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Vintage Purls wrote:
I've ripped entirely knit garments out. Time did not stop. I did not explode. It's okay to screw up your knitting. And though it's a possibility that you'll make a horrendous mistake, there is a much better chance that everything will go well and you' ll get that great buzz of satisfaction when you finish a garment. I think I like Mirjam's suggestion to measure a sweater that already fits me well and use that as a model. I have two sweaters I like, one a stretchier one than the other, and I could measure them, and if I made one the same size, then I would *know* it would fit okay. I've sewn many garments in my pre-learning-to-alter days that when finished did not fit, and I just plain don't like doing that any more. Actually, a baby sweater sounds like an EXCELLENT idea, because my neighbor is pregnant with her first child and if it turns out well, I would have a nice baby gift -- and if it didn't, I might still be able to make a second one before the baby is born LOL. Great! Do you need us to point you toward an easy pattern? Yes, please. The easier the better. (She says it's going to be a boy, BTW, if that matters) |
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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
Melinda i donb`t know who scared you ,,,, More like "what" -- like, go ahead and make the sweater and if it doesn't fit you, NBD -- well, to me it would be. If the problem is with following instructions MAKE YOUR OWN ,,, Find a sweater /shirt whose size fits you well ,,, Measure it and draw it on a paper ,,,, now GUAGUGE 20 stich over 10 rows ,,,, now translate cm or inches to stitch numbers and WORK on it Oh, now that's an intriguing idea. Like tracing a pattern off onto newsprint to clone a garment. I currently only have two sweaters that I wear regularly, but I really like them both and they fit reasonably well. Thanks! |
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Olwyn Mary wrote:
Melinda, if you were to go back on this board (which I don't recommend) you would find I have often recommended beginners to get a book of dishcloth patterns - there are some fairly cheap ones at some of the "big box" stores - buy some pretty acrylic yarns and get busy. The great thing about this is that (1) each square can be knit in a relatively short time (2) you learn to knit various different stitch patterns, and (3) You can knit as many or few as you like, and make them into a lap robe or afghan. Once when I was making an afghan for my son, I wasn't sure which way I wanted to arrange the squares so made a few extra. At the end I had four left over, so stitched them together to be an afghan for his cat!. The cat loved it, and slept on it right until his demise. There's actually an excellent site with dozens of pretty dishcloth patterns at http://www.jimsyldesign.com/~dishbou.../knitting.html sue |
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Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote:
wrote: Now that you ladies have totally scared me off making a sweater for fear that I could spend months on making it and then discover it didn't fit, Why wouldn't it fit? If you know how to measure yourself (or your intended victim), know how to make and measure a gauge swatch, if you're able to count and if you can do some basic arithmetic you can make a sweater that fits. I don't know, but that's what I got in response. It was because the yarn and design were not compatible. sue |
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Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote:
Vintage Purls wrote: I've ripped entirely knit garments out. Time did not stop. I did not explode. It's okay to screw up your knitting. And though it's a possibility that you'll make a horrendous mistake, there is a much better chance that everything will go well and you' ll get that great buzz of satisfaction when you finish a garment. I think I like Mirjam's suggestion to measure a sweater that already fits me well and use that as a model. I have two sweaters I like, one a stretchier one than the other, and I could measure them, and if I made one the same size, then I would *know* it would fit okay. I've sewn many garments in my pre-learning-to-alter days that when finished did not fit, and I just plain don't like doing that any more. Actually, a baby sweater sounds like an EXCELLENT idea, because my neighbor is pregnant with her first child and if it turns out well, I would have a nice baby gift -- and if it didn't, I might still be able to make a second one before the baby is born LOL. Great! Do you need us to point you toward an easy pattern? Yes, please. The easier the better. (She says it's going to be a boy, BTW, if that matters) Here's one -- http://gailbable.tripod.com/id41.html sue |
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EJ wrote:
that,so I did, and it worked. No one told me Arans were "too hard" or that intarsia was "advanced" (that was my next project). I just saw something I liked and that looked interesting and jumped right in. If it doesn't work, so what? It's just yarn. You can't hurt it. And you always learn something so I always considered it time well spent, not time wasted. *nodding* I understand what you are saying. Let's see if I can use an exeample in a different scenario to explain my thinking. My daughter went straight from high school to a private 4-year college. She is intelligent and capable of rising to the occasion of whatsever challenge was thrown at her, and whatever she makes up her mind to do, she can do, which in this case included carrying 12-14 units a semester and working 25 hours a week. OTOH, my oldest son has ADD and learning difficulties as well as probably some other neuro/physio/psychologic problems, and when he wanted to go off to college just like his younger sister, I suggested that he take classes at the (much less expensive) local junior college first to learn how to manage his time and learn how to study for college courses, because it was likely that he was not going to hit the ground running on the type of schedule that his sister managed to do (just barely, but did manage to do it and get As in most of her classes), because he was probably going to need to practice to learn to prioritize his time and learn to deal with college-level instruction, and since they both have to pay for their own college (long story I won't get into, but hopefully the expression "sperm-donor-type dad" will give you an idea), I thought it would be better for him to make his mistakes at a place where he would only lose about $500 if he flunked 12 units of classes and not $7000. In the same vein, if I'm likely to have a problem (which I never thought about until I came here and people started talking about making entire sweaters that they eneded up not being able or willing to wear), I think I want to make my mistakes when it costs less to have made them until I end up getting a bit more proficient. Anyway, baby sweaters and dishcloths don't sound so intimidating, and if I mess one up it won't be two months before I can finish another one, and in the meantime hopefully I will learn the right way to knit and master some of the difficulties my right-left blindness are bound to cause. |
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suzee wrote:
There's actually an excellent site with dozens of pretty dishcloth patterns at http://www.jimsyldesign.com/~dishbou.../knitting.html wow..... *swoon* Afghan, here I come..... |
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suzee wrote:
I don't know, but that's what I got in response. It was because the yarn and design were not compatible. Oh. Which is good information to know, and information that I *want* to know for sure. |
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Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote:
suzee wrote: I don't know, but that's what I got in response. It was because the yarn and design were not compatible. Oh. Which is good information to know, and information that I *want* to know for sure. One of my early mistakes was a tank top that ended up way too big for me. My gauge was correct when I started, but as I continued knitting, my tension relaxed and my guage changed. I didn't know I needed to continue checking the gauge as I went along. Also, the gauge can be affected when knitting a large piece by the weight of the piece. BB |
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