Interesting Note: I'm actually a pretty learned writer, but somehow when I try to say "pattern" for knitting, "diagram," or really any set of instructions, my mouth always manages to say "recipe."
I could type "pattern" whenever I mean it, but that would be dishonest, so if you're a word/grammar nazi, please leave now. I'd hate to break your day!
I've knitted things for myself before. I look at the recipe, pick the size that is the closest to my measurements and have at it! Recently though, I took a glove recipe that I'm very familiar with and TAILORED it to myself!
I cast on for a kid's glove because I have tiny wrists, made it just long enough and all the fingers are exactly the right size! Ooooh, It's great!
If you have the talent, I would highly recommend making yourself something perfect like that. If not, I'm thinking it's worth it to get something professionally tailored. IT'S SO AWESOME!!
There is, however, a problem; I don't have the brain power to make the mate!
I tried to do some baby legwarmers, which was the same recipe I finished before I started the gloves, but that was too much to! :S
Luckily, my oldest daughter requested a hat, scarf and glove set. I started with the hat and somehow, it's working out so I'm just going to go with it. She wants the same gloves that I'm having problems with so I'll do them last!
Not sure what it was about the warm spring weather with all the tulips coming up that made her want a winter set, but I can't complain.
My other project right now is much bigger. I'm making soft body doll sets based on historical figures with books that answer all those questions my daughter asks.
"What did Cleopatra eat for breakfast?"
"What was it like when George Washington was a kid?"
"What kind of toys did (everyone she's ever heard of) play with?"
I'm sure she isn't the only little kid asking these questions so I'm sure a few other parents would gladly buy a book that answer them in kid-friendly words instead doing the hours of research I've done!
I'm working on a book for Cleopatra (the seventh) at my daughter's request right now and I've discovered that some of those questions are hard to answer! What kind of bed DID Cleopatra have as a kid? Other ancient Egyptian kids had pets, but did SHE have a dog?
The doll supplies are coming in the mail and if I wasn't sleep deprived I'd be wriggling with antici. . . . . . . . pation!
Good luck with your own hobbies!
Breezy!
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