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Craft club topic of the month - knitting!

Wore read top to work yesterday and forced everyone to admire it. (You like my new top? I knitted it! :oops: )

It really worked out quite well, but I wonder how much wear I'll be getting out of it, the forces of gravity are not too kind on it...
 
I took my knitting on holiday with me to Crete, but only managed about half a cuff of a sleeve. :oops: Too many books and beaches and cheap wine to distract me. Only the sleeves to go on my cardi now though, which I need to get finished in the next couple of weeks so my mum can help me with the picking up stitches bit at the end when she comes to visit in July. Bet she's really looking forward to that!
 
I'm making a hat!

An actual hat - to wear on my head :)

It's going rather well too.

That's all really.

Oh yes - it's brown too :)
 
Right.. it's about time we had another S&B I think!!

Who's up for it.

Happy to host... (as long as no one minds the kittens of mass destruction being around!!)

I can do tonight (16th) or tomorrow 17 June.

On Sunday my Mexican friend is coming and so I may be doing a Mexican night next week instead - hopefully Tuesday but don't know yet.

Which leaves the following week (beginning 27 June) during which any night apart from Tuesday 28th is ok.

Hmm.. should make a new thread really...
 
Yes - won't look so nice with cider spilled down it and that evil grass stuck to it, though :D
 
moose that skirt is fab.. i understand your excitement.

i am up for a s and b, it would be also nice to host one of the next ones. i can make most eves idealy weekday nights of ocurse and with a bit of notice..

hope all is well sounds like your all being good and busy.

X
 
foamy said:
maybe i should post some pics?
:D
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Excuse me, where are those photos? :p

And moose, where did you get that pattern? I saw a really nice crocheted skirt on the internet but can't find a similar free pattern.

I've just finished my crocheted wrap which I was really unsure about right up until I blocked it, when it suddenly turned from a strange lumpy thing into a nice and wearable item. I was determined it was going to be green though and spent ages picking the colour, and now inevitably the one thing I'm not sure about is the colour ...
 
PieEye said:
I like that colour, Ruby - it looks like a hard pattern!
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It's not as hard as it looks, in that how you actually make it is to crochet three million doilies and then sew them all together. It was fairly quick and nevitably the sewing together is the worst bit - if I was going to do it again I'd try to find a way to crochet them together as I made them. That page isn't a very good rendition of the colour - IRL it seems to have come out a bit pukey. Oh well, I'll bring it along to the S&B so people can see.

Blocking: well this has come up before on this thread
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2647721&highlight=blocking#post2647721
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter02/FEATdiyknitter.html
It makes such a difference, I can't tell you. For this one what I did was pin it out moderately tightly (not too tight because the yarn isn't that strong), and then pressed it to death through a damp cloth. It really needed to be squished to make it look good and drape properly - other times I've not used the iron at all. It's a much more generous size than it would have been just pressed, too.
 
RubyToogood said:
It's not as hard as it looks, in that how you actually make it is to crochet three million doilies and then sew them all together. It was fairly quick and nevitably the sewing together is the worst bit - if I was going to do it again I'd try to find a way to crochet them together as I made them. That page isn't a very good rendition of the colour - IRL it seems to have come out a bit pukey. Oh well, I'll bring it along to the S&B so people can see.

Blocking: well this has come up before on this thread
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2647721&highlight=blocking#post2647721
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter02/FEATdiyknitter.html
It makes such a difference, I can't tell you. For this one what I did was pin it out moderately tightly (not too tight because the yarn isn't that strong), and then pressed it to death through a damp cloth. It really needed to be squished to make it look good and drape properly - other times I've not used the iron at all. It's a much more generous size than it would have been just pressed, too.
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Thanks Roobs..... I think I will do that with the little colinette jacket thing....
 
My skirt's based on this one but shorter cos I didn't have much wool, and I'm wearing it with trousers. I only used the basic eyelet pattern, too, as the Debbie Bliss Maya is fancy enough as it is. The drawstring is a simple i-cord with knitted flower on one end and leaf on the other.
 
I'm severely tempted to make one of those for myself, having totally failed to find any skirts that suit me in the shops this year. I'd have to make the pattern larger though. It looks like the only shaping is in the top section, where you're increasing by one stitch at each end every 7 rows - is that right? I wonder if I could just cast on extra stitches for more width, and work the pattern exactly the same otherwise.
 
I have finished my hat!!!! There are some random messed up bits and the sew up was a bit rubbish but I'm dead chuffed with it!

I don't have a pic of it so you'll just have to believe me - next stop is wrist warmers and leg warmers - I am the accessory queen! :) :) :)
 
RubyToogood said:
I'm severely tempted to make one of those for myself, having totally failed to find any skirts that suit me in the shops this year. I'd have to make the pattern larger though. It looks like the only shaping is in the top section, where you're increasing by one stitch at each end every 7 rows - is that right? I wonder if I could just cast on extra stitches for more width, and work the pattern exactly the same otherwise.
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I just guessed - I used the size of needle (not circular) suggested on the wool band and made a tension square to get a feel for what size it'd come out, and got on with it, following the shaping in the pattern which continues all the way down.

Because I didn't use cotton yarn as suggested in the patterns, it's super stretchy but blocking it properly made it the right shape, and the drawstring means you can adjust the waist. :)

Check out the pattern designer's website to see other skirts she's done.
 
I did, and some of them are lovely. Made me wonder about doing the lace section in a different lace stitch than the eyelet one the pattern gives. I've been thinking about doing a skirt since I came across these pictures (this one is crocheted).
 
I'm slightly concerned it'll go all weird when I wear it - baggy bum, strange bumps etc. I'll let you know :D
If it doesn't I'll be knitting a few more elaborate ones, I think, with nice edging.
 
I wondered about that. Technically the shape of that skirt is wrong, in that if you were cutting a dressmaking pattern for an A line skirt like that, where the sides are slightly diagonal, you'd curve the hemline up at each side to a right angle with the side seams so it didn't hang down in a point, but maybe it doesn't matter for a knitted skirt.
 
RubyToogood said:
I'm severely tempted to make one of those for myself, having totally failed to find any skirts that suit me in the shops this year. I'd have to make the pattern larger though. It looks like the only shaping is in the top section, where you're increasing by one stitch at each end every 7 rows - is that right? I wonder if I could just cast on extra stitches for more width, and work the pattern exactly the same otherwise.
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If you do succeed with that, I might be tempted to make my first piece for myself... that's such a lovely skirt... although it looks like it might be a little complicated for a novice like me...
 
I'm going to have a stab at this (I foresee much unravelling and starting again...) and have bought some black cotton blend DK and started doing a tension square. I'm a bit worried about getting the tension right so it's not see-through.
 
I have nearly finished another cardigan (not the lilac one which I can't finish yet as I need more wool than the pattern stated, and I can't find any more in the same dye lot :( ) It's very exciting!

I'm a bit miffed though as I deliberately shortened the sleeves to make it a bit more seasonal - but in this heat I can barely stand to have the mohair on my lap without coming out in a sweat, so I don't think I'll be wearing it for quite a while.

Good luck with the skirt Ruby!
 
I had an idea for all our leftover wool.

A friend of mine knits for her local premature baby ward. Maybe we could have a S&B where we all knit something for a local hospital's prem baby ward.(Kings?/Guys?). Obviously because the babies are so small it doesn't take long and we could use leftover wool. Also apparently blankets for babies who have died are also needed... (patterns here)

Anyone interested in doing a special S&B for this? I would have to get in touch with the hospitals to see if they do need/want such items.
 
gaijingirl said:
I had an idea for all our leftover wool.

A friend of mine knits for her local premature baby ward. Maybe we could have a S&B where we all knit something for a local hospital's prem baby ward.(Kings?/Guys?). Obviously because the babies are so small it doesn't take long and we could use leftover wool. Also apparently blankets for babies who have died are also needed... (patterns here)

Anyone interested in doing a special S&B for this? I would have to get in touch with the hospitals to see if they do need/want such items.
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yes, i would be interested
 
toggle said:
yes, i would be interested
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Excellent.. I'll get in touch with the hospitals and see if they do take such things... and if so, then maybe we can have a "leftovers" stitch and bitch (maybe in the park one day) and make some little clothes together!
 
sounds good, baby hats are easy to make, and don't take that long. i've made hats for my daughter in about an hour or so. i'll be offline all next week though, moving house and setting up a new isp
 
Hello lovely SnB people. I was wondering if I would be able to come along to an SnB meet where someone would be able to teach me to knit? :)

I have this (crazy) idea that starting to knit will help me when I stop to smoke. Who knows eh? My other idea was learning to bird-call, but that's been poo-pooed by almost everyone I've told :rolleyes: :)
 
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