gaijingirl
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Phew PANIC over... that would be JUST like me... to do the whole flippin' thing in the wrong stitch!!
What fun!!!
What fun!!!
Craft club topic of the month - knitting!
- Thread starter RubyToogood
- Start date
gaijingirl
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toggle said:
God no... I'm the muppet..(I always identified with Miss Piggy) I just assume I'm getting it wrong! I only knitted two rows so even if I had it wouldn't be a problem.... I totally bow down to your superior knowledge and frankly after I've asked your advice about 500 times you'll be sick of the sight of me.....
oh thanks for offering me to lend me your books. i think i might take to the next meeting my photocopier to copy all those patterns i want 
(how cool would that be). but seriously yes thanks! i am after another baby hat pattern that i saw in this book...i still have wool for one more baby hat left
i looked through one stich and bitch book in borders but didn't like it as it seemed like and american television soap the way it was printed...i can't believe that this would be the one everyone keeps going on about?
(how cool would that be). but seriously yes thanks! i am after another baby hat pattern that i saw in this book...i still have wool for one more baby hat left i looked through one stich and bitch book in borders but didn't like it as it seemed like and american television soap the way it was printed...i can't believe that this would be the one everyone keeps going on about?
I'm still looking for a pattern for a top to knit with my new wool, but in the meantime I've been trying out different laceyish styles with that wool making the tension square longer and longer and am now on the best way of actually making a scarf by accident...
Btw will there be more knitting evenings (seeing that the planning for the japanese night is well under way)? Once in a while when there isn't a new craft to be taught or inbetween?
Btw will there be more knitting evenings (seeing that the planning for the japanese night is well under way)? Once in a while when there isn't a new craft to be taught or inbetween?
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wobbly
Ms T said:
cast on 15 stitches onto 10mm needles.
knit as the bag, stocking stitch, change colour every 2 rows, knit 52 rows all totgether.
then decreace every 4 rows at each end of row. until you have 7 stitches,knit 5, cast off one stitch, knit to enf of row, on the next row, create a stitch by wrapping the yarn rounf the needle to create another stitch over the gap. knit 2 more rows, cast off
sew together, stuff a cotton sock or something else small inside and put through a normal 50 c wash, with towles and jeans.
sew on a button under the buttonhole.
done.
hope that makes sence.
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wobbly
Ok, I got the camera to work, that is a first for me.
this is the purse, i ran out of the pink wool, so just did the front flap in white. i also put in a row of stitching over the edges like i didn with my green bag.
it['s not me, the hats in that colour are me, thi isn't. So i'm getting some coloured wool that is me and i'm making a bag and purse set. i'[m thinking now about whether to do a felted set or just use smaller needles so it comes out nice and tight like mrs t's bag,
shite, if someone wants to tell me how to make that smaller, I think it would probably be appreciated
this is the purse, i ran out of the pink wool, so just did the front flap in white. i also put in a row of stitching over the edges like i didn with my green bag.
it['s not me, the hats in that colour are me, thi isn't. So i'm getting some coloured wool that is me and i'm making a bag and purse set. i'[m thinking now about whether to do a felted set or just use smaller needles so it comes out nice and tight like mrs t's bag,
shite, if someone wants to tell me how to make that smaller, I think it would probably be appreciated
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
zora said:Btw will there be more knitting evenings (seeing that the planning for the japanese night is well under way)? Once in a while when there isn't a new craft to be taught or inbetween?
I think I volunteered to hold the next one.
I can do 20 or 21st April, or 27th or 28th April.
Should I start a new thread?
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
Ms T said:That purse is really nice, toggle.
I wish my knitting wasn't quite so tight -- oh for perfect tension.
I've made a start on my next project -- a baby blanket -- and I'm finding it surprisingly difficult to knit on smaller needles.
Oooh - you got your wool then?....I'm now only about 12 squares away from having sewn it all up.. it does look surprisingly nice once you get it all done.. but I won't undertake anything with quite so much sewing up again in a hurry!!
(We did deck the balcony this weekend so I was sat on it sewing up with a some cider that Aki brought back from Normany in the sun yesterday).
eme
turn a frown upside down!
Ms T said:
cool! - I can't do the thursdays (college)...
maybe start a new thread when the date's been agreed?
x
oh and btw have done no knitting since easter mon... have been making wee birdies for a show opneing this weds (6:30 - 8 if you fancy coming to the preview)
moose said:If you can knit a scarf, you can knit a jumper! Ask someone in your local knitting shop (or check the library) for the easy patterns - jumpers are only 4 short, wide scarves sewn together.
When you put it like that it sounds easy
Will search for an easy pattern
i will try to make your show tomorrow eme...
any of the dates would suit me as long as i know a couple of days in advance and don't get any special well paid work in as i have turned into a bit of a workaholic these days. but i am sure it is just a phase it might just as well have passed by then...
any of the dates would suit me as long as i know a couple of days in advance and don't get any special well paid work in as i have turned into a bit of a workaholic these days. but i am sure it is just a phase it might just as well have passed by then...
AnnaKarpik
Queen of all she surveys
Hope someone can answer me this. The time has come to start thinking about making a blanket out of the blanket squares that I have made so that I know how many of each colour I need. I am going to sew them together as diamonds, iyswim, with either 9 or 11 diamonds in the top row, one fewer in the second row, 9/11 in the next and so on. Got it?
How many different colours do I need to have so that no square is adjacent to it's own colour? I think it has to be five but I can't make that work when I draw the pattern and colour the squares.
How many different colours do I need to have so that no square is adjacent to it's own colour? I think it has to be five but I can't make that work when I draw the pattern and colour the squares.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
AnnaKarpik said:Hope someone can answer me this. The time has come to start thinking about making a blanket out of the blanket squares that I have made so that I know how many of each colour I need. I am going to sew them together as diamonds, iyswim, with either 9 or 11 diamonds in the top row, one fewer in the second row, 9/11 in the next and so on. Got it?
How many different colours do I need to have so that no square is adjacent to it's own colour? I think it has to be five but I can't make that work when I draw the pattern and colour the squares.
Hiya... if it helps, I've just finished a baby blanket made from blanket squares and the pattern called for 5 colours. And no colours will be adjacent to its own colour. The pattern is from Debbie Bliss' Baby knits for beginners book... but it's not in a diamond pattern. If you need to see it pm me and I will sort out a way of getting it to you.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Geographers can get away with only 3 colours I think (hence the poster "ionlyneedthreepens").
moose
like some cat from Japan
AnnaKarpik said:How many different colours do I need to have so that no square is adjacent to it's own colour? I think it has to be five but I can't make that work when I draw the pattern and colour the squares.
Colour up some sheets of paper and cut them out in the appropriate numbers, then arrange them in different configurations till you get what you want. Esier than drawing it out if you're not sure.
Ms T said:
Hmmm, thursdays seem to be very busy days - not only Eme's college but also quiz nights and the occasional bookgroup.
The 20th would be lovely - for me. How about everyone else? Or should Ms T indeed start a new thread?
Choc said:
You should take it easy young lady and settle down with a nice cup of tea and some err...knitting. 
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i was down pentonville road the other day, and there's some sort of national council for crafts (or similar) bit on it, between the angel and the onyx hq. anyway, they have some sort of exhibition about knitting on there, which i thought might interest some of you crafty types.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
We know.
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/Exhib/k2together/index.htm
In other news, I've finished my socks! And they're great. The wool looked rubbish on the ball and while I was doing the ribbing, but the patterning comes out gorgeous, they fit perfectly and are dead comfy and cosy I foresee a lot more sock knitting coming up...
Incidentally I notice that webofwool include VAT and postage in their prices, so work out much cheaper than any other internet supplier of sock wool that I've come across so far.
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/Exhib/k2together/index.htm
In other news, I've finished my socks! And they're great. The wool looked rubbish on the ball and while I was doing the ribbing, but the patterning comes out gorgeous, they fit perfectly and are dead comfy and cosy
I foresee a lot more sock knitting coming up...Incidentally I notice that webofwool include VAT and postage in their prices, so work out much cheaper than any other internet supplier of sock wool that I've come across so far.
