A Bit of Knitting Fun: Your Silly Knitting Name

There are lots of memes out there about funny names related to holidays, and Craftsy has developed one for your silly knitter name that is pretty fun.

There are many memes on the internet that play with the idea of funny names related to holidays, and Craftsy, a company that specializes in crafting and DIY, has developed a fun way to generate a silly knitter name for individuals. The name generator uses the month and date of the user’s birthday to create a unique and playful name.

For example, if you were born in August on the 29th, you would be given the name “Her Royal Highness Short Rows”. Other options include “Baron Brioche”, “Sheriff Knitwit”, and “Captain Shawl Maker”. These names are not only unique but also reflect the craft of knitting and the humor of the holidays.

The Craftsy’s knitter name generator is a great way to add some fun and creativity to the hobby of knitting. It can be a fun way to come up with a creative name and share some laughter with friends and family. The generator can also be a way to personalize and make a connection to your hobby and to celebrate your birthday in a special way.

I got Her Royal Highness Short Rows (Aug. 29). If you try it out I’d love to hear what your funny name is!

[Photo via Craftsy.]

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I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve shared any patterns for our circular knitting machine users. I know these devices aren’t for everyone but even though I much prefer knitting by hand, it is kind of fun to crank things out on these machines.

One of the most common early projects for a circular knitting machine is a scarf. Which makes sense, because it’s just one long tube and you can make it as long as you like.

One problem that comes from knitting scarves on the circular knitting machine, though, is that it can be hard to know how to finish the ends of the tube so that it looks like a finished scarf and not a tube of knitting.

If you’re not a knitter or crocheter, the most basic way to finish a circular knitting machine scarf is just by cinching up the ends and maybe adding a pompom to each end to cover up any hole that might still be visible at the end.

But if you have a little knitting or crochet skill or are willing to learn, there are a lot of different options for closing up the ends of a scarf. And this would also be true if you hand knit a tube scarf!

I recently wrote a post over at Our Daily Craft that includes five different ways to close up the ends of a tube scarf:

the simple cinching method mentioned above
sewing the stitches together
three needle bind off
grafting
crochet bind off

Grafting is my favorite because I feel like it gives the cleanest, closest to a seamless look. If you’re a knitter you may already know how to do it but even if you don’t it’s not that hard to learn.

Do you knit tube scarves by hand or machine? I’d love to know how you like to finish them!

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