Craft club topic of the month - knitting!
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RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
moose said:Sorry - they haven't got any left either - looks like it's unravel time for you, and contrasting cuffs
Short sleeves?
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
I'm assuming it's the done thing to bump this thread......
...as I told moose earlier - her gorgeous skirt has lured me back into knitting and today I ordered 3 pattern books and just now (at this hour!) some wool and needles and stuff (I have all the necessaries at my mums but the urge was so overwhelming, that I decided I couldn't wait...heh heh).
Anyway - I think I'm going to start with this jumper....
....couldn't get the colour anywhere (it seems to have been discontinued or something) which is a shame because it's beautiful, but found this.....
...reduced to £4.15 a pop, with just one ball more than I needed still in stock, so that'll do.
I'm actually a fairly competent knitter (as far as casting on/off reducing/increasing etc. goes at least), but haven't picked up a pair of needles for probably 10 years, so I'm expecting to be a bit rusty.
Next I just have to get my trusty old Singer fixed.
I used to make loads of my own clothes/bags/curtains etc. but one sad day the wheel locked forever and while it's probably something fairly straightforward, I'm fucked if I could work it out and I just never got round to taking it in to be fixed so it's just gathering dust, but I'm considering asking my mum to do it for my christmas present.
Anyway - will let you know how I get on and will definitely be back for tips and most probably a fair bit of basic memory jogging too....<knocks head>....
...as I told moose earlier - her gorgeous skirt has lured me back into knitting and today I ordered 3 pattern books and just now (at this hour!) some wool and needles and stuff (I have all the necessaries at my mums but the urge was so overwhelming, that I decided I couldn't wait...heh heh).
Anyway - I think I'm going to start with this jumper....
....couldn't get the colour anywhere (it seems to have been discontinued or something) which is a shame because it's beautiful, but found this.....
...reduced to £4.15 a pop, with just one ball more than I needed still in stock, so that'll do.
I'm actually a fairly competent knitter (as far as casting on/off reducing/increasing etc. goes at least), but haven't picked up a pair of needles for probably 10 years, so I'm expecting to be a bit rusty.
Next I just have to get my trusty old Singer fixed.
I used to make loads of my own clothes/bags/curtains etc. but one sad day the wheel locked forever
and while it's probably something fairly straightforward, I'm fucked if I could work it out and I just never got round to taking it in to be fixed so it's just gathering dust, but I'm considering asking my mum to do it for my christmas present.Anyway - will let you know how I get on and will definitely be back for tips and most probably a fair bit of basic memory jogging too....<knocks head>....
Some sock advice required please!
Having made myself some lovely woolly socks the other half wants some too. However all his socks end up with huge holes in the heel and I want to make sure that these do not go the same way.
I'm using the Classic Sock Pattern from Folk Socks by Nancy Bush (thanks Moose for pointing me in the direction of this beautiful book) and there are lots of different heel variations but I'm not sure which is the best to use.
Having made myself some lovely woolly socks the other half wants some too. However all his socks end up with huge holes in the heel and I want to make sure that these do not go the same way.
I'm using the Classic Sock Pattern from Folk Socks by Nancy Bush (thanks Moose for pointing me in the direction of this beautiful book) and there are lots of different heel variations but I'm not sure which is the best to use.
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
....or..
....maybe?
Otherwise there's a few point 5 patterns for a nice bag/various hats and scarves here...
moose
like some cat from Japan
snuffyzee said:
If you do k1, s1 across the heel square, you end up with a double thickness, or if you use 2 colours (alternate stitches) to make vertical stripes down the heel, where you carry the wool across the back has the same effect. Carry it on through the short rows which go under the heel. I don't get holey heels any more despite the sternest boots.
You can buy reinforcing yarn which you knit in as you go, but I've not tried it.
Thanks Moose, you are truly Queen of Socks!moose said:If you do k1, s1 across the heel square, you end up with a double thickness, or if you use 2 colours (alternate stitches) to make vertical stripes down the heel, where you carry the wool across the back has the same effect. Carry it on through the short rows which go under the heel. I don't get holey heels any more despite the sternest boots.
You can buy reinforcing yarn which you knit in as you go, but I've not tried it.
Otherwise there's a few point 5 patterns for a nice bag/various hats and scarves here...
Thanks for that
Thanks for that
Emma Herself
let me be your office boy
You can use point 5 for rowan big wool and ribbon twist patterns too. You may need to use slightly diff sized needles tho.
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
Don't know if anyone's interested, but there's some cheap Noro Iro (going for £5.99 + vat instead of the usual £10.50) in the clearance bit of celticove.com.
It's a bit misleading - isn't very clear whether it's #41 or #26 - but I just phoned up to check and it's just the #41 they've got (I wanted the #26! 
), but they have 22 skeins, so plenty left for a big project and MUCH cheaper than buying it at full price.
Btw - if anyone else has found any sites selling cheap Noro, I'd be most pleased if they could point me in the right direction. I got my pattern books today and there's a couple of things that I'm really interested in doing, but I can't afford £100+ for a jumper!!!
It's a bit misleading - isn't very clear whether it's #41 or #26 - but I just phoned up to check and it's just the #41 they've got (I wanted the #26!
), but they have 22 skeins, so plenty left for a big project and MUCH cheaper than buying it at full price. Btw - if anyone else has found any sites selling cheap Noro, I'd be most pleased if they could point me in the right direction. I got my pattern books today and there's a couple of things that I'm really interested in doing, but I can't afford £100+ for a jumper!!!
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Yeah likewise, I'd like some Noro Kureyon. It seems to come up on ebay a fair bit, but often decent brand name wool doesn't seem to be a lot cheaper on ebay than buying it in a shop.
eme
turn a frown upside down!
yep - bought some from the needles website in the US - no customer service to speak of, but the wool turned up, in it's own little drawstring bag!!
You could try posting on here: http://knittersreview.com/forum/ (a section at the bottom about searching for wool!) I tried but had no luck - although did send some odds and ends of big wool to a lady in tennessee so she did ok!
good luck anyhow...
You could try posting on here: http://knittersreview.com/forum/ (a section at the bottom about searching for wool!) I tried but had no luck - although did send some odds and ends of big wool to a lady in tennessee so she did ok!
good luck anyhow...
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
acechick said:ooh, see what happens when I don't stop by for too long? I'm rather excited that you're doing it. Or did it. Or was doing it but gave up because it was a pain. In which case, tell me the problem & I may be able to help.
I suspect I need some serious help.. it's my first circular needle foray and it just has gone horribly horribly wrong.. can't even begin to explain. I think i need circular needle basics before i attempt it... hoping to sort it out in Wales... but really want to make it for a Christmas present for my ski mad OH..
moose
like some cat from Japan
So, anyone know anything about knitting machines? I've got a yen for one, but most of the major manufacturers seem to have stopped making them, and I've got no idea how to use one. Still, can't be that difficult, can it? I'd want one that did slub yarns and thick ones.
madzone
Physically unfavourable
moose
like some cat from Japan
In that case, let me know how you go on - you can be my guinea pig. 
I'm looking to do square panels, rather than shaped pieces, in Fairisle or (preferably) intarsia. Is yours a punch card machine?
Thanks for the link. I met a woman a couple of weeks ago who collects antique circular sock machines like this one - a marvellous invention which knits socks at the turn of a handle.
I'm looking to do square panels, rather than shaped pieces, in Fairisle or (preferably) intarsia. Is yours a punch card machine?
Thanks for the link. I met a woman a couple of weeks ago who collects antique circular sock machines like this one - a marvellous invention which knits socks at the turn of a handle.
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
What the fucking hell are we doing wasting our time on all this then?
<throws knitting needles out of the window>
<throws knitting needles out of the window>
