novice knitting question

[tokio.livejournal.com]

I've been teaching myself to knit since last night. I've been dropping stitches all night, and I'm sick of having to restart. It occurred to me that there had to be a way to fix it, but the answers I'm getting on Google are confusing me since I don't really understand the jargon yet. I've seen advice stating "knit over to your dropped stitch" and I just have to stop paying attention because I can't figure out what that means.

So, craftgrrls, what does "knitting over" to a dropped stitch entail? Can anyone explain it in a way that won't make me get stabbity with my needles? Because I'm getting stabbity.

And after "knitting over," do you have any advice on how to fix it? I'm relatively useless at this without watching a video and then mucking about, so the written explanations make such little sense to me. Since LJers are a bit more down to Earth than your typical how-to article writers*, I figure at least a handful of people here can explain it well.

(*It takes a lot of cross-referencing various sources to understand exactly what something means. I don't think I'm really a natural knitter. :x.)

For the record, my dropped stitch keeps occurring with the very first/last stitch, if that makes any sense at all. So after I finish a row and switch the needles from my right hand to my left to begin making another row, I'll drop that VERY first one. Now whatever I'm knitting is in a shape that's like this: [__/

Scrapbook shops!

[slfcllednowhere.livejournal.com]

Hello girls! So, it's getting close to when my mom and grandmother are going to be bugging me about a Christmas/birthday list. I really want to get some scrapbooking stuff, but I live far away from the rest of my family so a gift card or something to a local shop is out of the question. So! What are some of your fav places to get stuff online? Thanks in advance.

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[justblieve.livejournal.com]

Hi there, I joined this community in hopes of maybe getting some help on a project.

One of the daughters of my coworkers was doing a fundraiser and was selling stuff from Yankee Candle Company. I really liked some of their candleholders, but didn't want to spend the money on them. So I wanted to try and paint some. Buuut I'm not really sure what sort of paint to use on glass that will still be thin enough to let the candle light show through it. Has anyone ever done this sort of stuff? Is there just glass paint that I use?

This is the sort of thickness I want- http://www.yankeecandle.com/yc/images/retail/500/L_1206933.jpg

Thanks!

i am on an owl kick!

[girl-on-a-wire.livejournal.com]

since my first owl got such high praise, ive decided i needed to make more...i may be getting out of hand :)



a tiny parliment

( more behind the cut, of course! )

Thanks for the help with the heat pillows and what I've done recently

[amythestcat.livejournal.com]

Hello craftgrrls, thank you for the help with my corn heat pillows the other day. I'm filling my inner pillows now. I just want to share a few things I have worked on lately.

( beads in many ways... )

Bordello Earrings

[lampworkbyamy.livejournal.com]

I made these earrings as a custom order for someone - I thought I'd share since I don't actually do a lot of jewelry making (I made the main beads, which are lampwork glass, a beautiful dark red called "Bordello" - I am usually on here posting plain old beads and not finished pieces!)

( cut for photo )