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Marilyn wrote:
Melinda,
Maybe you should thank your puppy for chewing the legwarmer. If it hadn't
then you would have been working woth the Lion Brand Homespun that much
longer. I hate that yarn! I made a sweater out of it for my great nephew in
a toddler size 5. I swore I would never use it again. Anytime I see a yarn
that has a fiber that wraps around the outside of the length of the yarn I
think of the homespun and pass it by. No matter who makes it.

I made a semicircular shawl (that I ended up not liking to use as a
shawl because it wouldn't stay on while I was working/typing and sewed
up the front and made it into a cape/poncho so that it would stay in
place) out of Homespun and I love it. Mimi chewed that one, too, but
thankfully it was in one small area that I could repair.

I am slowly but surely learning to knit patterns that uses something other
than the basic knit and purl. I usually have to frog something 3 times
before I stop making dumb mistakes or begin to really understand the
pattern.

I still can't make a tesselated fish right without redoing it 4 or 5
times. I can, however, knit a Grandmother's Favorite washcloth with few
problems.

You will get the hang of it. And like my husband tells me when I am getting
frustrated, it is supposed to be fun! It usually is.

It's just a matter of finding enough time to become fluent.

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.

Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote:
Here I was, just having admired that Hanami shawl and complimenting the
knitter, stating that I wished I could knit so well, because I can't
even knit 10 rows of plain stockinette stitch without a mistake if it
has increases and/or decreases, and then comes Sandi Wiseheart of KD
trying to make me feel it is wrong for me to be saying that I wished I
could knit that lovely shawl and to be saying that I can't even knit 10
rows of plain stockinette stitch with increases and/or decreases.

*throwing up hands in exasperation*
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Melinda,
sounds like you need to get back to the basics ... one stitch at a time ...

1.in through the front door
2.run around the back
3.peek through the window
4.and, off jumps Jack.

_ _ _ _ _
Millie

9 shades of jade.

Other kim
I used to think enrelac was hard , now i enjoy it extremely ,, just
becuase i knit seamless , once i figured out i can do it in the round
[ and on a Moebious ] , i really think of it as another st on mt
pallete ,,, as to intarsia ,, have been doing it for years and never
knew it`s name ,,,,

Legwarmers ,,,, measure calf and under knees ,,, GUAGUE your wool ,
cast on DPS enough st for the calf ,mark the begining of round , k1
p1 over 6cm, now divide cast on 6 st by * k 3, p1, k2 into1, p1*
repeat to end of round ,,,work over 17cm , now * k3, p1, k2 into 1,
k1, p1 *,,repeat to end of round , work over 7 cm , now go back to k1
p1 and work as much as is needed to get to your under knee
measurement ,
mirjam

On Jan 22, 8:42*pm, suzee wrote:
Shillelagh wrote:
"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" wrote in
et...
Here I was, just having admired that Hanami shawl and complimenting the
knitter, stating that I wished I could knit so well, because I can't
even knit 10 rows of plain stockinette stitch without a mistake if it
has increases and/or decreases, and then comes Sandi Wiseheart of KD
trying to make me feel it is wrong for me to be saying that I wished I
could knit that lovely shawl and to be saying that I can't even knit 10
rows of plain stockinette stitch with increases and/or decreases.

Melinda, I received KD newsletter and just went back to skim over
both articles. I didn't see anything in there putting knitters down.
If anything, it seemed to me like she was trying to encourage
knitters to try new things, and also asking what knitters wanted
from KD to help them become fearless.

I think you're right Shillelagh. I'm on a couple web based knitting
forums and I see sooo many posts from new knitters who are paralyzed
from going forward with a project or new technique for fear of doing it
wrong. Or they want to know if this or that will work out instead. I try
to encourage them to just DO it and if it doesn't work out, it can be
undone and tried another way. To just play with the yarn and needles and
try out different things to see what happens when they do one thing or
another. Yes, I'm speaking from a lot of years of experience, but I
taught myself long before home computers were even thought of, let alone
the internet, and had no one to ask questions of. So I did this and that
and figured out stuff on my own and learned from all of it.

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Shelagh and Sue and all ,,,
I learned the basics from my mother and other women ,,, but soon found
my self experimenting esp with breaking some tabboes , and doing
things i was told i shouldn`t do or Not doing things i was told to
always do ,,,
I think my Greatest BREAK THROUGH the fear element or Hesitation about
my abilities , was at the time i knitted school sweaters and vest for
my children [ all in a certain GREEN]. I didn`t see the point in
making ROUND [ 4,3,2,1,1,1,1 ] decreases for a Vest`s arm
opening ,,,,, these decreases were relevant if i wanted to add a round
top sleeve , but they were bulky and uncomfortable for the children`s
moovements ,, thus i started to decrease Vest arm holes 10 st at
once !!! and knitting straight up ,,, than one day i just went on
knitting shaping te shoulder WITHOUT ending the work , just used short
rows, again short rows for other side knit down increased 10 st on
each side and ended at hem ,,,,,,,
Thus slowly i tried and did many things i later read about in
books ,,,, my greatest help and right hand was GUAGUING AND
SWATCHING !!!!!And last not least writing my experiments in my work
books !!!!
mirjam

On Jan 22, 9:38*pm, myswendy wrote:
Maybe the expectation here is that people have all the time in the
world to knit and nothing else to distract them?

Let's see...transcription business, 3 kids, husband, cats, house...nope,
no distractions here whatsoever g *Actually, I do the bulk of my
knitting after my youngest goes to bed at night. *I get a couple hours
to sit and knit while watching TV.

The Other Kim
kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom

"Transcription business"? Me too! That is, I'm an editor these days,
for the most part. Work for Medware. What's your company? Where are
you? And PS--- I can only knit at night after my shift, too....and my
kitties get into my yarn all the time! I also will have the longest
arms in history because I often must hold them straight out in front
of me because SOMEone is totally oblivious, snoozing away on my
chest....as usual. Of course, I wouldn't have it any other way.

And I am really enjoying KD too. I can't do lots of the fancy things
but sheer bull determination sees me through my fair isle doll
sweaters. To me, it's the "thrill of the chase" and challenging new
skills, not necessarily the actual item I am creating. At any rate, we
all have our own reasons for loving what we do and sharing that (and
our FRUSTRATIONS! LOL!) here as well.

Wendy
A Knitting Fool in CT
mysmt=at=sbcglobal.net

I knit mostly on buses trains , when talking over the phone , while
watching tv, between translating , Why do you assume we all have ALL
the time in the world???? i never assume about the TIME tables of
peole i don`t know ,,,
ps i also crochet weave, sew embroider etc,, and yes i do have a
working household washing ironing cleaning ,,
mirjam

On Jan 22, 11:18*pm, (Richard Eney) wrote:
In article ,
Marilyn fcorliss at comcast dot net wrote:

Melinda,
Maybe you should thank your puppy for chewing the legwarmer. If it hadn't
then you would have been working woth the Lion Brand Homespun that much
longer. I hate that yarn! I made a sweater out of it for my great nephew in
a toddler size 5. I swore I would never use it again. Anytime I see a yarn
that has a fiber that wraps around the outside of the length of the yarn I
think of the homespun and pass it by. No matter who makes it.

I agree... some people love the stuff, but it just isn't for me.

As for puppy-proof containers, I recommend the totally clear plastic
bins like Sterilite that are sold in places like CVS and W*lm*rt. You
can see what's in it without opening it, which can be a timesaver. *Some
of them have edge clips that are easy to use. *Depending on the size of
the project, you might want to get one that is just big enough to hold
the entire project, yarn, needles, pattern and all. *Or you might like
to try the larger size to put stash in. *I'd say only get one at first,
in case the puppy learns to open it! *Smaller ones can be put on a
high shelf, too.

=Tamar

I hang mine in sewn cloth bags , on a coat hanger i hung on my
workrooms` wall,
mirjam

On Jan 23, 12:13*am, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply
wrote:
Marilyn wrote:
Melinda,
Maybe you should thank your puppy for chewing the legwarmer. If it hadn't
then you would have been working woth the Lion Brand Homespun that much
longer. I hate that yarn! I made a sweater out of it for my great nephew in
a toddler size 5. I swore I would never use it again. Anytime I see a yarn
that has a fiber that wraps around the outside of the length of the yarn I
think of the homespun and pass it by. No matter who makes it.

I made a semicircular shawl (that I ended up not liking to use as a
shawl because it wouldn't stay on while I was working/typing and sewed
up the front and made it into a cape/poncho so that it would stay in
place) out of Homespun and I love it. *Mimi chewed that one, too, but
thankfully it was in one small area that I could repair.

I am slowly but surely learning to knit patterns that uses something other
than the basic knit and purl. I usually have to frog something 3 times
before I stop making dumb mistakes or begin to really understand the
pattern.

I still can't make a tesselated fish right without redoing it 4 or 5
times. *I can, however, knit a Grandmother's Favorite washcloth with few
problems. *

You will get the hang of it. And like my husband tells me when I am getting
frustrated, it is supposed to be fun! It usually is.

It's just a matter of finding enough time to become fluent.

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. *Autograph your
work with excellence.

It is not a matter of finding time , it is a matter of sticking to it
when you can ,,,, my knitting goes with me everywhere and i find that
a st or 2 here and a row there , miracoulsly become a whole ITEM ,,
mirjam

wrote:

Legwarmers ,,,, measure calf and under knees ,,, GUAGUE your wool ,
cast on DPS enough st for the calf ,mark the begining of round , k1

The sad thing, Mirjam, is that I know enough from spit-and-chewing-gum
knitting over the years to be able to make my own instructions. I just
can't keep track of what I am doing well enough to make sure that the
finished product comes out the way it would if I had followed the
instructions perfectly.

I knew exactly what I was doing with the legwarmers, had a
knit-in-the-round pattern that I figured out by doing a buncha math, but
after 5 tries I still couldn't follow it in the round and gave up and
just knit it flat. That only took about 3 tries, and then when I had it
finished and before I could sew it up to try it to see if it was right,
the dog chewed a hole in it.

My daughter's legwarmers (that I also knit flat after multiple botched
efforts at knitting in the round) came out perfectly, of course, and I
haven't seen her wear them since I finished them, of course. I don't
have any more of the yarn I used to make hers with (two smaller gauge
yarns, one with sparkle in it and the other with the same basic colors
in a different variegated pattern but no sparkle) and didn't really have
the money to go out and buy new yarn for it anyway.

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.

wrote:

It is not a matter of finding time , it is a matter of sticking to it
when you can ,,,, my knitting goes with me everywhere and i find that
a st or 2 here and a row there , miracoulsly become a whole ITEM ,,

Your brain must be better than mine, or maybe you just don't have ADD.
If I try to work on something in dribs and drabs, I lose concentration
and make more mistakes.

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.

Millie James wrote:
Melinda,
sounds like you need to get back to the basics ... one stitch at a time ...

1.in through the front door
2.run around the back
3.peek through the window
4.and, off jumps Jack.

Huh??!!!?!?!?!??!?!?!!? I have no idea what you are getting at here.

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.