gaijingirl
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I'm going to make some of that sushi I think. Maybe as thank you presents for some of my teachers this year. 
Craft club topic of the month - knitting!
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gaijingirl
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What's the difference between increase 1 and make 1?
The instructions read thus:
Knit 1 round, inc 1[2] st. 100[112] sts.
(I've done this and increased by the only way i know how - kind of double knitting the same stitch)
On next row, [k4, m1] across to last 4 sts, k3, m1,k1. 125 [140] sts.
Are the m1s basically just increase stitches?
The instructions read thus:
Knit 1 round, inc 1[2] st. 100[112] sts.
(I've done this and increased by the only way i know how - kind of double knitting the same stitch)
On next row, [k4, m1] across to last 4 sts, k3, m1,k1. 125 [140] sts.
Are the m1s basically just increase stitches?
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wobbly
IIRC
m1, is usually picking up the loop and twisting it.
inc 1, knitting twice into a stitch.
the latter creates a bump, like a purl stitch. if you want to avoid having that bump, then use the former. nmake sure you knit into the back of the picked up loop to twist it though, otherwise you create a hole. that looks like a yarn over.
m1, is usually picking up the loop and twisting it.
inc 1, knitting twice into a stitch.
the latter creates a bump, like a purl stitch. if you want to avoid having that bump, then use the former. nmake sure you knit into the back of the picked up loop to twist it though, otherwise you create a hole. that looks like a yarn over.
gaijingirl
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Thanks Toggle. I don't entirely understand the "make" instructions... but I will experiment until I get it... but at least I do know now that there's a difference!
gaijingirl
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Thanks... don't worry I looked it up online and there appears to be numerous ways of doing it!! I may just do a usual increase because the consensus seems to be that as long as you don't want to create a YO stylee eyelet it's not gonna make too much difference... I think.... I'll have another go tomorrow when I'm not so tired.
semi furious
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aqua said:I want to make http://www.laughinghens.com/knitting-pattern-page.asp?patternpageid=4761
but I refuse to pay nearly £180 for a fucking jumper
i think that the 18 balls for this might be a mistake. there are 176 yds on a ball (excuse the yards not metres thing, i'm in the usa) which would be 3168 yds total for the jumper. for that size the standard yarn requirement thing says around 1700 yds at 4 sts = 1'", which is the weight of that yarn, and from the photo it doesn't look like you have much complicated stuff going on to use much more yarn than that. so that would be around 10 balls. which is a lot more reasonable.
sorry if this is garbled, i've had a long day at work.
edit - it's garter stitch, so that would need more wool than stocking stitch. that 18 balls may be right. sorry.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
aqua said:I want to make http://www.laughinghens.com/knitting-pattern-page.asp?patternpageid=4761
but I refuse to pay nearly £180 for a fucking jumper
There's Wendy Fusion: http://www.angelyarns.com/wendy/knit.php/yarn/1209
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
toggle pointed these two events out to me:
I'd quite like to go to one/both... has anyone been before? What's are they like? One better than the other or quite different?
- The London Stitch & Creative Hobby Crafts Show 22-24th Feb (National Rail are doing a 2-for-1 ticket offer for this)
- Stitch & Craft 2007 22-25th March
I'd quite like to go to one/both... has anyone been before? What's are they like? One better than the other or quite different?
aqua
made of cheese and gin
that was like a mini-insight into the inner workings of your brainsemi furious said:i think that the 18 balls for this might be a mistake. there are 176 yds on a ball (excuse the yards not metres thing, i'm in the usa) which would be 3168 yds total for the jumper. for that size the standard yarn requirement thing says around 1700 yds at 4 sts = 1'", which is the weight of that yarn, and from the photo it doesn't look like you have much complicated stuff going on to use much more yarn than that. so that would be around 10 balls. which is a lot more reasonable.
sorry if this is garbled, i've had a long day at work.
edit - it's garter stitch, so that would need more wool than stocking stitch. that 18 balls may be right. sorry.
gaijingirl
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Forgot to mention that I saw this mad little yarn shop on Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park. I go up there on Mon evenings but the shop is closed by the time I get there - may have to go early one day just to browse.
Looking through the window there's loads of yarn and LOTS of religious paraphanialia! Illuminous Virgin Mary holy water bottles, Jesus cross stitch kits, religious (i'm having a mass said for you) cards - that sort of thing. Sort of "God-knits" I suppose.
I'm imagining it to be run by an old Irish lady because I recognise all the religious stuff from my Catholic nannies/mother..... but will have to go visit...
Made me smile.
Looking through the window there's loads of yarn and LOTS of religious paraphanialia! Illuminous Virgin Mary holy water bottles, Jesus cross stitch kits, religious (i'm having a mass said for you) cards - that sort of thing. Sort of "God-knits" I suppose.
I'm imagining it to be run by an old Irish lady because I recognise all the religious stuff from my Catholic nannies/mother..... but will have to go visit...
Made me smile.
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wobbly
BiddlyBee said:toggle pointed these two events out to me:
- The London Stitch & Creative Hobby Crafts Show 22-24th Feb (National Rail are doing a 2-for-1 ticket offer for this)
- Stitch & Craft 2007 22-25th March
I'd quite like to go to one/both... has anyone been before? What's are they like? One better than the other or quite different?
madzone is gonna be about on the morning of the 24th at the docklands, so you can attend/avoid that as you wish.
pootle
little moran
BiddlyBee said:
I had a look at that Stitch and Creative Hobby Crafts show and with the heavey HobbyCrafts sponsorship, I got the idea it'd be more like a glorified sales exhibition, like the Ideal Home Show, only less bathrooms and Garden Furniture more card making and scrap booking.
I'm going to try and go the latter with my Ma though I reckon.
gaijingirl
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BiddlyBee said:Would love to borrow it from you GG
We can do a book/waterproof jacket swap next weekend at the allotments if you can make it.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
moose's triangle scarf...
aqua said:for those of you at the autmn weekend walk and saw mooses scarf heres my go at it
I'm dead pleased (ignore the 2 joins that need stitching in!) and its going to be my mums 60th birthday pressie
moose said:
I'm thinking of making this for my mum... sounds quite easy, but how do you keep unkit stitches on the needle? You're not decreasing by knitting together are you?aqua said:its knit in triangles
its takes forever though
aqua
made of cheese and gin
nope you keep the unstitched stitches on the needle, so eventually all 15 are on the same needle again and you start again
the trick is keeping your sanity
when you have one stitch left on the needle, you still knit it in both directions, this becomes *really* annoying very quickly
the trick is keeping your sanity
when you have one stitch left on the needle, you still knit it in both directions, this becomes *really* annoying very quickly
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
fool 
of course, because you go back and for the for 15, then back and forth for 14...etc - you miss the stitches at the same end each time don't you? 
What sort of wool and needles did you use, and is there any point attempting to change colour? Hmmm... maybe not for me
of course, because you go back and for the for 15, then back and forth for 14...etc - you miss the stitches at the same end each time don't you? What sort of wool and needles did you use, and is there any point attempting to change colour? Hmmm... maybe not for me
moose
like some cat from Japan
Hmmmm, I really do need to post that pattern, as there are some wrapped stitches in there that I think maybe Aqua didn't know about. I'll sort it tonight. The secret is not to make it too wide if you don't want to take forever. I think mine is only 10 stitches wide, as the yarn is quite chunky.
I'll have to look them up 
