Craft club topic of the month - knitting!
- Thread starter RubyToogood
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congrats DIMPLES1
I'm not that great with colour... the blanket I'm knitting at the moment is loads of random ones all together
I've just come across this and want it
http://www.theknitkit.com/
With one of those you really would be a pro knitter
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wobbly
Just a quick qestion here.I'm on my first project with double point needles, a pair of legwarmers for my daughter (I couldn't handle a pair of socks just yet!)
The pattern starts with 3cm of ribbing, and then it calls for stocking stich. Now, does this mean I have to do 1 round in knit and 1 round in purl, equivalent to flat knitting?
Or is it something else again?
Please help a novice!
which pattern are you doing?
Message to the knitting circle
I'm gonna attempt this and just thought I let you know
I've got ms ( no big deal, this is not a pity me, post!) and increasing probs
with me fingers. So tomorrow I'm off to the haberdashers to buy some big needles and some thick wool and try to remember how to do it.
My mum taught me when I was about 9 'cos I asked her to
Thing is, I'm a bloke who's 61 on Friday- can't wait to see my friends faces when I get me knitting out in the pub
I shall let you know how I get on.
I'm gonna attempt this and just thought I let you know
I've got ms ( no big deal, this is not a pity me, post!) and increasing probs
with me fingers. So tomorrow I'm off to the haberdashers to buy some big needles and some thick wool and try to remember how to do it.
My mum taught me when I was about 9 'cos I asked her to
Thing is, I'm a bloke who's 61 on Friday- can't wait to see my friends faces when I get me knitting out in the pub
I shall let you know how I get on.
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wobbly
I'm gonna attempt this and just thought I let you know
I've got ms ( no big deal, this is not a pity me, post!) and increasing probs
with me fingers. So tomorrow I'm off to the haberdashers to buy some big needles and some thick wool and try to remember how to do it.
My mum taught me when I was about 9 'cos I asked her to
Thing is, I'm a bloke who's 61 on Friday- can't wait to see my friends faces when I get me knitting out in the pub
I shall let you know how I get on.
go for it.
some people find crochet easier on the hands than knitting. you could give that a go as well
FiFi
Hot Cross Bunny
One of yours, from your blog.
Littl'un doesn't want stripes, ("just black" 
), so in theory it will be even easier than you suggest.
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wobbly
One of yours, from your blog.
yay!!!
If you have anymore questions or comments on it, PM me, let me know. I tried to make it very beginner friendly, but there's always things I'll assume that someone else won't. so my patterns get re-written a lot as people see different things, and i learn how to explain things better
moose
like some cat from Japan
I'm gonna attempt this and just thought I let you know
I've got ms ( no big deal, this is not a pity me, post!) and increasing probs
with me fingers. So tomorrow I'm off to the haberdashers to buy some big needles and some thick wool and try to remember how to do it.
My mum taught me when I was about 9 'cos I asked her to
Thing is, I'm a bloke who's 61 on Friday- can't wait to see my friends faces when I get me knitting out in the pub
I shall let you know how I get on.
My dad knits, and he's 75.
Some people find wood, bamboo or plastic needles less hard on the hands and wrists than metal.
If you need a refresher course, there are loads of videos on how to knit on YouTube
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Hello again and congratulations! Colour is really difficult to advise on, because it depends so much on the exact shade. The best thing to do is just wander round a wool shop and hold things together until you find a combination you like.
I've just finished some socks in time for the cold weather:
And am trying to decide what to knit with the pale sea green Rowan Scottish Tweed Aran I bought in the sales. The options so far are:
February Lady Sweater which every knitter in the world has knitted: http://www.flintknits.com/blog/?p=151
Big jumper: http://twistcollective.com/collecti...er-2008-patterns/130-vaila-by-gudrun-johnston
Or Climbing Vines pullover: http://www.interweaveknits.com/preview/2008_winter.asp#Climbing-Vines-Pullover
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Those remind me of those biohazard warning signs...
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Come on, somebody must have an opinion on which of those 3 I should knit. I need some advice to disregard.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Hm, I've been having a lot of trouble loading pics as well lately - you're not with Virgin are you?
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
1 - the page won't open so I can't see what it looks like
2 - I quite like apart from the panel down the back
3 - nice design, but quite short sleeves - is that a particular style?
They're lovely socks RubesI've just finished some socks in time for the cold weather:
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Yep, it's that. I think I agree with you. I could easily lengthen the sleeves of the Climbing Vine pullover, and leave off the panel from the Valia one... I have slight reservations about using a fairly rugged wool for a turtleneck as well though. I think I'd get most wear from the February Lady cardigan, plus it doesn't use much wool so I'd have enough left over for say a waistcoaty thing. I'm doing swatches of the lacy cabley bits from all these to see how I like them.
Hellsbells
World's best procrastinator
That top is so nice. I can't wait to be good enough at knitting to be abl to knit stuff like that
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I'll tell you if it's easy after I've tried it... it's top down which people like because you can try it on for fit as you go, and there's no sewing up afterwards. I think it's meant to be quite quick too. It's been overwhelmingly popular on Ravelry anyway, and when you look through people's projects you don't see a lot of duff ones unless they're blatantly just the wrong size or something.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I haven't done any top down* but have just bought a book about it. It makes perfect sense to me, because neck, armholes and bust are the tricky bits, fit wise. Much better to get those over with first when it doesn't matter if you have to unravel and start again a few times. And it would save me from having to do what I keep doing with all my jumpers, which is mess around with the length of the sleeves or body, from the wrong end, after finishing. EVERY TIME I've had to do that to get a garment that looked good. Plus it's like toe-up socks, you can adapt to how much wool you've got. Eme's pink jumper was top down.
*Edit: I tell a lie, I knitted Tubey which is kind of top down.
*Edit: I tell a lie, I knitted Tubey which is kind of top down.
I'm gonna attempt this and just thought I let you know
I've got ms ( no big deal, this is not a pity me, post!) and increasing probs
with me fingers. So tomorrow I'm off to the haberdashers to buy some big needles and some thick wool and try to remember how to do it.
My mum taught me when I was about 9 'cos I asked her to
Thing is, I'm a bloke who's 61 on Friday- can't wait to see my friends faces when I get me knitting out in the pub
I shall let you know how I get on.
Tomorrow- Sunday - is going to be starting to remember day ( fingers been not good for last couple of weeks.
Youtube and I.
I just had a man-thought:
Knitting whilst watching Formula 1
moose
like some cat from Japan
Armchair sports and knitting work well most of the time, but not if you're trying to do anything that involves counting, IME.
Ruby - I like the February Lady best. but if I was doing it for me, I'd do the yoke a bit deeper so it didn't make my boobidoos look like zeppelins. That's the joy of top down, being able to modify as you go.
Ruby - I like the February Lady best.
but if I was doing it for me, I'd do the yoke a bit deeper so it didn't make my boobidoos look like zeppelins. That's the joy of top down, being able to modify as you go.
