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6x6 fun and lessons...LOL
I have been working on my 6 patch. It is in two colours I thought that
this would be a good time to try the two coloured knitting. Using left and right hand at the same time. The pattern is an easy one, out of my Norwegian knitting book. The first tries were frogged, not once but several times. I am doing much better even though I do get the yarns tangled at times. There are small errors here and there. But the next one is going to be just perfect...ha, ha. Weaving the ends in while knitting is fun and wonderful when you get it correct the first time around after re-knitting it over and over and over.....ha, ha. Doing all this while knitting is working fine however since our patch is flat and not knitted in the round....you have to come back with a purling row and now everything changes and throwing the yarn around, and weaving it in is done just a bit different again. Even so I am having fun with this and i am finally learning this technique. No it is not hard to do at all, you do need time to sit without distractions....DH are just that...LOL Karen it is coming, most likely it will be in the mail at the end of this week Thanks Cher for thinking of this.....it is a fun project.....Karens patches are also excerises in knitting techniques. I know how to do the blocks that alternate, but am corious about the herring bone pattern. It is suttle but very nice. Each time I look at it there is a change in colour and pattern, very nice indeed. We keep on learning...neat to be sharing this way....thanks guys....in this turbulent world it is great that we come together unseen and are a harmonious group Els -- delete doba to email me.....:=)) |
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Els van Dam opined thusly:
I have been working on my 6 patch. It is in two colours I thought that this would be a good time to try the two coloured knitting. [snip] I made up 6 squares interspersed with about 20 false starts. 2 squares I think are good enough to send. I had a great time doing so, though himself did ask me (several times) why it took me 10 days to make 2 squares and I appeared to working on them constantly. They are sitting here on my desk waiting for the mail tomorrow. -- Regards --Anne http://www.emptycauldron.com under construction Remove DIESPAMBOTDIE to e-mail |
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Are you sitting down, luvvie? To "steek" means that you take a knitted piece
of fabric and (You ARE sitting down????) CUT it WITH SCISSORS!!!!!! I have friends (mostly Norwegian) who do this with cardigans. They knit them in the round, and then cut up the middle of the front. Imagine!!!! Katherine "Ophelia" wrote in message ... Steek?????????? Ophelia "SlinkyToy" wrote in message ... Knit that thing in the round and steek it!!! On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 12:46:28 -0700, (Els van Dam) wrote: I have been working on my 6 patch. It is in two colours I thought that this would be a good time to try the two coloured knitting. Using left and right hand at the same time. The pattern is an easy one, out of my Norwegian knitting book. The first tries were frogged, not once but several times. I am doing much better even though I do get the yarns tangled at times. There are small errors here and there. But the next one is going to be just perfect...ha, ha. Weaving the ends in while knitting is fun and wonderful when you get it correct the first time around after re-knitting it over and over and over.....ha, ha. Doing all this while knitting is working fine however since our patch is flat and not knitted in the round....you have to come back with a purling row and now everything changes and throwing the yarn around, and weaving it in is done just a bit different again. Even so I am having fun with this and i am finally learning this technique. No it is not hard to do at all, you do need time to sit without distractions....DH are just that...LOL Karen it is coming, most likely it will be in the mail at the end of this week Thanks Cher for thinking of this.....it is a fun project.....Karens patches are also excerises in knitting techniques. I know how to do the blocks that alternate, but am corious about the herring bone pattern. It is suttle but very nice. Each time I look at it there is a change in colour and pattern, very nice indeed. We keep on learning...neat to be sharing this way....thanks guys....in this turbulent world it is great that we come together unseen and are a harmonious group Els |
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Hi Els, you are welcome as far as the 6x6 goes. It is fun, and gives us
time to do samples that can be used. I just did a leaf for someone, I wasn't sure if it would come out right, but now that the square is done, I can see the pattern clearly. As you say, weaving in the ends as you go, can be tricky...Here is a tip that may help you keep UNtangled...when you twist one end around the other, do it on the purl row side, then when you knit the next row twisting to weave in the ends again, but do it the opposite direction, this will untangle all the threads you just twisted around each other on the previous row. I'm sure it will look beautiful...and remember, your kntting skills aren't being picked up on by any one, this is not what counts, it can be a plain old garter square, the issue is to collect squares from each and every member of the group that wants to join in each month. So that you can make an afghan of your own design using squares from each and everyone joining in on the list. Cheers......Cher "Els van Dam" wrote in message ... I have been working on my 6 patch. It is in two colours I thought that this would be a good time to try the two coloured knitting. Using left and right hand at the same time. The pattern is an easy one, out of my Norwegian knitting book. The first tries were frogged, not once but several times. I am doing much better even though I do get the yarns tangled at times. There are small errors here and there. But the next one is going to be just perfect...ha, ha. Weaving the ends in while knitting is fun and wonderful when you get it correct the first time around after re-knitting it over and over and over.....ha, ha. Doing all this while knitting is working fine however since our patch is flat and not knitted in the round....you have to come back with a purling row and now everything changes and throwing the yarn around, and weaving it in is done just a bit different again. Even so I am having fun with this and i am finally learning this technique. No it is not hard to do at all, you do need time to sit without distractions....DH are just that...LOL Karen it is coming, most likely it will be in the mail at the end of this week Thanks Cher for thinking of this.....it is a fun project.....Karens patches are also excerises in knitting techniques. I know how to do the blocks that alternate, but am corious about the herring bone pattern. It is suttle but very nice. Each time I look at it there is a change in colour and pattern, very nice indeed. We keep on learning...neat to be sharing this way....thanks guys....in this turbulent world it is great that we come together unseen and are a harmonious group Els -- delete doba to email me.....:=)) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/2/03 |
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They do it with faith. It works. Have I done it? NO!!! Will I? Not likely! I
just have no faith. g Katherine "Cori" wrote in message ... How can you cut it without having it unravel??? |
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In article , Sorceress
wrote: Els van Dam opined thusly: I have been working on my 6 patch. It is in two colours I thought that this would be a good time to try the two coloured knitting. [snip] I made up 6 squares interspersed with about 20 false starts. 2 squares I think are good enough to send. I had a great time doing so, though himself did ask me (several times) why it took me 10 days to make 2 squares and I appeared to working on them constantly. They are sitting here on my desk waiting for the mail tomorrow. thanks Ann I am glad I am not the only one having a muddle..... the colours are realy pretty so that is a great help.....(grinning) Els -- delete doba to email me.....:=)) |
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In article , "Ophelia"
wrote: Steek?????????? Ophelia Ophelia this not some dirty word, but it means that you are going to knit in the round and than take your scissors and cut the knitting to size....Not my style at all. I can see bits of yarn on the floor with the odd stitch attatched....(laughing) Back to knitting. Els -- delete doba to email me.....:=)) |
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In article , "Katherine
Burgess" wrote: Are you sitting down, luvvie? To "steek" means that you take a knitted piece of fabric and (You ARE sitting down????) CUT it WITH SCISSORS!!!!!! I have friends (mostly Norwegian) who do this with cardigans. They knit them in the round, and then cut up the middle of the front. Imagine!!!! Katherine Not me no sirree...... Els -- delete doba to email me.....:=)) |
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