sharing posts on various social media channels during the week.
Don’t forget to take the time to visit a link or two yourself and congratulate your fellow crafters on a job well done!