The Great Blanket of 2008 thread

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hehe.

I'll probably get to about 35


then stop and not do anymore until the week before we are supposed to be swapping and turn up 8 short. at least that's in line with my usual form

 

[Pieface]

jesus. I doubt I even have the right needles.....

 

[gaijingirl]

I haven't picked up needles for at least 6 weeks now!! I need to get moving!

As for the 29th at mine with plant fest etc - that'd be great except that I inadvertently double-booked myself to go on a London-Brighton training ride (only as far as Richmond Park and back) with Han.. I'm sure Han won't mind if I postpone though - just off to check - will be right back!!

 

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20.

and I hope the 29th is ok. I'll have a busy weekend, but seeing as it seems to be the only weekend in ages himself's had off where anyone else has any time, i was rather looking forward to it.

 

[mrs quoad]

ok.

the maths goes like this....

in garter stitch, the width of 2 rows is almost equal to one stitch. in stocking stitch, 2 rows is equal to about 1.4 times the width of each stitch. so bias or mitred squares with a 1 stitch per row increase have to be garter to be square. A few rows of stocking stitch won't do much, that will block out, but too much, gives you diamonds, yeah.

I've got a garter stitch bias with a raised leaf in one corner that looks good.

That makes as much sense to me as some of the stuff on the software forum

One day - one far off, glorious day - I will knit socks

 

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you don't need to understand stuff like that to follow a pattern, it just comes in handy if you are absolutely incapable of knitting any pattern as it is written, you need to know what you can alter and what you can't.

 

[zora]

I need to go cheap wool hunting - I've pretty much run out of yarn I can use for this. I had a much bigger stash of leftovers but when I was moving house last year cleared it out and gave to a friend for a this kids play scheme she was involved in.

 

[Biddlybee]

Same here, otherwise all my squares will be the same colours... someone mentioned charity shops having wool, so might keep my eye out. Will have a look next time I pop up to see my mum (pretty sure wool's cheaper up there ).

 

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if we're all swapping squares, then you don't need that many different colours.

 

[Biddlybee]

True... but I might get bored of knitting in the same colours after about 10 squares

 

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heh


it can get a little bit much.

 

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23 squares. I found some more suitable yarn in one of my stash boxes.

 

[gaijingirl]

I've not heard back from Han but i'm sure she'll be fine with it - it was something we were going to do after the allotment anyway. I think we can assume it's ok to do Brockwell Greenhouses/craft club at mine on Sunday.

What time do you guys want to meet? 1pm at the Greenhouses maybe - or 1pm at the cafe for tea - then to the greenhouses, then to mine. Or do you want to meet at mine, dump your stuff and then go to the greenhouses?

So many options...

 

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I'd like to meet at yours, because I have no idea where the other things are.

 

[gaijingirl]

ok... is 1pm at mine ok with everyone? Or would people prefer later.

 

[Biddlybee]

1pm is good for me

 

[gaijingirl]

Excellent!! dedicated thread here:

http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=204860

 

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34 squares.

Found a lot more yarn in the stash that will do well for this. Don't think I'll need to buy any yarn at all.

 

[zora]

1.

 

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hides.


lots

 

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http://toggleknits.blogspot.com/2007/04/thankyou.html

pics of some of my squares on that.


bad pic though, it was wet outside and dark, so it doesn't show up the colours that well.

 

[RubyToogood]

Those look lovely.

 

[zora]

They do!

There's some lovely textured patterns in some of those - I need some tips for those; all the ones I made in the past were stripey ones, but I've got a couple of balls of wool that don't really go with any others colour-wise so I have to get some texture into my unicoloured ones.

 

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ok, things i've done include

3 rows on knit side foward, 3 rows of purl side foward,

knitting one stitch in the middle of every purl row so you get a ridge down the middle

doing a row of purl, a row of k2tog, yo. a row of purl a couple of times. I was thinking about threading some ribbon through the yo's. I've got a pattern for a bias knit square with a leaf on one edge that i'm going to try, and you can always embelish with a button or 2 or a knit flower

 

[zora]

How do you make those nice knobbly bits, like in the green/brown square?

 

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that might just be a trick of the light. I'ts not a good pic being half shaded.

 

[zora]

Ah! Looks very cool anyway.

 

[zora]

2.

 

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refuses to say now many now.

 

[Biddlybee]

Still just one corner... will get going properly on Sunday, once teeny tank top is sewn up