Do you track the date started, yarn used, pattern...etc?
If so, did you buy it or make it yourself?
I am thinking about doing this just for "shits and giggles" and am looking for some input from all the "experienced experts" out there...
...or is this just another side of my
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so funny that you ask this question. I have been keeping the ball bands with a sample of the yarn and brought the Knitter's Journal with a 50% off coupon at AC Moore. But I have never put them together. Now with Raverly I figure posting FO's will do the same thing. So I do not know if I will take the time to add them to the journal but I do know I will still keep a sample with the bands. So I'm no help here. Best intentions so little time.
I never did until Ravelry. That's one of the first things I really liked about that site.
I started out with a sort of yarn journal - I'd staple a piece of the yarn and the yarn band into a notebook, write down what I made with it and any notes that I had about the yarn. This was pretty handy especially for washing instructions. Unfortunately, I got lazy about three years ago (and the notebook couldn't hold anymore without breaking the binding) and stopped.
I bought a knitting journal about 2 years ago and I religiously kept all the ball bands, snips of yarn and journaled about each and every project I made along with a photo. Now that I'm on Ravelry I've slacked on the journal a little bit but I do want to keep everything listed there as well. I also make notes about every FO on my blog too and I tend to look back to those entries most often.
Good luck!
I bought a knitting journal, I keep all the ball bands in it and have quite a few gauge swatched pasted in, but I have gotten lazy with it, especially with ravelry. It sounds like such a good idea though.
I've never kept track of my projects but I'm going to starting in Jan on Ravelry...that is my mission at least. LOL
I have an index card pack (With rings to hold it together) that I keep all my (sock) knitting info in. It has really helped me when I get to the second sock and need to know how many stitches I picked up on the heel flap and stuff like that. I write my start date, yarn used, needle size, # of stitches cast on, etc. It has been a life saver on more than one occassion.
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