RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Oh not the Kid Silk Haze, this is a load of Kid Classic (altogether more utilitarian aran weight number) that I acquired in the yarn swap.
Craft club topic of the month - knitting!
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RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Ah, sorry. So there are no aran patterns anywhere in the known universe that tickle your fancy? You're more fussy than me
I know, it's some kind of illness I've got at the moment
I was possibly contemplating this:
http://www.theinsideloop.com/Issue3/Patterns/mongkok.html
which amazingly is for the wool I've got and comes in my size. But I'm not sure it would be flattering to me in the rather light grey I've got.
e2a: in fact you can also knit Kid Classic at DK gauge, so I really ought to be able to find something!
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Humph. I've done a tension square for it and I don't like her gauge. Mine isn't even as loose as she calls for and it looks too loose for something close-fitting like that. Plus her row gauge I think is plain wrong as it's wildly different from both mine and the one on the ball band.
BTW moose, Rowan Studio 12 is all KSH and KS Aura if there's anything you fancy in it:
http://www.colourway.co.uk/rowan/rstud12/rstud12.htm
BTW moose, Rowan Studio 12 is all KSH and KS Aura if there's anything you fancy in it:
http://www.colourway.co.uk/rowan/rstud12/rstud12.htm
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Yep, nothing in there that I have a burning desire to knit. Was hoping there might be a cardigan pattern there for me, but no, so I've cast on for this, and I hope to god this one works out!
http://www.kangaroo.uk.com/pattern/1885/1729.php
http://www.kangaroo.uk.com/pattern/1885/1729.php
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Ah! Was that just boredom, or did you go off it for some reason?
When I looked it up on Ravelry only one person had done it, and it didn't look flared at all, so I'm adding in some extra stitches between the cables to do another row of decreases.
So far it's looking good, touch wood. My tension is about right and it feels lovely and cosy, plus I like cabling.
When I looked it up on Ravelry only one person had done it, and it didn't look flared at all, so I'm adding in some extra stitches between the cables to do another row of decreases.
So far it's looking good, touch wood. My tension is about right and it feels lovely and cosy, plus I like cabling.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Seeing as my bolero thing was a success, I'm going to have a go at knitting a tank top... like this but in different colours (thank you eme)... but a bit worried about changing colours in the middle of a row and following a chart 
Any tips on how to actually do this? Or is it quite simple? I don't even know if the technique has a name
Kind of brings me to my next question... for the last few years I've just bungled my way through projects, and got loads of advice off here (thank you
), but are there any books that people consider knitting bibles?
Any tips on how to actually do this? Or is it quite simple? I don't even know if the technique has a name
Kind of brings me to my next question... for the last few years I've just bungled my way through projects, and got loads of advice off here (thank you
), but are there any books that people consider knitting bibles?
moose
like some cat from Japan
Read up on Intarsia before you start - for bold patches of colour with a lot of space between areas of the same colour, you will need to use little bobbins like in the pic you linked to. If there are lots of areas of the same colour within a few stitches of each other, you will need to carry the yarn across the back of the work (Fairisle), taking care not to pull it tight, or you'll end up with ruffled knitting. I'd do a little practice square before you start, with one diamond in it.
The main thing with Intarsia is to avoid is big holes where one colour meets another, and you can get round this by twisting the 2 colours round each other once.
That sounds really complicated - sorry! It's not really, just needs some practice, and you sometimes feel like you need a spare pair of hands.
There's an Intarsia tutorial video about halfway down this page - you can buy tiny bobbins if you can't be bothered making the little skeins she does, and ignore the fact she's knitting continentally (unless you do!) but it gives you a reasonable idea.
As for knitting bibles, I have dozens of books, and none of them are the definitive bible. I've always just found my own way and bumbled along with stuff like the video I linked to above to show me the way.
The main thing with Intarsia is to avoid is big holes where one colour meets another, and you can get round this by twisting the 2 colours round each other once.
That sounds really complicated - sorry! It's not really, just needs some practice, and you sometimes feel like you need a spare pair of hands.
There's an Intarsia tutorial video about halfway down this page - you can buy tiny bobbins if you can't be bothered making the little skeins she does, and ignore the fact she's knitting continentally (unless you do!) but it gives you a reasonable idea.
As for knitting bibles, I have dozens of books, and none of them are the definitive bible. I've always just found my own way and bumbled along with stuff like the video I linked to above to show me the way.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Kind of brings me to my next question... for the last few years I've just bungled my way through projects, and got loads of advice off here (thank you
No, I've always just bungled too. I'm sure there are books though... I've got an Encyclopaedia of Knitting which has been useful occasionally... Actually the two SnB books cover most things I think... always worth looking through second hand bookshops etc for old school knitting bibles.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Thank you moose, fairisle did ring a bell, but I thought that would be the more fiddly patterns. I'll take a look at the Intarsia video (I never would've found out that term!) with a fresh pair of eyes tomorrow... and will definitely be doing a few practices before I start. Bit of twisting sounds less fiddly than bobbins (and I don't think I knit the continental way 
).
As for books, I reckon I'll keep bumbling and bungling then
(and looking out in charity shops for old books).
Now to decide on which colours to use
).As for books, I reckon I'll keep bumbling and bungling then
(and looking out in charity shops for old books).Now to decide on which colours to use
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
It's all wintery and my hands are cold... my beloved green fingerless gloves are too tatty to wear any more.
I knitted a pair of these last week but hated knitting them and hated them when they were done:
http://creativeyarn.blogspot.com/2008/01/emerald-greenhandwarmer.html
so unravelled them and am knitting these instead, which are going much better and fun to do:
http://www.vogueknitting.com/?q=node/128
The main problem with the first ones was my wool was too thick mainly, and they were too easy to be interesting, and not easy enough to be mindless. They'd be a good project for a fairly beginning knitter though, in DK.
I knitted a pair of these last week but hated knitting them and hated them when they were done:
http://creativeyarn.blogspot.com/2008/01/emerald-greenhandwarmer.html
so unravelled them and am knitting these instead, which are going much better and fun to do:
http://www.vogueknitting.com/?q=node/128
The main problem with the first ones was my wool was too thick mainly, and they were too easy to be interesting, and not easy enough to be mindless. They'd be a good project for a fairly beginning knitter though, in DK.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
They're lovely Ruby ^so unravelled them and am knitting these instead, which are going much better and fun to do:
http://www.vogueknitting.com/?q=node/128
The main problem with the first ones was my wool was too thick mainly, and they were too easy to be interesting, and not easy enough to be mindless. They'd be a good project for a fairly beginning knitter though, in DK.
Was going to pinch this pattern from you, but just looked at it and it's a bit too advanced for me... LPC, RPC, bobbles
... think I might make these again, but a bit longer http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/PATTfetching.html
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Or you could do the pattern my green ones were from: http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/mikado-gloves.html
Or have a look in my queue on Ravelry, I've got a whole section for fingerless mitt patterns.
I'm an advocate of just knitting what you like the look of, regardless of whether it looks difficult or not. I always start with the assumption that it's doable and just wade in, learning as I go. And actually the pattern I'm doing is ok once you're past the first ten rows and you understand what you're doing. All the abbreviations are explained.
Or have a look in my queue on Ravelry, I've got a whole section for fingerless mitt patterns.
I'm an advocate of just knitting what you like the look of, regardless of whether it looks difficult or not. I always start with the assumption that it's doable and just wade in, learning as I go. And actually the pattern I'm doing is ok once you're past the first ten rows and you understand what you're doing. All the abbreviations are explained.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Sad news, I remember those gloves. Give then a decent send-off, Ruby.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Although on the other hand, I will say you can't knit them at the same time as watching the Tudors on iplayer <unravels half a glove>
Sad indeed
These will never replace them in our hearts...
moose
like some cat from Japan
Although on the other hand, I will say you can't knit them at the same time as watching the Tudors on iplayer <unravels half a glove>
Sad indeed
Television is the scourge of knitters <looks askance at a certain urban baby's cardi>
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Finished:
Much happier with these.
Much happier with these.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
You are a much more experienced knitter than me though
Bloody hell you knit quick! They're lovelyFinished:
Much happier with these.
I'm going to have a go at these soon: http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring08/KSPATTspirogyra.html (in a different colour!)
You've got a few months thoughTelevision is the scourge of knitters <looks askance at a certain urban baby's cardi>
