Craft club topic of the month - knitting!

[gaijingirl]

Ah, that shop! Our daily honeymoon conversation in Granada a couple of years ago:
Mr M: shall we go back up to the Alhambra today - it's such a lovely day, and we could have our dinner and some wine on that sunny terrace halfway up, and a nice cake from that shop ?
Me: Er.. you go - there's something I need to do in the town.

Gaijinboy was surprisingly calm about it... some might say resigned.. until we crossed the square in front of the cathedral and found another one!!

 

[Rollem]

sorry to gatecrash this thread, and i have to admit i have not read anymore than the first few posts, and the last few posts but i have a question

i can knit

i can purl one

i can cast on

and i can cast off

i have just knitted a scarf for littl'un (long, straight line, lovely)

however, i have never followed a knitting pattern in my life (at least, not since i was a kid, and that was distastrous as i refused my mum's help... )

i want to knit my girl a hat, how easy it is to follow a pattern?

 

[moose]

If you can also work out how to increase and decrease (piece of piss!) and read abbreviations, you should be fine

 

[Rollem]

well, i can happily "lose" stitches, yeah!

ok, maybe i will get a pattern and have a go...

 

[madzone]

sorry to gatecrash this thread, and i have to admit i have not read anymore than the first few posts, and the last few posts but i have a question

i can knit

i can purl one

i can cast on

and i can cast off

i have just knitted a scarf for littl'un (long, straight line, lovely)

however, i have never followed a knitting pattern in my life (at least, not since i was a kid, and that was distastrous as i refused my mum's help... )

i want to knit my girl a hat, how easy it is to follow a pattern?

You can knit a really cool hat by just knitting 2 squares and sewing them together. And you can tie the corners with contrasting wool and hey presto - tassles !

 

[Rollem]

oooh, that sounds like a good idea

will give that a try too

can you knit jumpers in the same fashion?

 

[Callie]

Ive got lots of patterns and books n stuff if you want to have a look for something to knit rollem? I only learnt to knit from the craft club..... about a year ago and Im having a crack at making a cardigan

It'd help you imo to have a reference guide thing about what the terminology means - I could photocopy you one of those too! then if you do get stuck just come on here and ask

 

[Rollem]

sounds good callie, cheers

 

[gaijingirl]

Why not come to our next meeting... next week Weds 22nd?

 

[Rollem]

ah, cheers. i would

wednesdays are no good for me though, one of the few days i can get to the gym! (the joys of parenthood get in the way otherwise...)

 

[RubyToogood]

I've been knitting, or rather crocheting, Bark from Rowan 38, which is this

It's a strange thing but it only took a couple of evenings and I think I like it. I used up loads of random brown chunky wool from the stash. It's a cool pattern actually: it's just a quarter circle, which you wear with the middle pointing down your back, and because the top edge curves outwards, it folds over into a collar - it's much neater than in the photo and is decidedly a capelet.

Anyway, I've got to the edging now and I'm having trouble. Mainly because it calls for Big Wool Tuft, three balls of it, and I'm trying to do it without buying any more wool. Can anyone suggest a tufty sort of stitch or other solution I could try?

 

[madzone]

I've been knitting, or rather crocheting, Bark from Rowan 38, which is this

It's a strange thing but it only took a couple of evenings and I think I like it. I used up loads of random brown chunky wool from the stash. It's a cool pattern actually: it's just a quarter circle, which you wear with the middle pointing down your back, and because the top edge curves outwards, it folds over into a collar - it's much neater than in the photo and is decidedly a capelet.

Anyway, I've got to the edging now and I'm having trouble. Mainly because it calls for Big Wool Tuft, three balls of it, and I'm trying to do it without buying any more wool. Can anyone suggest a tufty sort of stitch or other solution I could try?

Have you seen that skeet boa that I posted a link to on the cool knitting thread today? It's done with ss on the outside and a column of rib. You unravel the ss so that it's kind of loopy and the ribbing stays put and makes a kind of backbone. Could you adapt that to make an edging?

 

[RubyToogood]

I thought about some kind of fringey thing but it seemed a bit OTT. In the end I've done a sort of double picot edging (picots being knobbly things), which looks vaguely barky and not too bad I think.

 

[zora]

hello a new date was set for the next stitch and bitch.

wednesday the 22. (is that right i haven't got a diary here).

due to an allround very busy week next week. i hope the date agrees with a lot of you

What time do we start? I can be there for 6.30, or is that too early? (Not sure how long I can stay; I'm meant to view a room in Herne Hill just after 8pm, but - hopefully, hopefully, fingers crossed I will have have found somewhere to live before then and won't have to go!)

Look forward to it.

 

[Ms T]

Could you PM me with your address please, choc.

 

[Choc]

pm's are on their way

it looks like zora, eme, gajingirl, zoeherself, ruby, toggle and ms t
(plus whom i have forgot..)

are considering to come. will be good to see you tomorrow.

xx

 

[tastebud]

i might be there. by default.

sans knitting though.

 

[Pieface]

Could you PM me with your address please, choc.

can you bring the pans, Ms T?

 

[han]

can't make tomorrow, boooo
Have a lovely time, gals!

 

[jemima77]

pm's are on their way

it looks like zora, eme, gajingirl, zoeherself, ruby, toggle and ms t
(plus whom i have forgot..)

are considering to come. will be good to see you tomorrow.

xx

And me! (hopefully) Could you pm me with your address? My pm thing is a bit sick - I can receive them but I cant seem to reply....stupid thing

I can't make it till about 8ish cos have revision lectures to go to - I can text Gajingirl tomorrow if I can't make it just so you'll know.

Cheers!

 

[gaijingirl]

And me! (hopefully) Could you pm me with your address? My pm thing is a bit sick - I can receive them but I cant seem to reply....stupid thing

I can't make it till about 8ish cos have revision lectures to go to - I can text Gajingirl tomorrow if I can't make it just so you'll know.

Cheers!

Jem.. I emailed you!

 

[Emma Herself]

I'll be there, knitting the same thing as I was last time actually - had loads of little projects for other people in between and now finally I may get to finish the bag!

Ruby are you done with the r2 book? No worries if you're not

 

[RubyToogood]

Yep, I'll put it in my bag now so as not to forget it (hopefully!).

 

[toggle]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR


Bloody stupid, bloody idiot bloody man.

looking at something as simple as a a date and booking the right evening off is beyind him.

Have fun people.

 

[sheothebudworths]

Kill him?

 

[RubyToogood]

Run him through the heart with a 1.5mm.

No, a 10mm. That'd really hurt.

 

[toggle]

Run him through the heart with a 1.5mm.

No, a 10mm. That'd really hurt.

i was considering an attack with multiple 2mm dpns. That and he's got to deal with the laundry the cat pissed on.

 

[sheothebudworths]

That sounds fair.

 

[zora]

Thanks loads for hosting this lovely evening, Choc and Vixen! (Welcome, Vixen, to the craft club. )

Here's the link for the baby viking hat I was making. This is a great and easy project to have a go with double-pointed needles (in case I forgot to mention it).

 

[Emma Herself]

yeah cheers choc wasa great evening