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Craft club topic of the month - knitting!

passenger said:
not wishing to sound chezzy, but, this a nice thread to see again after all the madness :)
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I have to say I found myself picking up the knitting and longing to be at a stitch and bitch yesterday - knitting is so comforting.
 
let me know when the next one is as i may make it
although i dont have my knitting with me in london!
 
liberty said:
Today I started to sew all my squares together to make a blanket .. Looks home made but ok :D
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I thought the point was that they were supposed to look home made :cool: :)
Is the finished blanket for you or mouse?
 
Ooh congratulations liberty!

Seeing as there are so many knitting threads around at the moment :D I thought people might like to know that there are sales on in Liberty and John Lewis - loads of Jaeger and Rowan wool, most of it a bit manky but including loads and loads of polar in John Lewis - I always think polar looks lovely but there never seems to be any patterns for it. Anyway, if you fancy making a very unseasonal scarf, it would be a good time to snap up some lovely thick, cheap wool!
 
Well I bought eight skeins of Rowanspun 4-ply in the sales, with a view to making something to replace my pashmina which I wear all the time and is getting old and scruffy (when/if I finish the skirt I'm knitting at the mo). Anyone got any pattern suggestions? I don't want to do anything lacey again because lace is holey and therefore not all that warm, but just doing a huge piece of ribbing is a bit dull.
 
I like that pattern! I want to get me one of those! Maybe there will be some nice, different wool at the loop shop to inspire me.
 
I thought about clapotis but it's holey too, and I don't really like the diagonal (although I think the wool would drop fine, the picture makes it look fluffy but it's not). The basketweave one is closer to what I was thinking of; I had something sort of embossed or cabley in mind... perhaps I need to just go and look at stitch books.
 
I would like to make a recommendation to anyone fairly new to knitting who would like to knit a jumper - whatever you do DONT knit a v neck!! :eek: :mad: Ive just finished(ish) a round neck and v neck baby jumper, the neckband for the round neck was tricky but the v neck made me nearly throw the whole damn thing in the bin! :D Ive given up on it now and im gonna get my mum to show me how to do it.
 
There's a really good new magazine for beginner knitters. It's called Simply Knitting - it's monthly and it has hints and tips and instructional pull outs and stuff. The August issue came out today. I'm not a begfnner at knitting but I like the patterns and stuff it has in it and it's years since I did any serious knitting. It also has free gifts on it :cool:
 
I bet its bloody expensive though! I did buy a knitting magazine (cant remeber what it was called) but it did have a handy pull-out with instructions for the basic stitches and stuff - although a lot of knitting books have that in too :)
 
£3.99 a month. I've subscribed so I can have it delivered and that saves about £20 apparently. The thing I like about it is that it offers alternatives to beginners who are fed up with scarves :)
 
I just brought 300g of autum Colinette, for £18 including postage, from ebay any ideas if this was a good price.. It's called 5 point colinette any ideas what size needles I should use?
 
Colinette would have charged you £17.90 for 300g in their online shop, inc. postage.

Massive 12mm needles for Point 5. :)
 
Thanks moose do you know what 12mm needles were in old size.. I have tonns of needles my mum gave me but they are in old sizes..

Here is the wool I got

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I love Point 5 - knits up in an instant.

Not sure about 12mm needles in old sizes - I think the biggest proper old size was 000 which is 10mm. It probably wasn't ladylike to knit with huuuuge wool in those days. ;)

You may have to invest in some, and if you do, get the longest you're comfortable with because big wool takes up lots of room on the needle. :)
 
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