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Lion Incredible ribbon yarn for sweater?
"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" wrote in
message ... DA wrote: After experiencing two disasters with cuff to cuff knitting, I prefer to knit patterns with either shoulder seams or sleeves which change stitch direction at the arm hole, i.e. knitted from the shoulder down. Hmm. Well, a disaster is not exactly what I am interested in spending 4-6 months creating. I really don't want to get so frustrated again that I decide to go back to trying to sew and then doing nothing because I don't have the time or space to haul out my sewing machine and work. What would you recommend for a foolproof, "even a 6YO with no prior knitting experience can do it" type of cardigan-type pattern for a SSBBW (size 28-ish) who wants to experience a reasonably good success with her first big project? Thanks bunches! Melinda Lion Brand has some free patterns for Incredible yarn http://cache.lionbrand.com//yarns/incredible.htm. There is a cardigan pattern listed on the page below the yarn. Patterns from Lion Brand free patterns are usually pretty easy, so I would try that one. The brief picture I saw shows it as being two colors, but you can work it in just one if you have enough yarn. There is also a pullover freebie. Make sure that you do a gauge swatch. DA |
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Lion Incredible ribbon yarn for sweater?
On May 21, 8:16 pm, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply
wrote: Hiya, I have played around at knitting for ages and now that I am suffering from impending-empty-nest syndrome (youngest started junior college this last year) I have decided to take up knitting on a casual basis. I found this *gorgeous* ribbon yarn called Lion Incredible that I used to make a cell phone holder (with afghan stitch) and the more I worked with it, the more I fell in love with it. Now I am thinking of using it for a sweater. I have an easy cuff-to-cuff pattern to start with and would knit with two strands on size 15 needles to make it go faster, then maybe proceed to something a bit more complicated on the next pass. It's nylon ribbon yarn, though, and I don't know how well it would hold up, and all the pattern ideas from the manufacturer only use it as an extra yarn, so I'm sorta concerned. Is anybody familiar with this yarn and do they know if it would hold up to being used as a sweater? Or does anybody know how to research these types of things to find it out without having to bug youse guyses about it? Thanks, Melinda (who hangs out a lot on alt.sewing and r.c.t.sewing as well) I make sleeveless shells with ribbon yarn. You'll want to knit at a pretty tight gauge to keep it from drooping. |
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Lion Incredible ribbon yarn for sweater?
The LIon Incredible is kind of scratchy when knitted (in my opinion.)
I would buy one ball and try a swatch and see what you think. There are other, softer ribbon yarns if you're set on ribbons. For patterns - I like the Vermont Fiber Design patterns. http://vermontfiberdesigns.com/ They have very extended size ranges - the only ones I've seen that go to 6x for instance (and start at xxSmall.) I just saw their new summer patterns and am absolutely in love with this one http://www.vermontfiberdesigns.com/p...tterns/158.php Currently I'm making this short sleeved sweater in cotton (K2P2 Second Time Cotton): http://www.vermontfiberdesigns.com/p.../women/144.php Alison not affiliated, no how, no way |
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Lion Incredible ribbon yarn for sweater?
"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" wrote in message ... Thanks! Would you recommend cotton, acrylic, or wool (listed in order of what I would prefer to use) to give the best structure? Here's another thought to keep in mind. A few years ago I wanted to knit an Aran sweater for my DIL. She can't wear wool, so asked for it in cotton. I asked here about using cotton and was disuaded. A number of people warned that 100% cotton in an Aran design would be very heavy and would "grow". Even though I'm not a fan of acrylic, I ended up using a yarn made from 30% cotton, 70% acrylic in the off white Fisherman colour. It's Bernat Denimstyle, worsted weight 18 sts, 24 rows over 4" on 5 mm needles. That sweater is the nicest sweater I've ever knit, especially as a gift. She was very happy with it, can wash it in the machine and same for the dryer. You can see it he http://tinyurl.com/25eng6 Here's a link to see the yarn ttp://tinyurl.com/2adrmo Let us know what you finally decide. Shelagh |
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Lion Incredible ribbon yarn for sweater?
On May 22, 11:45 pm, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply
wrote: Actually, the reason I asked about it here rather than just jump into it is because at this point in my life I don't have that much extra time to have the luxury of being able to waste it. So for a first big project, I'd rather follow the rules to learn them before I have a feel for when to break them. I can appreciate that but even with the perfect pattern and the perfect materials you may not get a finished product you are 100% pleased with. If you will only settle for a desirable end product and the journey to that end is not satisfying for you then pay someone else to make it. It may be everything you imagined and more (and I hope it is), but when one is a novice at anything (and even when one is an expert), doing something for the first time often leads to a less than perfect result. If you can love the journey and love the outcome even with its flaws then happiness will be yours. Okay, enough preaching from me (even I'm sick of myself). Best wishes for the project. VP |
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Lion Incredible ribbon yarn for sweater?
DA wrote:
Lion Brand has some free patterns for Incredible yarn http://cache.lionbrand.com//yarns/incredible.htm. There is a cardigan pattern listed on the page below the yarn. Patterns from Lion Brand free patterns are usually pretty easy, so I would try that one. The brief picture I saw shows it as being two colors, but you can work it in just one if you have enough yarn. There is also a pullover freebie. Make sure that you do a gauge swatch. Color me terrified, but how hard is it to keep track of knitting a pattern if you are easily distracted like I am? I remember it was murder keeping track of what I was doing when I was knitting a sock. Of course, at this point I have figured that if I put a safety pin on every 10th row, I will do better at counting rows. But if I only have 10-15 minutes at a time to work on it, how am I going to keep it all straight? Any pointers? Melinda, already starting to wonder if trying to knit on needles was a mistake and maybe I just should go back and try to find the time to use my knitting machine again |
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Lion Incredible ribbon yarn for sweater?
Vintage Purls wrote:
It may be everything you imagined and more (and I hope it is), but when one is a novice at anything (and even when one is an expert), doing something for the first time often leads to a less than perfect result. If you can love the journey and love the outcome even with its flaws then happiness will be yours. Are you saying that it is never wise to get advice and help from more experienced people, that one needs to just thrash it out on their own and take their lumps when they get them? If so, if someone came to this group and said, "I have knitted scarves and plain rectangles and am ready to try something a little more challenging like a sweater/jacket/cardigan/whatever that doesn't have anything really fancy, just regular knitting and learning how to create the basic item before doing anything fancy like fancy stitches or whatever. What would you recommend as a good beginner project?" would you just tell them to pick out the first pattern that appealed to them, ignoring the difficulty level, or would you have some good suggestions? Melinda, hoping that this group is not antipathetic to people who are trying to learn to knit in their limited spare time |
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Lion Incredible ribbon yarn for sweater?
On Tue, 22 May 2007 16:17:11 -0700, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to
reply wrote: DA wrote: Lion Brand has some free patterns for Incredible yarn http://cache.lionbrand.com//yarns/incredible.htm. There is a cardigan pattern listed on the page below the yarn. Patterns from Lion Brand free patterns are usually pretty easy, so I would try that one. The brief picture I saw shows it as being two colors, but you can work it in just one if you have enough yarn. There is also a pullover freebie. Make sure that you do a gauge swatch. Color me terrified, but how hard is it to keep track of knitting a pattern if you are easily distracted like I am? I remember it was murder keeping track of what I was doing when I was knitting a sock. Of course, at this point I have figured that if I put a safety pin on every 10th row, I will do better at counting rows. But if I only have 10-15 minutes at a time to work on it, how am I going to keep it all straight? Any pointers? Melinda, already starting to wonder if trying to knit on needles was a mistake and maybe I just should go back and try to find the time to use my knitting machine again I make a sort of check-off sheet for a pattern. If it has 4 rows, I make 4 vertical boxes. I check off each box as I complete a row. I repeat the boxes horizontally so I can see how many times I've knitted the repeat. This is good with something like a sock if you want to duplicate it. A plain sock is great because I start at the toe; after doing the toe I can just knit plain about 6 inches or so; then do the heel; then knit plain again or rib or pattern up the leg. I recommend the check-off sheet (I use either a table in MS Word or an Excel spreadsheet.) Alison |
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Lion Incredible ribbon yarn for sweater?
Sorry all about the duplicate posts - Google Groups kept telling me it
had failed to post but I guess it was just tricking. VP |
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Lion Incredible ribbon yarn for sweater?
Vintage Purls wrote:
Sorry all about the duplicate posts - Google Groups kept telling me it had failed to post but I guess it was just tricking. VP Never believe what GG tells you about posting... G sue |
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