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"Helen "Halla" Fleischer" wrote in message
... One thing I learned from making that qiviut mobius is that next time I will knit flat and then graft the ends with the half twist rather than knitting the twisted tube. That twisted method was worth trying once, just for the challenge, but the other way is just SO much faster and easier! What sort of cast on would you use to make the graft invisible? Or doesn't it really matter? -- Sue CD...quietly unravelling in Cumbria... Pot Luck Crafts www.howhill.com Sue's Project Pages www.howhill.com/projects Please take off your shoes to email me! |
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Helen \"Halla\" Fleischer wrote: "Sue Carlson Dunn" wrote: next time I will knit flat and then graft the ends with the half twist rather than knitting the twisted tube. snips What sort of cast on would you use to make the graft invisible? Or doesn't it really matter? What I used was the simple e-wrap cast-on. Or backward loop or whatever you call it. Once you get the knack of grafting into that with even tension, it's very hard to find your graft line. Wouldn't it also work to cast on with waste yarn, then when you are ready to join, take that out and graft? =Tamar |
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Els van Dam wrote:
In article , spampot wrote: Aha, I see. I think you might have posted this before because I remember thinking how cool it was. But what I did was run out of yarn in the middle of a long-tail cast-on, so there was nothing to do but frog & start over. So far I'm halfway through the first round, so everyone keep your fingers crossed for me! As we say in Dutch...I will "duim" for you.......Don't think you cn translate it, but I am on your side.... Els Thanks for the "duim," Els, it seems to have worked! Is it a Dutch version of keeping your fingers crossed? I'm on my fifth round now, and hopeful (fortunately all the even-numbered rows are just purled). |
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Helen \"Halla\" Fleischer wrote:
| On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 21:47:31 -0700, (Els van Dam) wrote: snip One thing I learned from making that qiviut mobius is that next time I will knit flat and then graft the ends with the half twist rather than knitting the twisted tube. That twisted method was worth trying once, just for the challenge, but the other way is just SO much faster and easier! Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist in Fairland, MD USA http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/ I was thinking that myself, and then I wondered how different the stretch would be in a moebius knitted flat. I'll just have to try one and compare them! |
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In article , spampot wrote:
Els van Dam wrote: In article , spampot wrote: Aha, I see. I think you might have posted this before because I remember thinking how cool it was. But what I did was run out of yarn in the middle of a long-tail cast-on, so there was nothing to do but frog & start over. So far I'm halfway through the first round, so everyone keep your fingers crossed for me! As we say in Dutch...I will "duim" for you.......Don't think you cn translate it, but I am on your side.... Els Thanks for the "duim," Els, it seems to have worked! Is it a Dutch version of keeping your fingers crossed? I'm on my fifth round now, and hopeful (fortunately all the even-numbered rows are just purled). come to think of it, it very well may be just that....Mirjam and Ria, if you two are around what do you think..... and even Martin may know.....:=)) els -- delete doba to email me.....:=)) |
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| On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 22:21:10 -0400, spampot wrote:
I was thinking that myself, and then I wondered how different the stretch would be in a moebius knitted flat. I'll just have to try one and compare them! I've made small mobius neck warmers on my sock machine, but those are tubes that I twist before grafting the open ends. I start and end with waste yarn on those. Since the long edge is not a bind-off, I think they are stretchier. Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist in Fairland, MD USA http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/ |
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Helen \"Halla\" Fleischer wrote:
| On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 22:21:10 -0400, spampot wrote: I was thinking that myself, and then I wondered how different the stretch would be in a moebius knitted flat. I'll just have to try one and compare them! I've made small mobius neck warmers on my sock machine, but those are tubes that I twist before grafting the open ends. I start and end with waste yarn on those. Since the long edge is not a bind-off, I think they are stretchier. Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist in Fairland, MD USA http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/ That's a good point. Of course this is a fingering lace one, looks good as a shawl as well as a head scarf, so I don't know how stretchy it'll have to be. I'll keep that in mind for future attempts, though. |
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