Atlas Insider
Atlas Insider: Scraptastic
Hi! It’s Cristina. While I’ve never been to Atlas Drive, I’m on the inside of MDK every weekday, dreaming up ways to shine a light on every yarn, how to, Field Guide, sparkly contributor, bit of fun, spot of travel, and source of inspiration that Ann and Kay draw into their scrumptrelescent orbit.
I’m having a greatageous time. My work is especially joymulous when yarn is involved. You can imagine how thrillgrified I was when the leftovers from the Field Guide No. 12 photo shoot found their way to me:
They were still in picturesquelantine bobbins and balls when they arrived (ornamental door not included).
I went to work immediately on one of design-diva Jen Geigley’s Stripey Scrappy Hats.
one word: supercosifrickerific
One hat’s worth of Jen’s magic knot technique wasn’t enough for me. With my remaining scraps and leftovers from knitting a pullover version of the Main Squeeze Cardigan, I improvised a Stripey Scrappy Cowl by casting on the same number of stitches as for the Brambleberry Cowl and knitting for 13 stripelicious inches (1 inch of k1p1 rib at the top and bottom included).
I like the knots pulled to the front of the work to amp up the scraptasticity, but it’s easy to tug them to the inside.
Smoky (at the ribbing and in that thick middle stripe), Concrete, Glum, Biscotti, Ice Blue, normandy, Prize, Mallard, Pantomime, and Golden Olive Big Wool
A Stripey Scrappy Cowl would look marvelous in four different colors of Big Wool striped and magic-knotted with happy abandon. Even more fun—get two friends on board to choose different colors … and swap.
A Giveaway
The prize? Two of our favorite Big Wool helpers: a Lilly Brush and Brittany Big Double Pointed Needles in the two sizes we carry for Stripey Scrappy Hats and Rubble Hats.
How to enter?
Two steps:
Step 1: Sign up for our weekly newsletter, Snippets, right here. If you’re already subscribed, you’re set.
Step 2: Joymulous, scraptastic, thrillgrifying … What’s your made-up word to describe your style of or your joy in knitting? Tell us in the comments.
Deadline for entries: Sunday, February 6, 11:59 PM Central time. We’ll draw a random winner from the entries. Winner will be notified by email.
I was purledover by your cleverness and creativity when I read this!
myknittingthing
Cheerific
Grantastic!
My knitting is kerfuffleadjacent— always a little goof or two.
Calmfibrish
Exspecial.
Calmportugusence!
We shouldn’t call it scrap yarn because it is tempting to discard it. But Christina didn’t. Nor did the creator of “How to Knit a Swirly Square: Knitting in the Round” on YouTube
I have made two of these into bed size blankets with scrap yarn.
Cristina, not Christina.
As for a word; wrecycledwool or sheepishscraps?
Fiberlicious
I am overthemooned every time I knit!
I was feeling just sheepikins reading this- it’s the happiness of fluff.
Gobbleupable!
I feel graknitude when I have yarn flowing through my fingers.
Moodustransforfabulous
Splendiferous!
Cozylicious
All these scrappy projects are knitastic. Thanks for the fiberlicious post!
My grandson calls either knitting or crocheting yarning. He thinks the point of either one is the yarn
Love that!
Fantabuloso!
Knitalishous!
Fiberrific
snarkify! scraplicious, love this yarn.
Fantabulous!
Warmderful
Ishkabibble. I like to think I save this for exclaiming my delight when a technique I’m struggling with suddenly works which I do, but more commonly it gets blurted out for a goof. I’m really not sure if it’s a made up word….my mother used to say it too…. now i have to go find out…..
It’s slang for I should worry! I guess my most common goof usage is accurate!!!
Smooshwarmable
Knitadoodle
Creatastic! I love exploring what colors, textures, and weights I can combine in interesting ways.
Yarn-chicken-competitor!
More of a phrase: cacophony of color.
Binge knitting is yarntastic!!!
Scrappin’
Hyggelectable!
I feel ecstatictious every time I complete a project !
Zenubilant.
fiberfunning
When my son was little, I heard him tell someone, “Don’t bother mom, she’s, taking a knit”.
That’s fantastic! I love to “take a knit” with scrapalicious leftovers to see what happens
I love knitting happy Xmasknitgifts – January had me knitting 3 more hats because I knit one for my husband and 3 adult kids asked me to knit one for them – that is the best! Loved this story.
Yogaliscious
Stupendastic!
Yarnoverism.
Fiberifficrelaxknitting
My made up word is glorilicious
Your scrapy yarn creations are yarnalicious!
Zenolious
This article gave me the sheepbumps! I love watching my stitch patterns emerge in my knitting – Stitcherific!
Sheepbumps! 11/10
Mellifludictive
Cozyfing is what I feel while knitting. Especially this cold winter here in the Midwest.
Scrapaliciously scraptastic!
Knitmendous
Funtastic!!
Obsessionistic!
Yarnderful!
Happiknitous!
Motijoyed
Squishalistic!
Knitting is Transformationalistic.
Squishtastic!
Itllfitsomeone
It will fit someone!
Ewephoric!
Floopydoopy
Knitting is the zeniest craft I’ve ever done!
Scraptiliumptious?
Someone’s in a goodtastic mood, today.
Zen-tillating
Splendiforous!
Love the stripes scrappy cowl idea with the magic knots showing. So cute!
Flowtastic
Yarnormous
Squishafabalicious!
Scrumdilliyumptious!
Needluscious
Insomemorerowsiac
Zen-day-ah
Eagerknitter – eager for the next project
Relaxivigorating. Because, you know, it’s both.
I love magic knot! The made up word I use is “stockinland.” It is used when I have “miles and miles” of stockinette stitch to knit.
Masterful, colorful language–I want more of your writing! (and the prize…of course!)
Sereknitty…as in the serenity of knitting…sigh.
Excellent word creationisticology!
Calmtastick
My word is hatcowldonatable.
Yarngasmic!
Sheeperfic !
Glori-ishous!
Sheeply
How fun
Marlerrific!
Colortastic
Happecstatogeous
Zentastic
relaxification
Yarnalicious!
Beware of knots in superwash yarn…. and I’ll leave it at that.
Lucky you to be sent bits and bobs … I’ve been making mitts w my leftover bag. It’s cold out.
Waste not, want not.
Such creative terms everyone is coming up with! I just think of it as stashbustingsomyhusbandwon’t findalltheyarnihave. 🙂 But if he does dare to comment I just tell him go look at his garage!
Knitaliscious!
knitteling
Superbish
MacGyverism
I love your knots on the outside! I love ,love it. Can’t complete against all the new words in your message nor in the comments. They might become permanent in our dictionary someday!
Calmpeacible rhythm
Abracadabra! Because its magic the way scrap yarn turns into something useable and beautiful!
Lovetastic
Yarnalicious,
scrumtiliocious
Calmnation is what knitting gives me.
Knittastic!
Have a knitterific day!
Joyfulicious
Simplelicious
Gobsmackin’ good is the feeling I get when knitting or crocheting with leftovers or oddballs.
Stasherific
Love this!
Boss-tastic,
Woolyishious.
Mediknitting
Knitasia.
More about the social aspects than the knitting joy… but my fiber friends (fiber fiends?) are my dearest friends. As for on-line fiber activities, I call it yarn porn. Hahaha
I agree the article was splendid I love your creativity with words and I could feel your positive energy through the screen so thank you very much!!
My word … eagerbeaverarohastitcher
“nevernotknitting”
useitupjoy
I liked ,I do want more patterns of knittibg with two needles
Nitnitnitting
Maralacious… on stripe 4 of color explosion and just received my Freia to start a maralogram…
Soolled. Soothed, & thrilled
Craftmatica
Honestly I don’t think I have any words of my own I’ve made up – but Wooly Peace is how I describe my knitting!
Startitis!
Zimmermanned
ComfyCraft- Describes the joy of knitting for me.
Mecalming
Colorwallowworthy!
Blownyrnovred by the fun new words!
Knitalicious!
A favorite phrase I like to use is, “awesome possum”!
Frigtastalicious
Challaxing – can knitting be challenging and relaxing at the same time?
I’m just glad I don’t have to wool gather and can get my yarn the easy, shopping way. I’m working my way through a tub of fingering weight, happily both marking and magic knitting through scarves, a blanket and who knows what else.
Calmolicious
Stitchuation!
zenciting
My style of knitting is very “wibbly wobbly” . But it doesn’t stop me from the feng shui of knitting.
Peaceiferous
Knititation, because knitting for me IS a meditation!!!
Stupendalicious
My favorite yarns are the squooshy ones. Squooshy isn’t a word but I’ve been using it determinedly regardless.
Calmantic!
Meditativepeacecalmsomeness….❤
Knitastical – when I’ve had a good knitting session.
Meditativepeacecalmsomeness ❤❤
Scrumdiddlyumptious!
Relaxabliss!
Thrillsteeking! Wahootinous!
Squishtacular!
When I pick up my knitting needles and begin knitting I am completely tuned out to the going ons around me! Nothing exists for me in my little world except the clickity click of my needles and utterly complete relaxation.
So guess my style and joy in knitting is Utterly Tuned Out Knitting!!!!
These are all so flabbergasty! Thanks!
Knitastic!
Awetastic!
Magellanish; an exploration
Redoubitably – it often takes me two times before I really enjoy a project
Knitchillaxtion
Sereknity
fullfillamente
Joybillant!
I just get knitgiggly over Big Joy.
Knitastic! Love these knitty words!
I am peacofird by the thought
Happyscrappy
Scraptastic = the joy of knitting scrappy socks.
Philadeliscious!
#phillyrepresent
I just go knitaling along wherever it takes me
Superpurliknitilicious
I say that I’m making things cozyfied when I’m knitting a scrappy project. For example, I knit some scrappy slippers for my parents to make sure their feet were cozyfied this winter. 🙂
Cozyfied!
Yarnygoodness
Threads of joy ❣️
myhappyplace
I always feel loopstickious when I sit to knit.
Fantabulousness. Ahh the joy of knitting.
Knittymixing! Love creating new color ways with yarn leftovers!
Knitting is yarngasmic for me!
Relaxacaligistic!
What fun stripes! Stripediddlyumptious, I would say! How’s that for a word? 🙂
Knitting + Netflix = Knitflexing
When it goes wrong it’s simply craptastic.
Woolyeyed yarnwoman!
Randomocity – I’m all over the place with my knitting. I’ve got loads of WIPs, all different in terms of complexity of knit and weight of yarn. That way I always have something to fit my mood 🙂
Sockroledge!
Using up scraps is bonus bliss!
Cablesmacked – as in gobsmacked at beautiful cables.
Knitriffic! And purltastic or purtastical!
Stitchadaying
Awesome sauce!
(K)not exactly original but it’s Knitastic for me
Medititillating = titillating meditation
Knittishaddictish
knitology
My daughter rolls her eyes when I call yarn “delicious”. Also my dad used to call things “more-ish” – it meant it was so good he needed more. Usually referred to food. When we were little kids we thought it was hilarious!
Calmolicious
Knitteriness
Sweetmemoryiest
Knitting has been patterlaxing for me.
bestitched
Funtabulous!!
Fantabulous!!!