Craft club topic of the month - knitting!

[moose]

Finally finished my Sarah Hatton Spook in KSH. Only taken 2 years.
It's quite nice, but very long, and I need to get something to wear under it.

 

[RubyToogood]

Pics etc.

 

[quimcunx]

Are there any knitters who would like to recreate a knitted top of mine which is past its best?

 

[crustychick]

i've just restarted the jumper I started last year hope to finish it before xmas!

 

[Biddlybee]

well blocking didn't really work with the jumper... it's a nice fit, but not a baggy jumper if that makes sense.

looks ok with a skirt, but not quite cold enough for it yet! I want to start on my stripy cardy, may be next week *twiddles thumbs*

 

[wayward bob]

looks ace bee

 

[crustychick]

that's lovely biddly

 

[Biddlybee]

cheers, I'm still a way off from things look a bit "homemade" but getting there.

 

[Biddlybee]

wahey, gloves and little people clothes are done, and my stripy cardy is cast on... bring on the lunch time knitting!

here's one glove

 

[wayward bob]

wahey, gloves and little people clothes are done, and my stripy cardy is cast on... bring on the lunch time knitting!

here's one glove

gorgeous!

 

[Biddlybee]

I think I love them already

 

[Biddlybee]

so who is the queen of tea cosies?

ravelry is broken

 

[trashpony]

My scarf is coming along. It's stupidly wide for a kid's scarf so I think I'm going to make it short so it will be like a neck warmer otherwise it won't fit inside his coat collar

 

[Biddlybee]

you could make a button hole at one end

 

[toggle]

My scarf is coming along. It's stupidly wide for a kid's scarf so I think I'm going to make it short so it will be like a neck warmer otherwise it won't fit inside his coat collar

you could always turn it into a mobius neckwarmer.

 

[trashpony]

you could always turn it into a mobius neckwarmer.

I thought about that but I wondered if he would struggle to get it on and off. What do you reckon? I was also thinking about putting a really big popper on it so it's a bit like a giant cravat type thing.

 

[toggle]

wouldn't be that hard as long as you don't make it so short you strangle him eith it.
small butterfly clips are cheap and you can use them to hold knitting togetehr for it to be tried on before sewing up. so test it before you sew.

either that or tack it with some contrasting yarn.

 

[Biddlybee]

I have no idea what a mobius is

Is this a bit too silly

 

[RubyToogood]

I really like that.

I have actually finished my neverending Kidsillk Haze blousey jumper thing and am wearing it. Will put a photo up shortly. No-one IRL has commented on it yet. They are mad. It's lovely though I say so myself.

 

[toggle]

I have no idea what a mobius is

http://0.tqn.com/d/knitting/1/0/m/I/-/-/infinity-eyelet.JPG

sommit like that.

and that teacosy is rather cute

 

[Biddlybee]

Ah ok, like a cowl?

Well I've printed the pattern and am going to knit mole in a hole for my little tea pot after doing some xmas puds and a bit more of my very slow cardy. Looking forward to pics Rubes.

 

[RubyToogood]

A moebius strip is a mathematical figure with only one surface. If you take a strip of paper and join it into a ring, but introduce one twist before you do so, that creates a moebius strip - you can run your finger continuously over the whole thing.

I have made many moebius strips inadvertently when dressmaking.

I think if you make a knitted cowl as a moebius strip, it becomes easier to put it round twice or something, I dunno, never tried one on.

 

[trashpony]

Ah ok, like a cowl?

Well I've printed the pattern and am going to knit mole in a hole for my little tea pot after doing some xmas puds and a bit more of my very slow cardy. Looking forward to pics Rubes.

Yeah but basically you attach the outside of one end to the inside of the other. So that there is never an inside or an outside, just one continuous thing. I like that teacosy. It's bonkers but v cute

 

[RubyToogood]

 

[gaijingirl]

ooh... that's lovely Rubes!

 

[Biddlybee]

Only on my tiny phone screen, but looks gorgeous Rubes... can't believe it's KSH

 

[moose]

That's lovely, Ruby.

 

[RubyToogood]

Only on my tiny phone screen, but looks gorgeous Rubes... can't believe it's KSH

KSS really I mean (Kidsilk Spray) but same stuff, just variegated.

 

[toggle]

very scrummy

 

[Biddlybee]

just looking on big screen... it's fantastic, and you're looking great missus!

(Cptn said... that was in that thread...must have been arthritis inducing)