help: 50 inches
 

rcty,
.... note: I asked this question from the knitting designer herself, but
so far no word back ... so, I'll ask here ...

As for knitting up afghans, I saw a simple garter stitch pattern, but
how do you knit up to 50 inches of garter stitches?

_ _ _ _ _
Millie
Gigi Fifi Mimi Fiji kiwi bikini WiFi

help: 50 inches
 

On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:32:56 -0800, Millie James
wrote:

rcty,
... note: I asked this question from the knitting designer herself, but
so far no word back ... so, I'll ask here ...

As for knitting up afghans, I saw a simple garter stitch pattern, but
how do you knit up to 50 inches of garter stitches?

_ _ _ _ _
Millie
Gigi Fifi Mimi Fiji kiwi bikini WiFi

Millie - do you mean, how do you fit them on a needle? I would use a
60" circular. I have a 60" cable for my Denise interchangeables. I'm
assuming it has to be knit in one piece.

Alison

help: 50 inches
 

If you do not have an interchangeable cable-needle system, it can be done
using 3 (or more), shorter circular needles. Cast on to 2, then use the
third to knit off of the first. Then, the (now empty) first is used to knit
off the second, and etc. So just borrow extra circular needles from a
couple of folks in your local knitting group. With enough friends and moxie,
you can knit for even a really fat elephant.

In theory, you can also use a bunch of double pointed needles, but that ends
up being like a horror movie about big spiders unless you use a knitting
sheath - which are even rarer than Denise systems.




"Alison" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:32:56 -0800, Millie James
wrote:

rcty,
... note: I asked this question from the knitting designer herself, but
so far no word back ... so, I'll ask here ...

As for knitting up afghans, I saw a simple garter stitch pattern, but
how do you knit up to 50 inches of garter stitches?

_ _ _ _ _
Millie
Gigi Fifi Mimi Fiji kiwi bikini WiFi

Millie - do you mean, how do you fit them on a needle? I would use a
60" circular. I have a 60" cable for my Denise interchangeables. I'm
assuming it has to be knit in one piece.

Alison

help: 50 inches
 

You knit and knit and knit ,,,,, Sorry Millie , now seriously , is the
question , how to measure it ? lay it on a flat surface and measure
it .
mirjam


_ _ _ _ _
Millie
Gigi Fifi Mimi Fiji kiwi bikini WiFi

help: 50 inches
 

Alison wrote:

Millie - do you mean, how do you fit them on a needle? I would use a
60" circular. I have a 60" cable for my Denise interchangeables. I'm
assuming it has to be knit in one piece.

Alison

I did not know there were 60 inch circular needles. ... Is cable needles
the same as circular needles? Also, I don't know what interchangeables
are. Maybe I got to take another peek at knitting gadgets and such!
Thank you for your input. :)

_ _ _ _ _
Millie
Gigi Fifi Mimi Fiji kiwi bikini WiFi

help: 50 inches
 

help: 50 inches
 

Millie James wrote:
Alison wrote:
Millie - do you mean, how do you fit them on a needle? I would use a
60" circular. I have a 60" cable for my Denise interchangeables. I'm
assuming it has to be knit in one piece.

Alison

I did not know there were 60 inch circular needles. ... Is cable needles
the same as circular needles? Also, I don't know what interchangeables
are. Maybe I got to take another peek at knitting gadgets and such!
Thank you for your input. :)

Cable needles are short ones with a `kink' in the middle for putting a
few stitches on when making cables. Circulars are a single needle with
two ends and flexible line (called a cable) in the middle. They come in
various lengths from 12 to 60 inches.

sue

help: 50 inches
 

can I be a smartee and say one stitch at a time?

50 inches is not that big , a cable needle will do ya fine. As an
ample person , I knit more than that in the round for a sweater with
ease.
coggie
Millie James wrote:
rcty,
... note: I asked this question from the knitting designer herself, but
so far no word back ... so, I'll ask here ...

As for knitting up afghans, I saw a simple garter stitch pattern, but
how do you knit up to 50 inches of garter stitches?

_ _ _ _ _
Millie
Gigi Fifi Mimi Fiji kiwi bikini WiFi

help: 50 inches
 

oops I meant a circ needle

help: 50 inches
 

"Millie James" wrote
I did not know there were 60 inch circular needles. ... Is cable needles
the same as circular needles? Also, I don't know what interchangeables
are. Maybe I got to take another peek at knitting gadgets and such!
Thank you for your input. :)

_ _ _ _ _
Millie
Gigi Fifi Mimi Fiji kiwi bikini WiFi
I have the Boye NeedleMaster shown here
http://www.herrschners.com/products/...__id-3483.html

KnitPicks recently got into the act with
http://www.knitpicks.com/needles/needles_list.aspx?dgroups='KPOptions'

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Jan in MN