Craft club topic of the month - knitting!

[moose]

In the meantime, these videos are pretty good. There are several cast-on techniques - I'd use the one called 'Knitting On' to start with, then progress to the knit stitch video.

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/cast-on

 

[colacubes]

pop over sometime and I can show you the basics - could even do it in the ...pub!!

That's an ace idea

In the meantime, these videos are pretty good. There are several cast-on techniques - I'd use the one called 'Knitting On' to start with, then progress to the knit stitch video.

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/cast-on

Brill thanks. I think I will have a look tomorrow. Don't think it helps that I've got a horrid sinusy thing so I'm not exactly operating at fill capacity

 

[wayward bob]

I've had a look at some videos online and the instructions in the book but I'm buggered if I can work it out. Can anyone recommend any decent clear (i.e. for complete idiots ) videos online?

i learned from knittinghelp

eta: oops missed a load of posts

 

[Biddlybee]

another vote for knittinghelp, even if the accents are a bit cringy, still use it now

come to a craft club though... there are some things, no matter how many times I watched a vid, I didn't quite get until someone showed me - many sudden lightbulb (ahhhhh) moments. But I'm guessing people learn in different ways.

We're due a knitting craft club, a welcome back innit-teachy-lesson-craft-session?

 

[colacubes]

another vote for knittinghelp, even if the accents are a bit cringy, still use it now

come to a craft club though... there are some things, no matter how many times I watched a vid, I didn't quite get until someone showed me - many sudden lightbulb (ahhhhh) moments. But I'm guessing people learn in different ways.

We're due a knitting craft club, a welcome back innit-teachy-lesson-craft-session?

Ace. I will look out for dates and attempt to be less stupid in the meantime

 

[Biddlybee]

Should I have a go at sorting one out? Have been a bit rubbish of late, but happy to host unless someone else fancies it? Usually Sunday's isn't it?

 

[crustychick]

i feel that 2011 might be my year of actually figuring out how to knit something more complicated than a scarf I even have a knitting chair all ready and waiting for me to sit in it and knit. not having a telly will probably help too!

 

[colacubes]

Should I have a go at sorting one out? Have been a bit rubbish of late, but happy to host unless someone else fancies it? Usually Sunday's isn't it?

I'm up for it I'd offer to host but our flat is an absolute disaster area!

 

[moose]

More inspired by the new edition of www.knitty.com than I have been for ages!

Already done a sleeve and a half of Lady Lovelace

 

[Biddlybee]

you'll be finished before I finish a one sleeve of my jumper


*looks at tiny cuff*

 

[pootle]

Hey knitters! I need your help deciphering a pattern.

What does this " :- " mean?

In context of summat like this 15 [:-, 15]

 

[wayward bob]

it's a smoking a small cigarette smiley </helpful>

 

[innit]

Numbers in square brackets are usually for different sizes, aren't they? So unless that's the size you are working on, you can ignore it?

(I haven't looked at a knitting pattern in a fair old while, so please treat this with healthy suspicion)

 

[Biddlybee]

What innit said ^

__~ <- cig wb

 

[innit]

if it is the size you're working on, it means you have to have a fag break.

 

[Biddlybee]

 

[pootle]

Numbers in square brackets are usually for different sizes, aren't they? So unless that's the size you are working on, you can ignore it?

(I haven't looked at a knitting pattern in a fair old while, so please treat this with healthy suspicion)

So, for example, I'm working on a pattern that has got to a bit something along the lines of

"Decrease at start and end of each row until 15 [ :-, 15] st remain"

I'm working on the medium size, so I'm looking at the :- bit....so I just ignore this and skip to next instruction?

 

[Biddlybee]

If it's until a certain number of stitches remain, then a number should be there, even if it's zero

You got a link to the pattern?

 

[Biddlybee]

It could mean don't do any decreases for your size, depends what the next instruction is.

 

[pootle]

Oh balls! It's a side panel for a sorta poncho'y thing and it did seem to be getting a bit long, compared to the front and side panels

It's from an out of print Rowan pattern but will scan and post tomorrow (if my resident knitter at work can't decipher/explain it to me!)

 

[Biddlybee]

Do you know what it's called? They always have funny names for stuff.

 

[pootle]

It's something like "Gritty" or "Is it?" or summat like that. All urban knitting. There are pictures of woolly jumpers next to grafitti. Ya get me?

 

[Biddlybee]

Sassy?

 

[pootle]

It might be! Go on witch yo' bad self girlfriend!

Will stop talking like a retard now.

 

[Biddlybee]

gimme a minute (I do have work, but it's so boring!).

 

[Biddlybee]

Had a look and for that pattern it means "no stitches times or rows for that size" - so yes, skip to the next instruction, if it is Sassy.

 

[crustychick]

More inspired by the new edition of www.knitty.com than I have been for ages!

Already done a sleeve and a half of Lady Lovelace

oooh, thanks for the tip. I think I'm going to give the Joanie sweater a go. It will be my first ever sweater... doesn't look toooo tricky quick question - do I really need a "cable" needle to do cabling? surely a double-pointed needle will do just as well, or am I missing something?

 

[Biddlybee]

Cable needles have a slight kink in which means they don't slip off as easily, but I use a dpn to cable.

 

[crustychick]

cool - exciting - now to the almost impossible task of deciding which colour/yarn to knit it in

 

[innit]

It's something like "Gritty" or "Is it?" or summat like that. All urban knitting. There are pictures of woolly jumpers next to grafitti. Ya get me?

I love the idea of a Rowan pattern called "Is it?"