Craft club topic of the month - knitting!

[Hellsbells]

think i worked it out. Did a test run last night. Just followed the same principle as sock knitting - building up a tube on 4 needles, then just decreasing to a point at the end.

 

[RubyToogood]

Yeah basically. Because a finger is round rather than flattish like a foot, I would just do something like K2tog all round in the final row/s rather than decreasing at corners. Then cut the wool and thread it through the remaining stitches.

 

[Hellsbells]

ah yes, that would work better than what i did last night. Thanks

 

[RubyToogood]

Favourite new joke:

Police seeking the "knitting needle nutter" who has stabbed six people in the last 48 hours believe the attacker could be following some kind of pattern.

 

[moose]

New Knitty's out. With the exception of the pineapple handbag, which has possibilities , it's all a bit meh.
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEss12/FEATss12SIT.php

 

[eme]

I have memories of mum going half mad doing the line illustrations for Wild Knitting (Debbie Bliss book, back in the day) that featured a pineapple type thing in it... (it was the eighties!). Lots of the knitted samples from it were re appropriated by me to make dolly blankets / outfits

 

[Choc]

hello laydeez,

is anyone free for a craft club on the 15.04? as i am in london this week...would be lovely to catch up.

G

 

[RubyToogood]

Daytime or evening? Daytime I'm around, evening might be able to swing it.

 

[Choc]

i would say daytime. we could even to a brunchy type of thing? or hang on would it be afternoon going into the evening? of that i prefer daytime as by 2000 kids in bed is a bit of a necessiy although i would hope only to come with baby. also we would need a host (and see if some nice people have time). i know biddley bee is away that weekend

 

[eme]

yep, am up for it and can host. Potentially got someone to come do clay with us, or we could try this? (litho printing using tinfoil & coca cola!). Got my craft club mojo back

 

[Biddlybee]

ooh that is very cool, gutted I'll be away but also mini holiday so yay

I'd be up for trying that another time if you want to do it again?

 

[eme]

yup x (where are you going?)

 

[Biddlybee]

Bristol and Cardiff

 

[moose]

litho printing using tinfoil & coca cola!

That's ace!
I used to do litho in the old school manner, that involved grinding down massive slabs of limestone to draw straight onto with oil and wax, rather than using metal plates. Love those inky blacks.

 

[Choc]

oh that would be very nice. i have done lino thing last when i was a young child. who would be up for the craft club? ruby eme and i (that is alreayd a very nice crowd). anyone else?

 

[eme]

I've got all the bits for kitchen litho (apart from the swanky press; we will be using the backs of spoons!), but if people can bring paper that they want to print onto, that'd be good.

Obvs I have some, but would be good if you could bring some too Looking forward to it...

 

[Choc]

super - shame my dad has those swanky press but won't see anymore before tomorrow. back of spoons will do. looking forward (will chip into material obviously)

 

[RubyToogood]

Finished these fingerless gloves which took me ages because I've barely been knitting lately.



E2A pattern link: http://wattsolak.com/fightin-words/

 

[wayward bob]

awesome rubes

 

[RubyToogood]

I really fancy knitting this, but is it too girly for a baby of as yet unknown gender?

http://nettleknits.com/sunbeam.html

 

[moose]

Might be in that colour, but in a nice babyish er... black, for example, it would be just fine.

 

[wayward bob]

you could do it in stripes if you can be arsed

 

[RubyToogood]

Hmmm. I'm thinking this might be a better bet. Mother-to-be is vintage to her core so I'd have to go the whole hog and do it in peach or something for the full granny knit effect.

http://carole.barenys.com/BasketWeave.html

 

[wayward bob]

ooh i'd love that in red or royal blue

 

[RubyToogood]

Meanwhile, in other news I've finished this big mohairy shrug just in time for the hot weather:

It doesn't sit quite right at the back and I'm not sure whether I should have picked up more stitches for the ribbing or fewer. But I'm not sure I care enough to go back and do it again.

 

[wayward bob]

Meanwhile, in other news I've finished this big mohairy shrug just in time for the hot weather:

take it off before you faint

it's lovely btw

 

[moose]

Looks great. I've yet to find a shrug that doesn't looks weird on me.

 

[RubyToogood]

Someone IDed me as R2G in the pub tonight because I was wearing these
We weren't even in Brixton

Finished these fingerless gloves which took me ages because I've barely been knitting lately.

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E2A pattern link: http://wattsolak.com/fightin-words/

 

[moose]

You are legendary across the land.

 

[Biddlybee]

Going to start on a baby blanket soon, the pattern says to double up this posh (expensive!) yarn: http://www.purlsoho.com/purl/products/item/721-Blue-Sky-Blue-Sky-Cotton

It's worsted weight, so I'm guessing double will come our a bit similar to chunky? I really can't afford that ^^

Would this be an ok substitute? http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/yarn.php?id=21

Or... does anyone know of a soft, machine washable, chunky cotton? I'm going round in circles searching

edit: this looks like it'd do the job, but not a great range of colours: http://www.twistandpurl.co.uk/Wendy-Supreme-Luxury-Cotton-Chunky-p755/