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Lion Incredible ribbon yarn for sweater?
Alison wrote:
I recommend the check-off sheet (I use either a table in MS Word or an Excel spreadsheet.) Ooh, I could get into a check-off sheet -- I make lists for everything. I need to get more experience reading *and following* patterns, etc., before I try socks -- I have extra-extra-wide calves and am going to have to tweak any sock pattern I have to fit them. Melinda, who is SOOOOO dying to wear knee socks in the winter again |
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Lion Incredible ribbon yarn for sweater?
Melinda wrote:
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? Actually, it's been my experience that asking those with more knowledge is a good thing. Even those of us with 30+ years of knitting experience don't know everything...yet g 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? In that case I'd find a pattern for a simple pullover or open cardigan with little shaping, using larger needles, even. There's much to be said for instant gratification in one's first major project. Melinda, hoping that this group is not antipathetic to people who are trying to learn to knit in their limited spare time Not at all. We encourage and even enable people who are just starting out. I would have jumped in earlier, but I have not used the yarn in question and generally don't like using ribbon yarns so avoid them like the plague. For someone just moving on from scarves I'd probably recommend something from The Yarn Girls' Guide to Simple Knits. This book is full of easy patterns using heavy worsted to ultra-chunky yarns and big-to-huge needles - the smallest size I saw was 9 - for that instant gratification I mentioned earlier. Take that spare time and knit a few rows at a time. You'll see wonders appear :-) Good to see you here. The Other Kim kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom |
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