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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 27 2005 : 7:27:56 PM
Have any of you knitted with a red heart yarn called babyteri?? It is so neat! I got some awhile back and when I needed to knit a baby sweater for a niece who is expecting soon and knows it is a girl I got out the free pattern that was being given away at the store I bought it at and a skein of pink and one of white (I have another white and a blue for another baby) and I have a sweater about 2/3 done. It is so much like chenille when knitted! I LOVE it! For a fun texture and a good price it is fun to work with!! I think I may actually finish it before the baby is born..a plus!! 
Jenny in Utah
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| BGKnits |
Posted - Feb 07 2006 : 03:49:56 AM
That striping sock yarn is really nice, isn't it? I've even used it for sweaters and scarves. Daisy, making a sweater isn't that difficult. Try a raglan sleeve sweater first. They're fun to make and really pretty. If you're interested in a pattern for a child's sweater, I have a really old pattern that works up beautifully. You can use either sport weight or worsted weight yarn. It gives you the measurements and number of ounces for both! Have a good day everyone! |
| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Feb 06 2006 : 11:54:00 AM
Just went to my first knitting class at the local quilt store. A sock class! What fun!! It's taught by a guy named Steve who really knows his stuff and we're making socks with self-striping yarn. I love that stuff. I'm gonna make a baby hat out of it. I think it'll look cool.
Farmgirl hug,
Patricia
Happy Wishes! |
| BGKnits |
Posted - Feb 05 2006 : 4:01:25 PM
Thanks all for looking for me, I just can't wait to get started. I talked to some of my students yesterday and today and they are so excited about trying some felting projects. I've got quite a library of knitted and crocheted patterns, so if anyone is looking for something in particular, I might be able to find it for them. |
| Daisy |
Posted - Feb 05 2006 : 1:25:05 PM
Wow! Now see I'm impressed with people who can knit sweaters! All I've knitted are hats, scarves, socks, felted bags, and now gloves. I just can't seem to make the sweater leap! Maybe one day! |
| Celticheart |
Posted - Feb 05 2006 : 12:38:21 PM
Daisy,
Gloves! I am impressed. I've never tried gloves. I do love to knit socks though. They are really my favorite. Right now I'm working on an Aran sweater with an online group. It's a Follow the Leader Knit-Along learning to design and fit a top-down Aran knit to fit yourself. Definitely a learning experience.
"I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidence of the determination to live." Vita Sackville-West
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| Julia |
Posted - Feb 04 2006 : 4:16:16 PM
Can't wait till I am good enough to knit all these fancy things. I'm still at the very beginner stage. You girls keep me motivated.
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
| Daisy |
Posted - Feb 04 2006 : 4:11:05 PM
yesterday I knitted my first glove! It was so much fun!! I am always amazed at the brilliance of these patterns! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Feb 04 2006 : 3:45:58 PM
I am looking for my pattern for ya too Bonnie...
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette
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| Celticheart |
Posted - Feb 04 2006 : 12:44:46 PM
There's a Fiber Trends pattern for knitted and felted clogs. I think you can find it if you do a search. I'll try.
Marcia
"I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidence of the determination to live." Vita Sackville-West
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| BGKnits |
Posted - Feb 03 2006 : 12:00:42 PM
Geez, I would love to have a pattern for a felted scuff/mule slipper. I've been searching all over for one. Would you be so kind as to e-mail me the pattern?
I work at an arts and crafts store and I teach knitting and crocheting there. We just recently started stocking wool yarn, so am anxious to have a felting class for some of my students. Any help would be VERY welcome.
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Originally posted by Aunt Jenny
Have any of you knitted with a red heart yarn called babyteri?? It is so neat! I got some awhile back and when I needed to knit a baby sweater for a niece who is expecting soon and knows it is a girl I got out the free pattern that was being given away at the store I bought it at and a skein of pink and one of white (I have another white and a blue for another baby) and I have a sweater about 2/3 done. It is so much like chenille when knitted! I LOVE it! For a fun texture and a good price it is fun to work with!! I think I may actually finish it before the baby is born..a plus!!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Oct 14 2005 : 09:50:46 AM
I hand wash mine in warm water with homemade laundry soap (I think any gentle liquid laundry soap would work) and lay them out on a towel to dry. I have seen the felted socks before. I learned the hard way to make my two grown sons socks only out of washable wool blends or acrylic...that way no baby booties by accident.
I have always wanted some of those sock blockers..they look cool and would sure be handy. I am just too chicken to wash them in the machine after all that work.
Jenny in Utah
Put all your eggs in one basket..and then watch that basket!! Mark Twain |
| thehouseminder |
Posted - Oct 14 2005 : 08:25:03 AM
I put mine in a mesh bag made especially for lingerie washing. Then I was them on gentle, slow, cold. You get the idea. Stretch them lengthwise and widthwise if they look smaller and line dry them OR, and this is what I do, put them on a pair or "sock blockers" and hang them to dry.
The big thing is, do not put them in the dryer. You can drap them over a hanger or shower rod or whatever is available but no heat.
Lucinda
Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvest reaps. ---Bronson Alcott
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| Daisy |
Posted - Oct 14 2005 : 05:56:38 AM
Does anyone here knit socks? I have knitted several pair and have a question on washing them. How are you supposed to wash these things? I have made them all out of sock yarn that is part wool part nylon (I think) but they definately aren't 100% wool. Anyway, one pair of my socks is almost felted! I washed them in the machine and laid them to dry. I don't want this to happen to any more of my socks! They are still great once I get them on but getting them on is quite the chore! I have a pair now that are ready for the laundry but I'm afraid to wash them! Thanks for any advice you can give me on this! Daisy |
| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Oct 11 2005 : 9:21:50 PM
Thanks so much, Lurban. I think that might be it. I'm dying to get back to it and try it, but tonight I had to teach and I'm too tired to do it now. I'll work on it tomorrow and let you know. Thank you again so much. You're so patient. I really long to be able to knit lace.
Hugs,
Patricia
Happy Wishes! |
| lurban |
Posted - Oct 11 2005 : 5:34:56 PM
Okay, so, you're knitting along, carrying your yarn along behind your work when the pattern calls for a yarn over. You bring the yarn forward, under your right hand needle, and then to the back over top of that needle. Then you put your needle in the next left hand stitch and continue knitting as you normally would.
Where you might be having trouble is if the next stitch after your yarn over is a pearl. It is easy to bring that yarn forward and then forget to wrap it all the way around to the front again for pearl stitch.
Does this make sense? Do you think it explains the problem you are having? Anyone else have ideas? |
| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Oct 11 2005 : 3:00:44 PM
AHA!! It's over 2 slipped stitches, but I don't think that matters. OK. When you yarn over, do you just do it as if you were going to do a knit stitch? Or is there a particular way it has to go? I seem to be coming out with too few stitches.
Thanks so much, Annie! (and Lurban)
Happy Wishes! |
| AnnieT |
Posted - Oct 10 2005 : 9:12:29 PM
PSSO or pass slipped stitch over. Generally you see this like "slip one, knit one, psso." in this case you will take your left needle and lift the slipped stitch over the last stitch worked, then drop it between the needles and not work it. It is a way to decrease. So no, you won't knit it.
Annie. |
| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Oct 10 2005 : 9:05:49 PM
Hm...I'm still struggling. When you do the psso do you knit the slipped stitch that you take back onto the left needle? I'm determined to do this. Thanks for your help.
Happy Wishes! |
| lurban |
Posted - Oct 09 2005 : 6:04:41 PM
Okay, Patricia. Here goes:
You knit 5. Add one stitch with a yarn over. Lose one stitch with the sk2p (right? your making two stitches into one). Add another stich with another yarn over.
5+1+1+1= 8
Then you do the same as you have above. Another 8.
8+8= 16
Then you knit 5.
16+5=21
So, what is making you come out with 19? Could be you're losing one of your yarn overs each time you do the sk2p. Take a look at your row. Does it look like 5knits, a yarn over, a pearl, a yarn over, 5 knits, a yarn over, a pearl, a yarn over, 5 knits? I don't know how much knitting you've done, but it was hard for me at first to actually see what was on the needle, but once you get used to checking your work this way, you'll be fine.
Hope this helps. |
| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Oct 09 2005 : 5:22:10 PM
OK, here I am as promised, back again! I got the row done correctly. Now, here's the next row: K2, p17, k2. Got that right. Now here's another hard one: (K5, yo, sk2p,yo) 2 times, k5. and then you K21 for the final row of the pattern stitch.
I came out with only 19 stitches after doing all the K5,yo.sk2p,yo stuff instead of 21, yet when I finished that row, I had used up all the previous row. What I'm saying is, I still came out with only 19 stitches although the previous row ended where it should have. How can I k21 if I only have 19 stitches?
I'm going to go put my head in the oven and turn on the gas. I've started over 4 times. ARGH!
Thanks in advance again.
Happy Wishes! |
| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Oct 09 2005 : 2:23:22 PM
Thanks so much, Lurban! I'm going to try it. Don't go anywhere, I may need to ask you again! LOL Thanks, P
Happy Wishes! |
| lurban |
Posted - Oct 09 2005 : 11:53:48 AM
Patricia
Slip each stich, one at a time onto your right needle, then insert your left needle into the front of both stitches. Wind your yarn around as you would to knit and knit the two together.
The first lace I ever did was very difficult for me. I found that two things helped:
1. Write down the number of stitches you are supposed to have at the end of each pattern row. This will help you to check your accuracy at the end of each row, rather than waiting until you notice a problem.
2. Find a way to identify which pattern row you are working on. Some folks find a long magnetic strip, put the pattern on a cookie sheet and then move the strip down after each row. (Does that make sense? I can try to explain again if you like.)
I have now completed several lace shawls with many rows between pattern repeats. Careful notetaking is essential as is a certain degree of patience. But you can do it. You'll find after a while that you can develop that same zen-like rhythm that comes with simpler knitting.
Enjoy! |
| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Oct 09 2005 : 09:13:05 AM
Anybody know how to make knit lace? I really want to learn but I get mixed up so easily with the "yo"s. It says SL SL and then knit those two together. How can you knit something you've already slip stitched onto the right needle?
Happy Wishes! |
| hapyhrt |
Posted - Oct 08 2005 : 8:01:12 PM
Thanks for the helpful advice Clare and Nancy! I will be sure the next time I make the chain to start a new project the stitches will be loose! Appreciate your sharing this tip with me! 
"Think happy thoughts...any others aren't worth your time!" Ü |
| quiltedess |
Posted - Oct 07 2005 : 07:49:43 AM
Clare is right Sher, keep the chain loose, I don't have that problem anymore if I keep it loose.
As for the felted wool (fabric), I have had a lot of fun with this, too. I've got some beautiful wool at Goodwill and Value Village in the form of 100% wool skirts. Some I have even over-dyed. I haven't made any hooked rugs, though I would like to someday. But I have made a couple of penny rugs. Alas, all my wool is packed away right now. Boy do I love this sort of thing! Hopefully soon I will get to it again.
Nancy |
