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pattern construction book ?
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JJMolvik "Spike Driver" wrote in message ... "Gwendoline Kelly" wrote in message u... Dennis, I do not know of such a book but just give it a bit of thought and I am quite sure you could do this by yourself A. You know how many stitches and rows to the inch your desired pattern ( or plain knitting as the case may be) by having done a swatch. B. The persons measurements give you the length and width of the garment and hopefully the length to armhole as well and the length of the sleeve.also shoulder width C. From the above you can work out how many stitches needed and also the rows if necessary. D If you wish to have a pattern of any kind - say cable or a lacey stitch when the pattern is usually in repeats -just adjust the stitches to fit a regular repeat of the pattern - this usually only requires a few stitches adjustment and certainly not enough to alter the size of the garment in any major way. E As for neck and armhole shaping - You can take the number of stitches you need to shape the armhole by simply looking at any sweater you have - or any other pattern of any sort that have roughly the same tension - ie stitches per inch. The when you reach the depth of , say the v neck you require, you decrease each side by calculating how many rows you will need to get to the shoulder measurement and then decreasing on a regular n number of rows. F To pick up the stitches for a neck band - just do a little trial and error - generally it works well if you use the same size needles as used for the basque and using the basque as a measurement tool just slightly stretch it around say half of the neck ( from centre back to the bottom of the V multiply that by too and pick up the required stitches I hope I have explained this so that you can understand it but if not please e mail me for any queries . I have not bought a pattern for years - I make all my sweaters like this using fancy patterns I have seen somewhere or somehow aquired. Good knitting God Bless gwen -- Gwen Kelly "Slinky" wrote in message ... Maggie Righetti's "Sweater Design in Plain English". Barbara Walker, can't recall which book is better. Elizabeth Zimmerman's "Knitting Around, or Knitting Without a License"; her percentage system is priceless. On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:04:43 -0600, "Spike Driver" wrote: The question I have is on a good book that would let you set up a sweater from scrcatch with just the measurements from the person. I guess I am asking for a book that will teach me how change the mesure inot stitches and rows. I no you have fill in pattern like the raglan on the internet now. I do not want that, I want to be able to take measure ments, draw out the pattern and set up the stitches and rows. Any one has any ideas on a good book or have one you would like to sell? God Bless, Dennis Gwen, Thanks a ton. Gail asways says "You have been knitting for almost 25 years. You just need to sit down and start it, you will surprise your self." I will have to set down and give it a go this fall. As I stated she would help me with all the measurements. I never heard it stated as simply as. I think I could do it. I have knitted many patterns listed difficult or expert and have very little trouble. I did some lace valances for Gails kitchen years ago, with those I found out what difficult meant. I call it Gails! kitchen because she will not let me in there except to help clean up, I don't know why. Thank you gwen. On of the ladies replied when I first asked about the v-neck pattern wanting to know why am I lettering myself be tied down to a pattern. She stated she can make a sweater with two measurements. I should have wrote down her name. Thank a ton Gwen and God bless, Denns |
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"Spike Driver" wrote in message ... "CMM PDX2" wrote in message ... Dennis wrote: What a wealth of information. Thank you all so much. Now I will have to brake the news to Gail gently when I tell how much I want to spend on knitting book and software!!! Thank you, thank you, You're welcome, Dennis - hey, we all like helping out, don't we, gang? And ROFL on breaking the news to Gail. But you know, you have to get the proper tools for the work, don't you? Give her the innocent look and the puppy-dog eyes when you say that. bg After all, even if you got everything suggested, still - it'd be less than the cost of a really good sewing machine, wouldn't it? ::tries the innocent look herself:: Seriously, on the books at least, start looking for them used on half.com, amazon and powells.com. All of the ones mentioned show up fairly often, even the out of print ones, if I'm remembering right. (ok, Barbara Walker's may be harder to find used - people to snap them up, and even used, sellers tend to charge outrageously. probably because many of hers are OOP, although fortunately, Schoolhouse Press has reissued several. I'm saving up myself for her first 3 stitch dictionaries... at $30 per or so. eep!) If you keep an eye out, you can usually find a used copy somewhere at a reasonable price. Better than looking for them on ebay, because people tend to get in bidding wars there. Also, just in case you haven't thought of it - to see which ones would be of most use, see if your library has any copies so you can look them over first. Or your LYS's, for the in-print ones. You might find just one of them has all you need. To start with, anyway. The thing about resource books is that you kind of start collecting them... And re the software, well, at least you can download the demo's and see which you like best, so that'll help! g Keep us posted on what you eventually decide on, huh? It'd be interesting to hear. Monica CMMPDX2 at aol remove 'eat.spam' to email me --------- "No, that isn't me you saw - I'm not here, I'm incognito!" (Me, Myself & I) Support our Troops!! http://www.wtv-zone.com/kjsb/bataan.html Monica, I sure will! Thank you. Yes this is a great great group. Being a full network administrator I check into many news groups. I also check in to a few photography groups and amateur radio (ham radio) groups. I used to do a lot of wedding photography. I have not done any for several years. But, I have never found a group like ours right here! Thank you all so much. I try very hard to answer question I think I can help on. I have no group I belong to that can match the knowledge held in this group and be so helpfull. I think I am going to use Gwen's advice and spots to measure and just try one. I took "machine draft and design" my last two years in hight school, maybe I can use it now. It helps to have an expert sitting beside you at home to ask where I need to get measurements from . You would not believe the sewing machines and sergers she has Monica. My only problem is she has made enough money to pay for them several times over. No, we never did get into the "easy credit plan" so we do not say much to each other on our craft purchases. I am sure she wold if I went over boad, we have no problem there. Hugs to you all, Dennis and Gail Go out, buy what you want, then tell her. Remember, "It is easier to be forgiven than to get permission!" ducking and running, laughing maniacally |
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"JJMolvik" wrote in message ... "Spike Driver" wrote in message ... "CMM PDX2" wrote in message ... Dennis wrote: What a wealth of information. Thank you all so much. Now I will have to brake the news to Gail gently when I tell how much I want to spend on knitting book and software!!! Thank you, thank you, You're welcome, Dennis - hey, we all like helping out, don't we, gang? And ROFL on breaking the news to Gail. But you know, you have to get the proper tools for the work, don't you? Give her the innocent look and the puppy-dog eyes when you say that. bg After all, even if you got everything suggested, still - it'd be less than the cost of a really good sewing machine, wouldn't it? ::tries the innocent look herself:: Seriously, on the books at least, start looking for them used on half.com, amazon and powells.com. All of the ones mentioned show up fairly often, even the out of print ones, if I'm remembering right. (ok, Barbara Walker's may be harder to find used - people to snap them up, and even used, sellers tend to charge outrageously. probably because many of hers are OOP, although fortunately, Schoolhouse Press has reissued several. I'm saving up myself for her first 3 stitch dictionaries... at $30 per or so. eep!) If you keep an eye out, you can usually find a used copy somewhere at a reasonable price. Better than looking for them on ebay, because people tend to get in bidding wars there. Also, just in case you haven't thought of it - to see which ones would be of most use, see if your library has any copies so you can look them over first. Or your LYS's, for the in-print ones. You might find just one of them has all you need. To start with, anyway. The thing about resource books is that you kind of start collecting them... And re the software, well, at least you can download the demo's and see which you like best, so that'll help! g Keep us posted on what you eventually decide on, huh? It'd be interesting to hear. Monica CMMPDX2 at aol remove 'eat.spam' to email me --------- "No, that isn't me you saw - I'm not here, I'm incognito!" (Me, Myself & I) Support our Troops!! http://www.wtv-zone.com/kjsb/bataan.html Monica, I sure will! Thank you. Yes this is a great great group. Being a full network administrator I check into many news groups. I also check in to a few photography groups and amateur radio (ham radio) groups. I used to do a lot of wedding photography. I have not done any for several years. But, I have never found a group like ours right here! Thank you all so much. I try very hard to answer question I think I can help on. I have no group I belong to that can match the knowledge held in this group and be so helpfull. I think I am going to use Gwen's advice and spots to measure and just try one. I took "machine draft and design" my last two years in hight school, maybe I can use it now. It helps to have an expert sitting beside you at home to ask where I need to get measurements from . You would not believe the sewing machines and sergers she has Monica. My only problem is she has made enough money to pay for them several times over. No, we never did get into the "easy credit plan" so we do not say much to each other on our craft purchases. I am sure she wold if I went over boad, we have no problem there. Hugs to you all, Dennis and Gail Go out, buy what you want, then tell her. Remember, "It is easier to be forgiven than to get permission!" ducking and running, laughing maniacally What a great IDEA! God bless, Dennis |
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