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Craft club topic of the month - knitting!

I'm on a use-up-what-I've-got mission and not sure there's any black or sludge, will definitely be quite random though :oops: The lovely grey wool I got from you will be a cardy for me one day :D
 
I'm busy knitting a hooded Cardi a little like the one above for a new baby...hoping it turns out ok, it's in a lovely pink and blue variegated acrylic, with a cotton like texture/look
 
Ok, so my sarah lund jumper wool will probably arrive tomorrow and I haven't got my needles yet. There's a shop here that sells wool and needles but they don't stock a huge selection.
I need to buy,
5mm circular needles 60cms and 80cms.
6mm circular needles 80cms
5mm double point needles
6mm double point needles
where's the best place online to buy them?
I looked at John Lewis but what they had seemed to cost £75 for one set :eek:
Also, when it says double ended needles, it doesn't say how many, do they also come in pairs?

I used to knit all sorts of stuff years ago but all this circular needle business is doing my head in even before I start. :( :facepalm:
HELP ME!!!
 
Should only cost you £20ish if that, will see where I last ordered needles from. Double pointed usually come in packs of 5 iirc.
 
Biddlybee said:
I've used www.laughinghens.com before, and would get addi circulars and brittany dpns.

I also like knitpicks circulars but they're not everyones cuppa.
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Thanks for replying bee, I found an old email from the people I once bought some needles from called Dragon Yarns so I put an order in. Also, when I read through the pattern there was no mention of the 5mm 60cms needles so I didn't order any of those even though it said I'd need them on the list of things required.
Although I only had a couple of circular needles from the hat I was making when my grandson was born I also had a big box of needles including double pointed ones and I've searched the house but can't find it anywhere :(
I hope I can get my head round knitting on circular needles, it looks very difficult so far as I can see. This is going to be a big challenge for me.
 
Once you've got the hang of it it's easy. I found it difficult that I had to keep shuffling the stitches along the cable of the needles, and I was reluctant to pull it hard or anything, but actually knitting's more sturdy than it looks :D

I still use straights by choice when I can, though, or double-pointeds for small things.
 
I've started my jumper. Done the rib and now on the main body, easy peasy so far but I'm dreading the bit where I join all the bits at the yoke and knit in a pattern at the same time :eek:
 
Finished the little cardi a couple of weeks ago, and started on the little hoody :cool:

Fucked up the guage though, so ripped the whole of the back and started again with bigger needles :mad: should be pretty quick to finish though :)

How's your jumper coming Shirl?
 
Biddlybee said:
Finished the little cardi a couple of weeks ago, and started on the little hoody :cool:

Fucked up the guage though, so ripped the whole of the back and started again with bigger needles :mad: should be pretty quick to finish though :)

How's your jumper coming Shirl?
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I managed the body ok but then I was knitting the sleeves using 4 needles. I thought I was doing well but then when the sleeve was about 6 inches long I realised that it looked laddered where I changed needles. :mad: It wasn't laddered just bigger stitches so I pulled it back. :( I'm visiting an ace knitting friend in Norfolk next week and taking it with me so she can show me what I was doing wrong. I should finish it in time for next winter though :oops::D
 
you just need to keep the first and last 2 stitches on each needle nice and tight shirl. if its only a small ladder most of it will even out in blocking ime :)
 
I'd watch out for the second stitch too... some people tend to do the first one really tight as it's between needles, then loosen the tension for the second stitch on each needle, so the ladder appears there.

I get it a little bit with magic loop too, so every now and then move a few stitches round so the gap isn't in the same place if that makes sense?
 
Thanks bob and bee. Bob, I still feel insecure without your book but once I've done the sleeves and started the thing round the yoke, I'll post it back if that's ok.
I'm not going to wait for Norfolk now, I'll be casting on again this afternoon and doing the tight stitch and moving stitches round thing. Bee, do you mean knitting and extra stitch on one needle then knitting one less at the other end so you keep the same number of stitches on each needle?
 
I don't use dpn's very much any more, but if I had say four needles with 10 stitches on each, then I might slip two from the first to the second after a few rounds. So there are still the same number of stitches - and I'd keep the start/end point the same, but instead of 10-10-10-10 it'd be 8-12-10-10, so if your tension changes over the gap then it's less likely to look like a ladder.

With magic loop you basically have two needles so I'd start off with 20 on one and 20 on the other, then after a few rounds slip a couple over and would have 18-22. It is a bit of a faff, but works if I can't sort out my tension for the little ladder.
 
heh i could show you but i can't tell you :D put a marker at the join (for keeping count purposes) and scootch the stitches between needles occasionally is the best i can manage. *awaits someone less stoned* :oops:

yay bee :cool::D
 
Biddlybee said:
I don't use dpn's very much any more, but if I had say four needles with 10 stitches on each, then I might slip two from the first to the second after a few rounds. So there are still the same number of stitches - and I'd keep the start/end point the same, but instead of 10-10-10-10 it'd be 8-12-10-10, so if your tension changes over the gap then it's less likely to look like a ladder.

With magic loop you basically have two needles so I'd start off with 20 on one and 20 on the other, then after a few rounds slip a couple over and would have 18-22. It is a bit of a faff, but works if I can't sort out my tension for the little ladder.
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wayward bob said:
heh i could show you but i can't tell you :D put a marker at the join (for keeping count purposes) and scootch the stitches between needles occasionally is the best i can manage. *awaits someone less stoned* :oops:

yay bee :cool::D
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You are hurting my head now bee :D I was ok until you mentioned your magic loop thing, my mind is boggling :eek: but I think :hmm: I get your 4 needle instruction.

Bob, scootching stitches? :confused:
 
Personally I just knit an extra one from the next needle each time I get to the end of a needle, and mark the end of the round with a marker of some sort rather than relying on the needles to tell me where I am.
 
can anyone talk bind-offs with me? i'm trying to make a triangle shape, binding off the first/last stitch at the beginning/end of each row on one edge. that's giving me a very smooth edge, is there any way to make a more step-like edge?

starting to think i may be better off crocheting it :hmm:
 
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