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Knitting bug -- OUCH!
"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" wrote in
message ... Okay, I'm knitting this dishcloth in a basketweave pattern (easy enough), snipped six rows done already, which, given that they were done twice and I started yesterday afternoon, is not bad.) Way to go! I have Fibromyalgia and arthritis, so I often can't knit or crochet very much even though I really enjoy it.... however, having said that, I have lately been knitting two to six rows per day on a baby blanket for a good friend of Matthew's (a young lady he has an interest in who just had her baby boy on May 28th). I find working on it a few rows each day is working out for me. It's a simple seed stitch blanket that I am doing without a pattern in blue, and will be finishing it (because I don't think I will have enough of the blue otherwise) by crocheting around the edges in yellow. By the way, we went to see the newborn baby last Tuesday (the day after he was born, at 11 lbs) and Matthew got to hold a brand new baby for the very first time ever. His face lit up and he just couldn't take his eyes off the baby, and was talking to him quietly the whole time. It was so cute.... and no, can you believe it, no one took a picture! ( Nevermind, when we go to see Bobbie-Jo and Carson again (hopefully sometime this week or the beginning of next week) I will be sure to either take pictures myself or ask Bobbie-Jo's mother to take a picture with her digital camera so we can get it on the computer right away, so we will have a picture of Matthew holding the baby too. After we left the hospital Matthew looked at me and said "Okay, you were right... *again*... now that I've held a tiny brand new baby like that, I *do* want to have my own someday!" As my cousin and I both said, he will make such a good father... and considering the way he felt and looked holding a baby that isn't even his, he will be in total awe when he does have his very own brand new baby to hold someday. ;o) snipped more http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter05/PATTblu.html Those are adorable! Thank you for sharing the pattern. ) *hugs* Gemini |
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Knitting bug -- OUCH!
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Aaron Lewis wrote: snip If you just need to finish a lot of objects, or want to knit in the most ergonomic way possible, use a knitting sheath or knitting pouch. Instructions have been posted in this forum. (However, the more people that I teach to knit this way, the more I realize that most established knitters need several hours of lessons to really get the knack of using a knitting sheath.) I intend to do a video some time this summer. Keep us posted! =Tamar |
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Knitting bug -- OUCH!
"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" wrote in message ... Okay, I'm knitting this dishcloth in a basketweave pattern (easy enough), trying to do it the properly and right-handed so I can get muscle memory into play and then with the next dishcloth I am going to try learning Continental style, since I read lots of places that Continental style goes faster (I felt like a centipede trying to do the two-step trying to do it all at once), and once I started, I felt like Dale Earnhardt at the starting line, "OH, GOODY! I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS DISHCLOTH! VROOM VROOM! GET OUTTA MY WAY, I'M COMING THROUGH!" (I have six rows done already, which, given that they were done twice and I started yesterday afternoon, is not bad.) Then I know I said I would make a baby sweater for my neighbor, but in looking at the patterns you ladies posted and going down a few rabbit trails, I found something that is MUCH, MUCH better and close to something I've done before on my knitting machine so it feels MUCH more comfortable to try, and I know it will be much better received by a mother of a newborn baby boy (and will still be fine for a girl if her ultrasound is wrong LOL): their first pair of blue jeans. http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter05/PATTblu.html I remember when my oldest (a son) got a teeny tiny cowboy outfit with teeny tiny blue jeans for a birthday or Christmas present, and we were ecstatic that he had something "REAL BOY" to wear. (When he was newborn, someone gave us a Wrangler brand denim diaper cover with the pocket and label on the back, hee hee hee.) So I'm going to put the sweater on hold. I can see myself making these little blue jeans and finding a baby vest pattern (shouldn't be too hard to find) to knit in a tan-colored (hopefully reminiscent of leather) yarn to make an adorable baby outfit for a little boy (there just aren't that many around, and there are always cute girl things out there) and knitting one or two up ahead of time to have them ready if I need them. Reading about everyone's projects has got me knitting. I'm still at the casting on stage. This can take a while for me as I tend to play with the tension, etc., for a bit at this stage. So, have casted on and done three rows a couple of times. Third time's a charm. I found a pattern I'd torn out of an old Chatelaine magazine (I think), of the cutes little romper set. Remember when the little ones had those "clown-style" pants. They looked so cute. Anyway, am making that. Fairly simple pattern, in stocking st, with "X" and "O"s in a second colour. The cardigan is cute too. Might try it if I have enough wool. A thing I do ... I'm sure everyone already does this ... to ensure, legs and arms and often sides, fronts and backs come out exactly the same size is to knit them at the same time on the same needle. So when I say I've started the pant legs, that's exactly what I've done. Discovered that little trick when I was making slippers for everyone and then some on Christmas. Happy knitting! Murielle |
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Knitting bug -- OUCH!
On Jun 8, 5:18 am, "MSey" wrote:
A thing I do ... I'm sure everyone already does this ... to ensure, legs and arms and often sides, fronts and backs come out exactly the same size is to knit them at the same time on the same needle. So when I say I've started the pant legs, that's exactly what I've done. Discovered that little trick when I was making slippers for everyone and then some on Christmas. Yup, a great plan especially for smaller items. Don't want to have two balls of wool on the go? Easy, wind your wool into a centre-pull ball and knit one from the inside and one from the outside of the ball. I find it difficult to motivate myself through the second of anything, so this is alsoa great way to get a pair of anything done. VP |
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Knitting bug -- OUCH!
"Vintage Purls" wrote in message oups.com... On Jun 8, 5:18 am, "MSey" wrote: A thing I do ... I'm sure everyone already does this ... to ensure, legs and arms and often sides, fronts and backs come out exactly the same size is to knit them at the same time on the same needle. So when I say I've started the pant legs, that's exactly what I've done. Discovered that little trick when I was making slippers for everyone and then some on Christmas. Yup, a great plan especially for smaller items. Don't want to have two balls of wool on the go? Easy, wind your wool into a centre-pull ball and knit one from the inside and one from the outside of the ball. (snip) I've often wondered how one could do that. I don't mind having two balls going at once though. Knitting with two or more colours got me over that. ;-) I find it difficult to motivate myself through the second of anything, so this is alsoa great way to get a pair of anything done. VP |
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Knitting bug -- OUCH!
On Jun 8, 9:42 am, "MSey" wrote:
I've often wondered how one could do that. I don't mind having two balls going at once though. Knitting with two or more colours got me over that. ;-) Two balls is fine if you've got them (though you do have twice the temptation for the cat dangling from your work then). Often I only have one ball of yarn left when I reach the sleeves of a baby outfit for example and that's when working from both ends of the ball is a very handy thing indeed. |
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Knitting bug -- OUCH!
"Vintage Purls" wrote in message oups.com... On Jun 8, 9:42 am, "MSey" wrote: I've often wondered how one could do that. I don't mind having two balls going at once though. Knitting with two or more colours got me over that. ;-) Two balls is fine if you've got them (though you do have twice the temptation for the cat dangling from your work then). Often I only have one ball of yarn left when I reach the sleeves of a baby outfit for example and that's when working from both ends of the ball is a very handy thing indeed. Good point! Didn't think of that. I'm always afraid I won't have enough wool so tend to buy an extra ball or two. (Not very thrifty, I know.) Do you have a special gadget that allows you to take the wool from the inside and outside of the ball at the same time? Murielle |
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Knitting bug -- OUCH!
On Jun 8, 11:54 am, "MSey" wrote:
Do you have a special gadget that allows you to take the wool from the inside and outside of the ball at the same time? I use my ball winder (see the link below for an example) to rewind the ball. because it winds around a core, it's easy to get at the center thread once you remove it from the winder. http://knittersreview.com/article_to...e/020822_a.asp VP |
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"Vintage Purls" wrote in message oups.com... On Jun 8, 11:54 am, "MSey" wrote: Do you have a special gadget that allows you to take the wool from the inside and outside of the ball at the same time? I use my ball winder (see the link below for an example) to rewind the ball. because it winds around a core, it's easy to get at the center thread once you remove it from the winder. http://knittersreview.com/article_to...ofile/020822_a. asp VP Ha! I've never seen one of these things before. I wonder if they have them at Wal-Mart? ;-)) Murielle |
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Knitting bug -- OUCH!
"suzee" wrote in message reenews.net... MSey wrote: "Vintage Purls" wrote in message oups.com... On Jun 8, 9:42 am, "MSey" wrote: I've often wondered how one could do that. I don't mind having two balls going at once though. Knitting with two or more colours got me over that. ;-) Two balls is fine if you've got them (though you do have twice the temptation for the cat dangling from your work then). Often I only have one ball of yarn left when I reach the sleeves of a baby outfit for example and that's when working from both ends of the ball is a very handy thing indeed. Good point! Didn't think of that. I'm always afraid I won't have enough wool so tend to buy an extra ball or two. (Not very thrifty, I know.) Do you have a special gadget that allows you to take the wool from the inside and outside of the ball at the same time? Even with the skeins direct from the store you can pull from both the inside and outside. If you wind hanks into balls, you can make a center pull ball without a ball winder. sue Really? I tend to wind a lot of balls because I actually prefer knitting and crocheting from a ball. But I had no idea you could wind a ball by hand, on your hand, and make it a center pull. Now I'm wondering how you do it. Murielle |
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